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How many bathrooms? Kevin McCloud reveals Grand Designs bugbears
Overprovision of guest WCs and overcomplex builds are among presenter’s gripes after 25 years of the show
How many toilets are too many for one home? The answer, according to Kevin McCloud, presenter of Channel 4’s Grand Designs, is when the bathrooms outnumber the actual occupants.
After 25 years presenting the programme, McCloud has revealed that one his greatest bugbears is the overprovision of WCs in Grand Design builds.
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