{"id":146929,"date":"2024-09-06T00:05:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T17:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/its-all-cisterns-go-for-the-modern-home-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2024-09-06T09:32:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T02:32:34","slug":"its-all-cisterns-go-for-the-modern-home-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/its-all-cisterns-go-for-the-modern-home-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s all cisterns go for the modern home | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nKevin McCloud | Book lice | Heart symbols | Ofsted gradings | Medicinal properties of GuinnessAs one of three occupants, all well over pensionable age, of a house with four toilets, I can tell Kevin McCloud that when he gets to our age, he won\u2019t consider always being able to get to an unoccupied loo a bugbear (Report, 3 September).Mike LowcockSandbach, Cheshire \u2022 \u201cWhy do people judge the status of a house by how many toilets you can offer your guests?\u201d asks Kevin McCloud. Surely the question should be: \u201cJust what are they planning to feed their guests?\u201dBarbara KnappPudsey, West Yorkshire Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/article\/2024\/sep\/05\/its-all-cisterns-go-for-the-modern-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It\u2019s all cisterns go for the modern home | Brief letters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Kevin McCloud | Book lice | Heart symbols | Ofsted gradings | Medicinal properties of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-CdP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":146861,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-many-bathrooms-kevin-mccloud-reveals-grand-designs-bugbears\/","url_meta":{"origin":146929,"position":0},"title":"How many bathrooms? 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