Shower vs Tub: Single bathroom house
0Since I’m starting a new job next week that pays quite a bit more, I have been thinking about finally starting to remodel my house, starting with the bathroom.
First off, this is a small place, 800sq/ft, 2 bedrooms. It wasn’t exactly supposed to be a full-time house, I suspect. Its in an area with a lot of vacation homes. The way I see it, its plenty large enough for me right now, and when I get married later and move away, I can have this vacation place on the lake (it was fairly inexpensive too).
Anyway, the bathroom needs lots of help right now. Being a small place, everything is closer together. Right now, there is a tub, a 5′ tub I believe. But, there is no room to put towels or anything. So, what I was thinking was to take out the bath and install a corner shower, leaving 2′ or so of room to put a rack for the normal bathroom things.
Thing is I don’t ever take bath’s, always showers, and being that this will probably be a vacation place for me or whoever buys it later on, I don’t think having a shower vs bath is entirely that important.
My biggest question though, done properly and complete remodeled, how much does a shower-only unit effect the resale price of a house? I don’t want a solid number, but is this the sort of thing that people frown upon…even in a vacation place?
Well, first off, it would be nice if you had pics and a sketch with surrounding rooms. There may be other options you hadn’t considered. Without a bathtub at ALL in the house, depending on your market, it may be considered a functional obsolescence when you try to sell the house. It will also no longer be large enough for older or handicapped people to use if they are confined to a wheelchair.
Personally, I wouldn’t take out the tub. Get pics and a sketch and come back.
Remodeler/contractor who works with realtors, here. That’s a big downer for resale. Unless you’re certain you’re keeping the place for some time to come, I’d keep a tub in the plan. For certain, no one with kids or planning on having them will look twice without one.
Well, I’m planning on keeping this house for several years, but I don’t exactly want to re-do this whole thing twice over. So, that answers my question, thanks.
I’ll see if I can make up some drawings to see if anyone has any ideas (there isn’t much to work with here in terms of extra space).
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Well, I’m planning on keeping this house for several years, but I don’t exactly want to re-do this whole thing twice over. So, that answers my question, thanks.
I’ll see if I can make up some drawings to see if anyone has any ideas (there isn’t much to work with here in terms of extra space). |
Well, other than the "normal" options like a cabinet above the toilet, perhaps a shallower cabinet somewhere else. Or you can think "outside" the box. Is there an adjacent closet that you can do a small bump-out into? I did that on a house with a small bath. Just made about a 2ft wide cabinet that went into the lower portion of the next closet. It doesn’t even have to be that big or very deep.
Think of it this way…Am I the only person that while on vacation shared a bath with my SO? Plus, old people like having bath tubs as do people with small children (3 and under).
Exactly what I would have said.
If I were you, I’d keep the tub, and install this on the wall across from the shower head.
Every hotel i’ve been to in Europe either has a half-width shower curtain (leaving the rest open), or a half-width shower door, with one of these beasts mounted on the opposite wall. Towels NEVER got wet, and the convenience of having towels right in the tub was terrific.
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