A faucet without a drain underneath it gives me the willies. But that’s me. Many people love them. Though it would have no effect on resale (“the house has a pot filler?! Well then, I must buy it!”).

(keep in mind you still have to haul the pot filled with liquid back to the sink to dump it)

Ah - That's right. I still have to dump said water once said pot is filled don't I.

There's your closing argument!

A friend of mine remodeled her kitchen a few years ago and added a pot filler. She told me that was the biggest waste of money in their remodel. She always forgets to use it because for 20 something years she never had one. She thought it was one of those "can't live without" things and let her designer talk her into it.

I don't have one and certainly don't daydream about getting one someday.

We have one. We use it. We could have definitely skipped it. Funny thing is we each thought the other one wanted it. People seem to get a kick out of it, but no one would make a home purchase decision on the fact that we have a pot filler. However, it may mean you'll get more for your home. Check out this article on Zillow: Listing Features That Sell: If You've Got These, Flaunt Them

No pot filler they make really no sense unless right beside the stove is the sink to drain the boiling water and if you have that you don’t need a pot filler and certainly not going to be a deal breaker in sale

I would only want one if they invent a large stock pot with a built in place tubing to drain the dang thing, and a nearby drain! Yes, they can look "cool" but to me, they are utterly useless and quite expensive.

I was going to do a pot filler, but the thought of lying in bed at night and wondering, “Do I hear water running“ plus “Sure would be nice to have a place to dump this water” plus the fact that a pot filler costs 4-5x as much as a pullout faucet made me decide to reduce my base cabs from 36” to 30” and weasel out some more space to add a 15” prep sink instead.

The faucet will be mounted off center toward the range, and the pullout faucet will be a reasonable (to me) sub for a pot filler. It will reach halfway across the range, and since the range has continuous grates, pots are easily slid around to reach the faucet. Yes, the water pressure/ fill rate is lower, but tha seems a decent compromise. We’ll do a positive reveal for the prep sink so that a cutting board will extend the counter space, and the sink+faucet is still cheaper than the pot filler I had picked out. And the faucet won’t interfere with whatever backsplash design I finally come up with. Good enough.

In a word? NO Want three more words? Waste of MONEY.

Gosh it is refreshing to hear from people with some common sense. How did these pot fillers become a thing anyway??? The first time the cook goes to dump the full pot of boiling water s/he smacks their forehead and says DUH!!!!

Yeah DUH. : )

They became a " jewelry thing" first, in traditional kitchens/styling ...................and someone saw a way to make money. Then the modern styling of these followed, Still a DUH as far as any real need or function lol.

That's really all they are. Jewelry over a cooker that needs no jewelry.

If there is a leak, or a problem with the fixture...try to imagine what it will be like to access the plumbing.

We are on a well and used the pot filler infrequently. I didn’t like the idea of the water that had been sitting for days in the faucet going into my pot. I would rather use the sink and let it run a bit first before filling up the tap.

I'd say no. Waste of money, and I hadn't even thought about the potential problems if there's a leak.

Even if Zillow says you MAY get more money if you include one, will it be as much as it costs to install one? Or have the peace of mind once it's in there, plotting when best to leak?

You're the one cooking. You know you don't need it.

Go with that.

The Zillow articles doesn’t even state that the feature is responsiblele as it acknowledges that a pot filler, for example, may be just an indicator of a home that has a kitchen that is fabulous in other ways also or has other very desirable features. It is likely that a kitchen with a pot filler is upscale but doubtful that an equally fabulous kitchen without a pot filler would be shunned

I can’t see the purpose of one as I don’t haul huge pots of water regularly to the stove. Except for huge vats of pasta, most items don’t use large amounts of water. Soups and braises typically use stock or other flavorful liquid. How much pasta is a normal home consuming and how many steps does it take to fill a pot from a pitcher if carrying a pot of cold water is physically difficult?

We have a pot filler and I use it all the time. We have a water filter for drinking water and it is connected to both the pot filler and the faucet at our "beverage station". I didn't want to filter all of our water, as that's a waste for water that is being used for washing dishes. And I didn't want two different faucets at our main sink.

I use the pot filler when making beverages, when filling the electric water kettle, and yes when filling my stock pot. It's convenient to reach and right in that part of the kitchen where I actually need water. Very happy that we decided on getting it.

But I can absolutely understand that not everybody likes to use pot fillers. As for resale, I doubt it makes one bit of a difference. Buy it, if you want to use it. Skip it, if you don't think you'd use it.