The Only Bath Is A 3/4 Bath

[Restrain]

Haven't ever seen this as a issue with marketability. For that matter, I have seen homes with two baths, zero tubs. The small tubs are seldom used.

 

[J Grant]

This not a 3/4 bath, it is a full bathroom that has a shower and not a tub. Very common here in S Fl to have bathrooms with just a shower and no tub.

The marketability issue, if any, is that it is a three bedroom with just one bath instead of the more common and in demand 2 baths. A 3 bedroom/one bath is only seen here in older areas or very cheap starter houses so in those cases other market sales would be similar.

 

[Webbed Feet]

This not a 3/4 bath, it is a full bathroom that has a shower and not a tub. Very common here in S Fl to have bathrooms with just a shower and no tub.

The marketability issue, if any, is that it is a three bedroom with just one bath instead of the more common and in demand 2 baths. A 3 bedroom/one bath is only seen here in older areas or very cheap starter houses so in those cases other market sales would be similar.

Agreed.

Also, reading thoughts of using functional adjustments with no market data to prove the MARKET sees a functional adjustment is not impressing. More, suggestions that market participants might be limited = reduction in market value (probable sale price) without market proof of that is not impressing.

 

[Tim The Enchanter]

Having only 1 bath is a functional issue, but not a problem as far as finding comps.

My conclusions was,

The lack of a tub might be considered a functional issue by some potential buyers, but not by most, and there is no evidence to suggest an adjustment is necessary for this small issue.

 

[Tom D]

i agree wit the experts here. leave it alone, unless your personal higher standard blinds you into spending 30 extra minutes explaining the adjustment, and finding a comp with a similar 3/4 bath. is a shower stall considered 1/2 of a tub?

 

[Donna Quixote]

Ripped out my tub when I fell out of it several years back. love the walk in. Don't know how you would be able to find market data that would indicate an adjustment is warranted

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

The real problem is there is only one bathroom

Some 124.6 million Americans were single in August, 50.2 percent of those who were 16 years or older, according to data used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics

So why would single people need two bathrooms? There is a movement among unmarried millennials for smaller apartments and spaces...a single bathroom would be fine with most of them...not to mention old geezers like me.

 

[Mike Garrett RAA]

It wasn't too many years ago about half the homes in this country didn't even have inside plumbing. As long as a person can perform all of the functions needed I see no need to make a functional adjustment. It would be silly to require the installation of a tub.

There are hundreds of houses here with just one bath room. Sure, the market for median priced homes prefers two or even more baths but that doesn't mean there isn't a market for houses with less features and a single bathroom.

 

[sandpiperapp]

A single bathroom home is a functional issue? Not in the market I service. Many properties have only one bath.

 

[J Grant]

A single bathroom home is a functional issue? Not in the market I service. Many properties have only one bath.

There's your answer right there. If your market or a section of market most properties have one bath, it's typical/market accepted. Just curious are most of the baths a tub or a shower ? If people remodel the baths what do they do with them?