room with use of bath

[SéprofesionalJuanelo]

This is a fragment from a short story. It happens in Australia in 1960. The main character is moving to a new apartment (in a poor area):

"He moved his suitcase of books and his grocery carton of notes and manuscripts to a room with use of bath (two pounds, five shillings
per week) above the kitchen of a single-fronted house in Argyle Street, Fitzroy."

I would like to know the meaning of the underlined phrase, please. It might be an outdated expression.

 

[User With No Name]

Una traducción literal sería "habitación con [derecho a usar] el (cuarto de) baño".

Sospecho (pero no sé) que el "baño" sería un lugar para bañarse y/o ducharse.

 

[Kaoss]

Una traducción literal sería "habitación con [derecho a usar] el (cuarto de) baño".

Sospecho (pero no sé) que el "baño" sería un lugar para bañarse y/o ducharse.

La expresión sería "con baño" o "con derecho a baño".

Yo lo entiendo como que alquila una habitación con baño anexo o con un baño de uso exclusivo. Se entendería que tiene un baño completo: bañera o ducha, retrete y pileta...

 

[Bevj]

'With use of bath' suggests that the bathroom is shared with other residents.

 

[Aguas Claras]

I agree with @Bevj . "Room with use of bath" definitely suggests that the bathroom is shared, either with the tenants of other rooms or the owners of the property (or both).

 

[SéprofesionalJuanelo]

Thanks everybody! Mucho más claro ahora.

 

[gato radioso]

'With use of bath' suggests that the bathroom is shared with other residents.

Exactly. Otherwise, we would say "con baño privativo".