1/2, 3/4 or 3/5 bath?

[Scott R Marshall]

Thanks for all the replies. While the intent was not to get into an argument over how to add bathroom fixtures and whether or not a shower stall only represents a full bathroom. Here is some food for thought. For those who believe a bathroom with a shower stall only is a full bathroom, I submit to you the following scenario (which I have seen). Home has 1 (or more than 1 bathroom) with not a tub in sight. Now while I haven't taken a bath in years, as I am a shower guy, having no tub in place is either, in my opinion, a functional obsolescence issues or should be adjusted as a 3/4 bath.

Now extend this further. While this comment is not meant to be sexist in the least, it appears that women tend to utilize the tub (along with shower) while men generally utilize the shower only (unless they have aches and pains or hemorrhoids). I know of very few parents who wash their infants, toddlers or young children in the shower. While I agree that a home with a bathroom with a least 1 tub in addition to additional bathrooms without may not be an issue, if there are multiple women in the house, it is very possible that a house with 1 tub has a waiting list for use.

In my market it is common practice to refer to 3/4 baths, where the confusion, and difficulty in reporting comes in is when you add that 3/4 bath to a 1/2 bath.

 

[Michigan CG]

.......The 3/4 bath count is very misleading. If a home had one “full bath” plus a “3/4 bath” plus one “1/2″ bath, that totals 1 + .75 + .50 = 2.25 total baths. Then the reader of the report asks "Where is that 1/4 bath?".......

In the grid bath count equals 1.1.1.

 

[Mike Garrett RAA]

Why not solve the problem by reporting baths by the number of pieces? 5pc, 4pc, 3pc, 2pc, etc.

Logic? who takes a half bath? who takes a 3/4 bath? Any bath room that allows all of the normal functions such as bathing, washing, or eliminating should be considered a fully functional bath.

In all my 30+ years of appraising have only seen one residential property with a urinal and it was in the master bath which also had a bidet. My wife wishes the bath off my office had a urinal!

Brings up another point...garages. Every seen a half car? I have seen many reports with the term 1 1/2 car garage!

 

[Mr Rex]

Brings up another point...garages. Every seen a half car? I have seen many reports with the term 1 1/2 car garage!

Here's one:

 

[Doug DeMars]

2 Car on the left...1/2 car on the right. Or call it a "golf cart" spot? You could park a mini in there or a new "Smart" car.

 

[Mike Garrett RAA]

Actually...I should have said..."double car garage". Ever see a double car?

 

[DMZwerg]

Brings up another point...garages. Every seen a half car? I have seen many reports with the term 1 1/2 car garage!

Here's one:

My brother would probably refer to it as a "three motorcycle bay" or a "motorcycle bay and repair area", but then again he is a motorcycle mechanic.

I only differentiate between full and half-car stations when defining the difference between an older model 1-car that is likely barely the length and width of a car and a newer model "1.5-car" garage as the latter absolutely has a functional advantage over the previous (for example, I could get into my car in the latter but possibly not in the former). Once the garage is 2-car or larger the half-car part becomes increasingly moot.



I sit corrected ...

2 Car on the left...1/2 car on the right. Or call it a "golf cart" spot? You could park a mini in there or a new "Smart" car.

I would indeed consider calling that an attached half-car garage as it has a separate door. Useful for golf carts or motorcycles In a golf neighborhood that may be more common and comparables may exist to help extract a value but outside of those such would be rarer. More common in my experience is a smaller back-door to a "2.5 car+" garage that allows an ATC to use the back door, or a single car if the door is large enough (I have seen 2 of the former and one of the latter).

 

[Mr Rex]

I call them 1+ car garages. I have 2 1+ garages, both 24x24 but they both only have 1 door each. 1 has a 12 ft door, and if you don't park dead center you can get a golf cart (Gator) in and out without moving the car(pickup).

 

[KenAZ]

My wife wishes the bath off my office had a urinal!

Mine Too :Emoticon_hug:

 

[Scott R Marshall]

I think my wife would prefer if I never went to the bathroom. She still has to clean it.