The bathroom is in a handcrafted mosaic — one of the house's one-off pieces. A shower with a thermostatic system, a double basin, a bidet, a loo. One thing to know if there are five or six of you: the house has a single bathroom — nothing dramatic, it just takes coordinating in the morning with a little calm. Three practical details: (1) in the cupboard beside the bathroom you'll find everything you need for the shower, nothing to bring; (2) in the corridor there's a second cupboard with spare towels; (3) the loo works with an internal macerator (below), and that calls for a little care over what you put down it.
- 01
What's in the bathroom cupboard
Shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, hand soap, hairdryer. Handy for anyone travelling who doesn't want to bring everything from home. If you need something you can't find, just ask.
- 02
Towels · three sets per person
Three sets of towels for each guest (bath, face, hand). Clean, laid out on the rails above the bidet before you arrive. In the corridor just outside the bathroom there's a second cupboard with an extra supply — if you're a large group, the towels won't run out.
- 03
Turning on the shower water
The central handle, turn it left to open. The side handle: temperature. Already set to 38°.
- 04
Fixed head + handset
The lever at the bottom: the first position is the fixed head (wide), the second is the handset (movable).
- 05
The loo flush · two buttons
On the wall above the loo there are two flush buttons: the small one for a wee (less water, eco-friendly), the large one for the rest (a full flush). The short video above shows the move.
- 06
Down the loo · only toilet paper · nothing else
The toilet paper provided is two-ply, designed to be macerable. Please, only this goes down the loo: no paper tissues, no wet wipes (not even the 'biodegradable' ones), no cotton buds, no feminine hygiene products, no hair or dental floss. For everything else there's the bin next to the loo — we empty it at the changeover.
- 07
Why only paper · there's a motor inside
The loo doesn't drain by gravity into the sewer as usually happens: behind the wall there's a small macerator motor (sanitrit) that grinds up what it receives and pumps it to the building's shared collector. It's a reliable system but a delicate one — if something the macerator can't grind ends up inside it (wipes, plastic, threads, long hair) the blades jam and a technician has to be called. Two-ply toilet paper dissolves at once: no problem. Everything else, in the bin.
The garden's three rabbits