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Dec 4, 2020, 9:22 AM
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We are finally remodeling our 80s era master bathroom.
2 different remodeling guys have told me that since we, like most 'mericans, barely ever use the bathtub (and there is one in the upstairs bathroom) to leave it out and just put in bigass shower.
I never bathe anyhow so I'm fine with this setup.
But my concern is resale - if we sell in a few years wouldn't new buyer want/expect a tub in the master bath?
Lunge, provide your wisdom.
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When we were looking at purchasing a house
Dec 4, 2020, 9:25 AM
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there was one we looked at that didn't have a shower in the master bath.
Literally just one massive jacuzzi and a double sink and toilet.
Also the homeowners smoked like freight trains
Anyways to you question, IDK
We have been getting plans etc together for awhile on our future remodel. Plan is a HELOC after we pay down some of the mortgage. Unfortunately we have to have a bathtub with jets. It's a must for the wife.
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No shower? Thats some euro-weirdness there.
Dec 4, 2020, 9:33 AM
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I am feeling you on the wife wants jet tub thing.
That's kinda my concern, that the lack of tub would be a strike against by buyer-wife even if said bathtub never gets used.
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Yeah I met the people who lived there
Dec 4, 2020, 9:34 AM
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which is unusual when working with a realtor. They were weird AF.
Is there room for a tub or are you trying to save space?
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It could fit a tub (there is a separate tub and shower now)
Dec 4, 2020, 9:37 AM
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but it would be easier without, and more room for bigger pimpier shower.
If we ditch the tub we can move everything around like we want. If we keep it we pretty much have to keep same footprint.
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Why not both?
Dec 4, 2020, 9:55 AM
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Re: Why not both?
Dec 4, 2020, 10:04 AM
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Oculus Spirit [81607]
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I did the same thing in my old house.
Dec 4, 2020, 9:29 AM
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Going to do it at the new house whenever it hits the right priority. We've lived in our house for over 2 years now and not once have we used the tub.
I don't think it affects resale in the master bathroom.
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you ditched tub you mean?***
Dec 4, 2020, 9:33 AM
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Oculus Spirit [81607]
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Correct.***
Dec 4, 2020, 9:33 AM
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As you get older and get the hemorrhoids, you might
Dec 4, 2020, 9:37 AM
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want that tub to soak in, at least that's what a friend told me...
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Heisman Winner [135415]
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Why bother remodeling at all?
Dec 4, 2020, 9:41 AM
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Once the grid fails and society collapses, you'll wish you bought canned goods, weapons, bullets, and the Amazon Homeless Family camping package instead of wasting money on creature comforts that will no longer have any use.
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Sure but I figure I have at least another 60 days or so.
Dec 4, 2020, 9:47 AM
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In the afterscape I plan on supporting my family by making & selling godseyes and spreading wild rumours about la chupacabra sightings until I build up enough goodwill to start my own cult religion.
Also I have some bourbon stocked away. So I'm pretty well covered there.
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Religious cults are a great post-apocalypse investment.
Dec 4, 2020, 10:01 AM
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I like the cut of your jib, Mister!
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Oculus Spirit [79077]
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No, it won't affect the resale value since your house is
Dec 4, 2020, 9:43 AM
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only big enough to have one big ### shower or small shower and tub.
The typical poors that would looking at your house will not be thrown off by this. They'll probably bathe outside anyways.
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Good point. We do have a nice hosepipe.***
Dec 4, 2020, 9:43 AM
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Hells yeah, instead of that stupid vent hood nonsense.***
Dec 4, 2020, 9:49 AM
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The only time it would be a problem IMHO is if there were
Dec 4, 2020, 9:53 AM
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no bathtub anywhere in the house, especially if it's a family sized house. People with little kids use bathtubs.
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Yeah only master bedroom is downstairs.
Dec 4, 2020, 9:56 AM
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Upstairs with the kiddo bedroooms there is a bathroom with tub.
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not sure what kind of space you're working with
Dec 4, 2020, 9:53 AM
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but I've seen this done too to combine shower and tub in same space
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Oculus Spirit [79077]
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Is that house underwater?
Dec 4, 2020, 9:54 AM
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looks like a submarine window
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poor, probably
Dec 4, 2020, 2:34 PM
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#MeToo
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That was actually our first idea but two remodeling
Dec 4, 2020, 10:00 AM
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guys were like yeah we will do it if you want but /trust me/ you don't really want that.
Wife of had ideas of a freestanding tub though, not built in so would be a weird space behind/around tub for cleaning.
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If you want to save space, put the tub in the floor
Dec 4, 2020, 10:02 AM
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with a cover
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I could put that next to his and her squat terlits
Dec 4, 2020, 10:07 AM
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so we could hold hands and have a poo in our completely subfloor bathroom.
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Depends on who you're selling it to.
Dec 4, 2020, 10:03 AM
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Women love tubs. Men love showers. General rule. Men want a huge shower with awesome water pressure, where they can have an #### if possible. Women want a tub where they can relax and soak and forget about their screaming kids.
As such, the safe bet that most builders do is do both. One popular compromise is a huge jacuzzi tub, large enough for an ####, yet a tub and small enough so wifey can soak away the world and read raunchy fanfiction.
The fact you said "we" would mean there's probably a wife. If she rarely uses the tub, then go with the massive shower option. Sell it later to a wealthy 20-something single guy.
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Yeah thats kinda what I am thinking. This is a family
Dec 4, 2020, 10:11 AM
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house, not a 20 year old dude house.
I think we are going to need the tub even if it's completely impractical and never used. So it's kinda like getting 4WD on a shiny family SUV.
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You're talking about the master bathroom though, right?
Dec 4, 2020, 10:15 AM
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How often are you going to be bathing your kids in the same place you hide to smoke weed and secretly JO/take liquor shots? Kind of seems like torching your own desert oasis to me.
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True all that, this is purely a resale thing. If it was
Dec 4, 2020, 10:17 AM
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just for us we'd have a nice shower, ditch the tub and I would DEFINITELY put in a urinal. Maybe I could even get one of those trough ones to make me feel like I was in Death Valley.
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Oculus Spirit [79376]
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What would really give it some character is if you pulled a
Dec 4, 2020, 10:22 AM
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Jimmy Howard/Sloan Street Tap Room and somehow managed to get one of the terlit/urinal/sink combo's from jail. Trough would be sweet too though, especially for those drunk late night pisses.
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Oculus Spirit [80915]
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Gotta get the kind that are just dep enough so the spray
Dec 4, 2020, 2:23 PM
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doesn't bounce back on you.
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Oculus Spirit [97634]
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Listen, I know you have a "family house" and all, but really
Dec 4, 2020, 11:03 AM
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if your wife doesn't use the tub, get a mack daddy shower. I know you're concerned about the resell. But even though you know your house as a family house, when selling it, you can make it anything you want it to be. Just do the shower. When you go to sell it, add some posters to the walls, install a sex swing in some room, and leave a few adult toys/bongs in view. You'll find a young, single, wealthy, male, massive shower lover who will fall in love with your #### oasis.
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Nice, that would also help explain all of the soundproofing,
Dec 4, 2020, 11:11 AM
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eyebolts we have all over the bedroom walls and ceiling and the drain in the middle of the bedroom floor.
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Oculus Spirit [79376]
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My last house and my current house both have large, jetted
Dec 4, 2020, 10:05 AM
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jacuzzi tubs. In those ~ 8.5 years, they were used to bathe maybe 4 or 5 times tops. Kind of halfway entertaining the idea of turning our current one into a koi pond.
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That would be so relaxing. Until the mosquito infestation.***
Dec 4, 2020, 10:15 AM
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I just built my house in July, in a cookie cutter hood
Dec 4, 2020, 10:47 AM
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I opted to upgrade the shower/tub in the master bath to an oversized shower with frameless glass door. No regerts!
That said, i'm a single dad and the kids bath has a shower/tub still. I'm also taller (stronger) than the average American male, so never use the tub anyway. And while I don't plan to stay in this home the rest of my life, I will for some time.
Personally, I like the enclosed shower/tub thing posted above, if you have the room.
Just my $.02
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We removed tub from master to fit big shower and private loo
Dec 4, 2020, 1:36 PM
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Just make sure one of the guest bathrooms has a tub for washing kiddos.
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That's a game changer. I've never lived in a house with the
Dec 4, 2020, 1:57 PM
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toilet in it's own room. Always been out around the sink shower/tub.
That is a must in our next bathroom.
Don't want to watch the wife push out a tdrake® while I'm brushing my teeth.
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We would never consider a house without a private loo
Dec 4, 2020, 2:25 PM
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If in your situation, we'd dedicate one of guest bathrooms as the pooping room and keep that shiv away from the master.
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My wife would...
Dec 4, 2020, 1:40 PM
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we passed on three or four houses we otherwise loved because she wanted a bathtub.
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Yeah, the big open glass and ginormo showerhead showers
Dec 4, 2020, 2:00 PM
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are all the rage right now. That look will fade in a few years, but the ginormo garden tub/jacuzzi is out of date now.
It's a crap shoot. Houses are stupid investments, but it's America. This is what we do.
I say do what you will enjoy most.
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It is pretty liberating knowing that if something major
Dec 4, 2020, 2:21 PM
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breaks in this place, I'm just calling someone.
There are oak trees covering the house; first big storm they get here and a limb, or tree, is going through the roof. I'm sure glad that if that happens, all I have to worry about is to getting deaded, and then finding another rental.
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Sheesh I wish I had a nice open space like that.
Dec 4, 2020, 2:29 PM
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Stupid L shaped design.
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I had those same exact thoughts last night, 'cept I was
Dec 4, 2020, 2:32 PM
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in the shower, looking out at the tub.
nekkid.
there's a picture window right in front of the tub, so an even bigger shower wouldn't be practical. Our is big enough (3...maybe 4 person sized*), I was just thinking something along the lines of a his/hers showers....I don't need 8 different shampoos and conditioners cluttering up MY space
whatever, TLDR we need to upgrade ours, too...its' circa 2005, but a pretty bland representation of the naughty oughties
* a '4 person shower' was what a client blurted out when I asked what size shower to design for. you shoulda seen the way his husband looked at him....
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There's not even a picture there for me to make fun of***
Dec 4, 2020, 2:36 PM
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Is that the Citadel on steak night?***
Dec 4, 2020, 2:45 PM
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