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How often do you upgrade your bathroom?

10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago

Is it a continuous process? Or one large sweeping change to the whole room?

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  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    not sure what constitutes an "upgrade" but we've been meaning to remodel ours ever since we moved in and have just got to the point where we can afford it....its been 12 years... only thing we've done in the meantime is strip some wallpaper and paint, which didn't make one whit of difference in the (ugly and dysfunctional) room....

  • 10 years ago

    We've been in our house since 1992, built in 1988. Our master was remodeled in 2005, another done last year and one is now being remodeled. So between never and once. I had previously done painting, ripped out wallpaper things but these were total guts.

  • 10 years ago

    Our first house was built in 1939. We live in it in the late 1990s. Someone had put in a vanity in the original bathroom at some point. We didn't touch that bathroom except to paint the walls. The basement had had a bathroom added sometime in the 1980s. We put in new flooring because what was there was damaged and had a mismatched repair and we painted it.


    Our second house was built in 1954. We owned in the mid-2000s. We replaced the vanity (which had been added at some point) and painted the walls. The powder room had been added at some point likely in the 1970s and we replaced everything. The basement bathroom had been added likely in the 1970s and we didn't touch it.


    This house was built in 1926 and the original bathroom had been completely remodeled in the 1970s. We completely remodeled it in 2015 because we remodeled the kitchen and that had a domino effect that required moving bathroom plumbing. The second bathroom was added to the house in 1936. We gutted it because the shower pan was leaking and causing damage to the structure of the house. I have no intention of doing anything to those bathrooms, beyond painting the walls and necessary repairs, ever again even if we stay in this house for the next forty years.

  • 10 years ago

    We purchased a 30 year old house. The master is very big and it has a huge roman tub tiled in dated tile that also runs over the really long 2 sink vanity. Did we change that? It would have cost a fortune. No. Only thing we did was put in a new floor and paint all the cabinetry white, oh and swap out the light fixtures. The other baths also got cabinets painted. Their floors were fine. Will we update again? Doubt it. Fresh paint is about it.

  • 10 years ago

    Our house is 31 years old, all the bathrooms are original. We did one bathroom last year (the kid's bathroom - everything changed except the cabinetry) and are planning to do our master bathroom (total gutting) next year - so once, after about 30 years. It seems many people do remodels after 15 or so years, but I'm not sure how they afford it! Especially kitchens! I'm trying hard to choose classic designs that won't look dated in 10 years. Not sure if that's possible or not, but we gotta try....

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Our home was built in 1884. For the first 40 years, the bathroom was an outhouse and probably a wash tub in the kitchen. The first bathroom was installed in 1925 - obviously by real plumbers/craftsmen. Somewhere in the 50's a homeowner (hello Mr.G!) did some "upgrades" - installed the 1950s Bathroom from Hell in part of the kitchen (can you say sink/tub/toilet all converging on one 12in space - and a live wire cross cutting the wall corner over the tub?) and installed a camp shower in the unfinished basement with pallet floor over the wavy concrete floor drain, corrugated plastic walls, and fixtures plumbed with garden hoses from the laundry taps. Sometime between the 60's & 80's a vinyl floor was installed in the 1925 2nd Floor Bath (look an upgrade!) and in the late 80s - early 90s, there was a probably roof leak that inspired the worst drywall job I've ever seen in the 1925 2nd Floor Bath - I'm still putting my money on Mr.G!

    We have removed the 1950s Bathroom from Hell, converted the space into a pantry, added the Slightly Imperfect Powder Room in a pantry closet, and built the Starting From Dirt Basement Bathroom in place of the concrete camp shower. I think those count as upgrades! The 1925 2nd Floor Bathroom is on queue for a few upgrades in a few years.

  • 10 years ago

    For me it's once and done. I did full gut remodels of my master bath (leaky shower pan, no ventilation, crappy faucets, cracked drywall that had been wallpapered over) and a powder room (bad termite damage). The hall bath has several issues that I've put off repairing until I have the money to fix everything at one time (crumbling shower tile grout, crappy lighting, no ventilation, peeling wallpaper, old worn laminate counters). Until that time, no one is allowed to take a shower in this bathroom.

  • 10 years ago

    In 1985 we bought a house that had last been remodeled in 1939. We completely redid the kitchen and 3 bathrooms, and added a half bath. In 2005-2006, we redid the kitchen again completely, updated two of the bathrooms (cabinets, all the tile, paint, mirrors and lights in one, floor tile, paint, mirrors and lights in the other, left the half bath alone, and tore out the third full bath (when we sold it in 2012, that was the state it was in).

    We now live in a condo built in the early 90s. When we moved in in 2013, we completely redid the kitchen, and redid both bathrooms except for the floors.

  • 10 years ago

    We built this house in 1981. Remodeled one bath in 2007 and another 2015. The last bath was the last room to be remodeled. Now we're having foundation problems from years of drought and now flooding in Texas (sigh). Spending $5500 on something you can't see or get any enjoyment out of is just not any fun!

  • 10 years ago

    We built our house in 1993. Vinyl flooring, cultured "marble" counters, golden oak vanity and corner whirlpool tub to name a few things. We just remodeled it down to the studs last summer after 23 years of that beauty!

  • 10 years ago

    Two of my bathrooms are original to the 1955 build. Custom cabinetry, tiled, dated but clean, solid and everything works flawlessly. There is one crack in one tile in each of those two bathrooms.

    The master and master bath were a well done addition, I don't know what year. That's the bathroom I'd like to redo - the newest - lose the oversized pink Jacuzzi tub completely and replace it with a large walk in shower. We've been here three years and just haven't pulled the trigger on it yet.

  • 10 years ago

    We have a 3 sided fireplace next to the jetted corner tub, marble flooring...I say leave it. :0) We're comfortable. The colors are off white, neutral.

  • 10 years ago

    Our last house was built in 1955 and had 2 bathrooms originally. The main bath was partially remodeled in 1985 - and badly done. I'm not sure about the basement bath since the basement had been gutted before we bought the house. We gutted the main floor bath before we moved in in 2009 and later added the basement bathroom back in 2011.

    Our current house was built in 1979 by the previous owners, who are good friends of ours. The house had 2 full baths, two 3/4 baths and a ridiculously small and unused powder room. We ended up eliminating the powder room in the kitchen remodel and I DON'T regret it. The other bathrooms were untouched over the years except for replacing the wall to wall carpet with tile. We had a leaky shower in one of the basement 3/4 baths so we are taking care of that right now. It involved replacing the whole shower. Four bathrooms are going to take a lot of time and money to upgrade so it will be a process!

  • 10 years ago

    In 1997 I made small cosmetic upgrades in the bathroom. It's a 1958 apartment. We are remodeling and adding a second vanity area this year so technically twice.

  • 10 years ago

    We just remodeled our 30 yr old bathrooms (3 at once). We've lived here for 23 yrs and did light touch ups, painting,etc)

  • 10 years ago

    Our house is a 2001 builder grade starter tract home. We just redid both the master and the hall/guest bath. Wanted to get rid of the low end builder grade stuff. the master was in decent shape, other than the fiberglass tub getting a bit rough looking. Two boys took a little bit of a toll on the vanity in the other bathroom and it was not really functional enough for them as they got older due to lack of adequate storage. Master got a complete gut, but no changes in plumbing locations or expansion of space. New bigger bathtub was essential for my wife and it makes for an amazingly comfortable shower as well. Hall bath was a budget job. I left the tub/shower alone, but repainted and replaced everything else, but with mostly basic stuff given given the usage by kids. Still some detail/decorating work to do.