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[casuallady]

I have a large bedroom in my loghome with a bathroom off the bedroom. The home is 19 yrs old, so the loghome designer made an unusual bath. It is rather long and narrow. It has a corner vanity as we walk in the door on left, on the right is a pretty large rectangular Jacuzzi, then a toilet. The Jacuzzi is light blue, also toilet and vanity bowl. We want to take out the Jacuzzi, add a neutral crème colored toilet. I saw a really nice walkin shower with a natural stone look walls. I think we will have room to remove the corner vanity and get a small single bowl vanity with a cabinet and lights over it. We have a total of 3 bathrooms. The bathroom near to the other 2 bedrooms has a shower only and will be ly be replaced soon. The bathroom on the 1st floor will eventually be updated. It has a tub/shower and will replace it with a shower/tub.

Here is my question ! I am concerned about resale since we are older. Will having just a shower in the 2 upstairs bathrooms be a problem. Lets face-it it is not a suite.

[DiAnne]

As long has you have one tub in the house I don't see the problem.

[Mom2Dogs]

I think only 1 bowl for the vanity might be an issue. Our home is 30 years old and the master bath is small, one bowl vanity, my dh uses that bathroom I use the one down the hall so for us it is not a problem but some prospective buyers might not like the one sink issue.

[casuallady]

On 2/7/2014 momtodogs said:

I think only 1 bowl for the vanity might be an issue. Our home is 30 years old and the master bath is small, one bowl vanity, my dh uses that bathroom I use the one down the hall so for us it is not a problem but some prospective buyers might not like the one sink issue.

I know, not a perfect Master Suite. The other bathroom is almost across the hall, and hubby uses that one. It is only when we have guests, that hubby might want to use the master bathroom. Our guests are our daughter and family. I think we will do a double bowl in the other bathroom when we remodel. There is room.

[Mom2Dogs]

Since our home is older...30 years....large master baths were not the norm..ever since I was married and moved into this home my husband has used the master bath and I have used the other larger bathroom, I did have to share when we had company and when y step daughter came to live with us, or move all my stuff into his bathroom, ugh! We have looked at a few homes, newer, they all have larger master bathrooms but I have not had to share a bath in 30 years and I am not going to start now! I will use the 'other' bathroom if we ever get to move. I have noticed that the 'other' bathrooms are not as big as mine... I have a large vanity, tub/shower surround, stool and room for a small 4 drawer dresser (it is small) and another cabinet that sits on the floor with a door that holds my dirty clothes, I love my bathroom, lots of room!

[ennui1]

On 2/7/2014 casuallady said:

It has a tub/shower and will replace it with a shower/tub.

Are these different things?

[casuallady]

On 2/7/2014 ennui1 said:

On 2/7/2014 casuallady said:

It has a tub/shower and will replace it with a shower/tub.

Are these different things?

It has a tub with shower. All one piece.

[Tootie15]

I would want a tub w/shower in a bathroom on the same floor as the bedrooms .... for resale, if you have someone who has small children, IMO you need a tub. That's what I would look for.....

[ennui1]

On 2/7/2014 casuallady said:

Here is my question ! I am concerned about resale since we are older. Will having just a shower in the 2 upstairs bathrooms be a problem.

Some women like a bathtub ... having to go downstairs for a luxurious soak might be a negative.

Some older people like baths, too, but they probably wouldn't buy a two-story.

[Marsha2003]

From everything I read, it seems like buyers are split pretty evenly on whether it's necessary to have a tub in the master bath, so I would do what works best for the way you use the bathrooms and make sure that there is one tub somewhere in the house.