Houses and bathrooms

[Mik]

Natural light is a dealbreaker for me. I need it, and it was the biggest reason we bought this money pit home, that and a very open floor plan and the best lot on a wooded street.

I don’t care for large, over luxurious baths. It should be nice, but it’s a functional room, not a refuge.

[Klaus]

If the home is cursed, or placed on top of a water vein, or near a phone base station.

[Copper]

The house where I grew up (build around 1910) had 1 bath on the second floor - for 8 people. The whole neighborhood was like that.

We added a half bath, like most in the neighborhood, on the first floor. I forget when the 1/2 was added, somewhere between having 4 and 8 people.

Now we have 2.5 baths for 2 people.

[Axtremus]

Generally you want good feng shui, which can be interpreted to mean many things, including things like "good natural light" and "not near a cell tower" (a la @Klaus) and "a good spot for a piano" (a la @Mik).

[Improviso]

@jolly said in Houses and bathrooms:

What is the dealbreaker for any home you would be interested in?

If more than 1 female lives in the house, 2 bathrooms is a minimum requirement.

[Friday]

Bathroom AND bedroom on the first floor.

And yes, good feng shui.

[Aqua Letifer]

Bike room/adventure closet and a door I can close for work.

[mark]

6 bathrooms here. Every bedroom has a bathroom.

4 on level 1,
1 upstairs,
1 basement.

[George K]

First house:

2 bedroom Cape Cod. 1 full bath on 2nd floor between bedrooms. We added a "sunroom" with powder room on 1st floor.

Second house:

5 bedrooms and finished attic. 2 full baths on 2nd floor and 1 ¾ bath there as well. Powder room on main floor. ¾ bath in attic. Also, a toilet in the basement

Condo:

3 bedrooms. One full bath for each (Master Main bath has tub and shower). Also powder room.

[Klaus]

@george-k said in Houses and bathrooms:

Powder room on main floor

Hm. The image that comes to my mind is something like this.

I'm quite impressed you had even two powder rooms. You must have had a quite impressive amount of cannons pointed towards your neighbours.

[George K]

@klaus said in Houses and bathrooms:

two powder rooms

No house had two powder rooms. Did I phrase that inaccurately?

[LuFins Dad]

We’ve got a full bath off our bedroom and a full bath for the other two upstairs bedrooms. There’s a WC on the main level and a full bath in the basement (it looks like they had tried to build an in-law suite in the basement).

The upstairs bathrooms are right next to each other and are mirrors with a simple sink/vanity, commode, and combo shower and tub. I would love to pull out the combo in our shower and put in a walk-in shower with multiple streams of water. Do you think that would affect the value?

Growing up? One bathroom for a house with 3 adults and 5 kids.

[George K]

@lufins-dad said in Houses and bathrooms:

Growing up? One bathroom for a house with 3 adults and 5 kids.

Two full baths (on off the Master Main Bedroom) and one for the other two bedrooms to share.

Powder room downstairs off the "family room."

Three adults, two kids.

[kluurs]

My last house had 6 full bathrooms - though because of it's age (built 1893), none were particularly wonderful.

The current house had 1 bath on the second floor and a powder room in the basement. Not having a first floor bath not optimal. My spouse assures me that if there is a next house, at least one bedroom and one full bath will be on the first floor.

When I enter a house, I always look for where a 7ft or lengthier grand piano could be placed, not near windows or heating vents - and providing an expanse for the sound to bloom (boom?). Our current living room is 20x24', but I would prefer something half again as large with 10 foot ceilings - a modest room out of Versailles might work well. Many years ago, I entered a Victorian home that was for sale and contained such a living room; however, the bedrooms were all about the size of a bed making the house unsuitable.

[jodi]

Dealbreaker for all our houses (6!) except the very first one was no room for the piano. Lack of a decent sized garage was the other.

[Mik]

Separate bathrooms are a big plus in marital harmony. There are just things I know occur, but Indo not wish to see them.