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

[AnonApprsr]

I just wanted to point out to my peers that you don't need a bath tub to have a full bath in a lot of markets. Please don't use 3/4 baths, there is no such thing.

 

[DMZwerg]

I just wanted to point out to my peers that you don't need a bath tub to have a full bath in a lot of markets. Please don't use 3/4 baths, there is no such thing.

Yep, which is why a sink, toilet, tub and shower is still a full bath and not a 1.256984 bath.

I have run into a property with 3/4 baths ... half bath with separate detached shower out the door and around the corner!

(half bath + quarter bath < full bath to to functional obsolescence)


Needless to say the prospective owner plans to gut the 1st floor and fix the insanity. :icon_mrgreen:

 

[Michigan CG]

I just wanted to point out to my peers that you don't need a bath tub to have a full bath in a lot of markets. Please don't use 3/4 baths, there is no such thing.

And maybe you should not try to paint a broad brush considering that there are regional differences in terms and definitions. 3/4 bath descriptions are very common and accepted in many parts of the country. No tub, but shower is regularly defined in many markets as 3/4 bath.

How do I get national geographic competence when defining bathrooms?

 

[AnonApprsr]

"a lot of markets." I enjoy my broad brush strokes. Still don't need a tub to have a full bathroom.

 

[Michigan CG]

"a lot of markets." I enjoy my broad brush strokes. Still don't need a tub to have a full bathroom.

Glad you have the confidence to define that for the whole country. You are obviously smarter than many people in the country.

Ever heard of a door wall and the definition of such a creature?

 

[Doug DeMars]

I'd add 10K for the urinal...that's too cool to have in a house.

 

[KenAZ]

"a lot of markets." I enjoy my broad brush strokes. Still don't need a tub to have a full bathroom.

Back 20 years ago we used to refer to a shower only bathroom as 3/4 bath and even adjust for them. Nowadays, many people just remove the tub and install a larger shower. I have not ever seen an appraisal with an adjustment between a 3/4 bath and full bath anywhere in the country. Technically, a bath with a full shower is still a full bath.

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?"

If a home has a separate tub, shower, 2 sinks and toilet (Very common for a master bath) why not state that this is a 1.5 bath? I have never seen any appraiser do that, and yet it has 6 fixtures.

The 3/4 bath count is antiquated and useless. It is more descriptive to call it a full bath. Unless you are consistent and add an extra .25 baths for having a separate tub/shower, then you should not be subtracting .25 for not having a shower in a tub.

 

[Rice Brewer]

I'll add my voice to the "no such thing as a 3/4 bath" chorus. If the typical person can do everything in that bathroom to get ready for work, it is a full bath. If not, it is a 1/2 bath.

 

[Peter LeQuire]

Mothers of young sons (and wives of lazy husbands) would probably covet a urinal in their bathrooms - preferably not wall hung, but full length, like in old train stations.

 

[Peter LeQuire]

Sorta' like this......