Bathroom

This gripe is so common that even comedians are using it as part of their routine. You step out of the shower, unable to reach your towel at the other end of the bathroom.

You were supposed to take the dirty clothes out to be washed days ago, but haven't got around to it. Your laundry hamper (or bathroom floor) is now overflowing with clothes.

You step out of the shower onto a partially-wet bath mat. The damn thing is always damp, because the towel rails are always full. So you end up hanging the mat over the top of the shower to dry, but it never seems to fully dry by the next morning.

You turn on the shower. And you wait. And wait. And wait some more. Annoyed and unclothed, you ponder how much of your water and time is being wasted each morning.

Maybe you got distracted by the latest episode of Desperate Housewives and the bath overflowed. Or maybe your dishwasher hose sprung a leak whilst you were at work. Some reasons for flooding the house are preventable, some aren't.

You're using the bathroom mirror whilst applying makeup or shaving. But no matter what time of the day you do this, you never seem to have quite enough light so see what you're doing.

Congratulations - you had the foresight to install a recess in your new shower instead of using an ugly shower caddy that will inevitable turn into a rusted frame after a few years. But there's a slight problem.

You're using the toilet in the bathroom. You've locked the door. You know it's locked, don't you? But now you're second-guessing yourself and...what if it's not locked and somebody walks in? You'll be caught - literally - with your pants down.