"Three former public conveniences in Fife have been sold for a total of £60,000 at auction. The council-owned toilets, in Rosyth, Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline, went under the hammer at a property sale ... The auction house had expected to raise about £30,000 for each of the toilet blocks however they were caught short with the most expensive, in Brodick Road, Kirkcaldy, fetching just £24,500. Toilets in Mercer Place, Dunfermline, sold for £20,500 and a block in Crossroads Place, Rosyth was snapped up for just £15,000. The price tags contrast heavily with former loos in St Andrews which sold last year for almost £200,000."
No offence to the residents of Rosyth, Dunfermline or Kirkcaldy, but a public toilet, especially in St Andrews ,seems to have a greater cache than those in other Fife towns. At least the Fife taxpayer will get some cash back, albeit after the commission for the auctioneers and selling agents.
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