1/2 Bath Or Full Bath?

[gregb]

Ahso, thus the double-dipping stip has life.

 

[Renee Healion]

Well I guess it could be a functional utility adjustment if that would be more agreeable. Imagine you live in a three bedroom modest house with one bath. Or even a two BR one bath. You have twins in the one bedroom and a spouse and yourself in the other. Everyone goes to work or school at the same time. Would you pay more for a second bath? Is it more than the value of the same amount of GLA in the living room?

Now if you live a life of abundance, with as many baths and bedrooms as a motel, a great volume of GLA and ocean views for you, your family of exceptional children who did not cost more than 500k apiece to get into an ordinary university, and your au-paire, then maybe not so salient a matter. lol

 

[Dublin ohio]

GLA adjustment pretty much should cover these differences in most properties?

Maybe out in CA. But many baths in my areas are only about 60 sf. I can't remember making an adjustment for 60 sf in a 250k 2000sf house

 

[andrew81]

like others have said i would consider it a half-bath with explanation

FNMA says a full bathroom is 4 fixtures with a 3/4 also considered a full bathroom. 2 fixtures is a half-bath.

Finished Area Above Grade Contains ______Bath(s)
The appraiser must enter the total number of full baths and partial baths above grade. A
three-quarter bath is to be counted as a full bath in all cases. Quarter baths (baths that
feature only a toilet) are not to be included in the bathroom count. The number of full
and half baths must be entered, separated by a period. The full bath count is represented
to the left of the period. The half bath count is represented to the right of the period.

FHA says the same thing

Total Bathroom Count - The finished area above grade contains ___ bath(s).
- The treatment of bathroom counts: numbers separated by a period such as 1.0 or 2.1 or 3.2.
- For purposes of this report, in the “Improvements” section, “Finished Rooms Above Grade,” the
count of bathrooms is represented as the number of “full” bathrooms to the left of the period and
the count of “half” bathrooms to the right of the period.
- A three-quarter bath is counted as a full bath.
- Quarter baths (baths that feature only a toilet) are not included in the bathroom count.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

FNMA says a full bathroom is 4 fixtures with a 3/4 also considered a full bathroom. 2 fixtures is a half-bath.

How many bathrooms have 5 or more fixtures? I've seen quite a few myself. It is a 1½ bath?

 

[CANative]

Sheesh... I posted an actual toilet in a walk-in closet and didn't get 3 pages of attention.

 

[Gobears81]

My mom's condo unit has a sink just outside of the bathroom. I'd be inclined to call that a full bath. Hotels often have a similar setup.

Quite a few warehouse and auto repair facilities just have a toilet with no sink. Men can't be bothered with this "washing hands" nonsense

 

[Renee Healion]

I was restoring a Victorian house and moved a replaced toilet to an empty closet to be able to paint. When I refi'd, I noticed later that the appraiser counted an extra "half bath".

 

[J Grant]

Animals have it down- they pee outside...the world is their bathroom !

 

[Overimprovement]

Sheesh... I posted an actual toilet in a walk-in closet and didn't get 3 pages of attention.

And the water closet was born.