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Coloured suites, shower curtains, carpet, and gold taps are the bathroom features we just can't stand
If you have avocado bath, sink and toilet look away now!
In what's thought to be one of the largest ever national customer surveys on bathroom chic, coloured suites, shower curtains, carpet, and gold taps were singled out as the bathroom features that people love to hate.
Plumbworld.co.uk, one of the UK's largest online bathroom retailers, ran an online survey to understand the parts of the bathroom that drive the UK public to despair and those they can't do without.
The survey found:
• 8/10 people hate coloured bathroom suites• 7/10 hate carpet in the bathroom• 6/10 hate shower curtains• 6/10 hate gold taps
• 8/10 love white suites
• 7/10 love tiled bathroom floors
• 9/10 prefer blinds to curtains in the bathroom
• 7/10 love chrome taps in the bathroom
• 9/10 say a shower is very important in a bathroom
"The nation has spoken! And it's said Granny's old bathroom suite, mildew-covered shower curtains, and damp carpet are things it can do without," said James Hickman, managing director of Plumworld.co.uk.
"The kind of bathrooms people favour are chic, contemporary and simple in design. That means chrome instead of gold, light colour schemes and white suites, tiled floors, screens instead of curtains, and absolutely no carpet."
The survey asked "what is your opinion of coloured bathroom suites, like avocado or coral pink", 4,073 people (80.48% of those surveyed) said they hated them, 811 (16.02%) said they had no strong view, while 177 (3.5%) claimed to love them.
Asked "when the shower is over the bath, what do you think about using a shower curtain to keep the water in the bath?", 3,117 (62.24%) said they hated them, 1,399 (27.94%) felt indifferent, while 492 (9.82%) said them loved them.
When asked "what do you think about carpet in the bathroom?", 3,794 (75.77%) of those surveyed said they hated it, 869 (17.36%) had no strong view, while 344 (6.87%) said it was something they loved.
A further question asked: "what do you think of gold bathroom taps?" to which 3,111 (62.56%) said they hated them, 1,594 (32.05%) said they had no strong view, while for 268 people (5.39%) said gold taps were something they absolutely loved.
In contrast, when asked: "what do you think of chrome bathroom taps?", 3,767 people (74.97%) said they loved them, 1,203 people (23.94%) said they didn't have a strong view, while just 55 people (1.09%) said they hated them.
Simple and sophisticated is the order of the day when it comes to bathroom suites. Asked "what is your opinion of white bathrooms suites?", 4007 people (79.36%) said they loved them. Just 964 (19.09%) didn't have a strong view and 78 (1.54%) said they hated white bathrooms.
As shower curtains didn't go down well with the public, the survey then asked what they thought about screens. It asked: "when the shower is over the bath, what do you think about fixed screens?",
3,301 people (65.35%) said they loved screens, with 1,462 (28.94%) indifferent and 288 (5.70%) against them.
The survey also wanted to explore what people thought was the best way to cover their windows. It asked: "which type of window covering do you prefer in a bathroom?", 4,733 people (94.64%) said blinds with just 268 (5.36%) preferring curtains.
When asked "what do you think about titled flooring in a bathroom?", 3,486 people (69.35%) said they loved it, 1,298 (25.82%) had no string view, while 243 (4.83%) said they hated tiled floors.
Full survey results can be found here:
http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/bathroom-survey-results
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- Scott Morris
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