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Bathroom remodel help

6 years ago

So we are looking for resale value. We have a 3 bedroom 2 bath house. One bathroom is a small laundry room stand up shower bath that's far from the bedrooms. The other is the one we are looking to remodel. It is a 9x11 bath with 2 entry ways. One from the hall one from the master. We are wondering if we should split it into two small baths and how we could do it. Or just revamp the one bath. Help!!

redo existing bath
make two baths

Comments (11)

  • 6 years ago

    I was thinking roughly 4×9 master bath with a stand up shower where the toilet now is small vanity and new toilet. The other roughly 6x9 with doors, closet and tub/shower combo keeping their placement. adding wall against window to door... putting toilet by window and smaller vanity by that. I would also change the hall door to swing out. I just hear alot of dollar signs and headache lol. But when I went to buy this house the bathroom layout was almost a deal breaker for me. At the very least I have to replace the tub. They had a jacuzzi tub and every time I try to give my kids a bath mold comes out of the jets no matter what I try. So gross!!

  • 6 years ago

    We need a plan with measurements and dimensions

    Knowing your approximate budget would help. The moment you pull out the tub, you're looking at a bigger project

    ..You'll need new waterproofing, materials, whatnot..you'll want to change flooring maybe(unless you won't)..

    You can save on keeping pretty much same layout, re-using the toilet, re-using the vanity/finding another one second hand and, re-using/finding different lights for cheap(not that yours are bad, I'm not implying that, but once one starts it's a bit of a snowball process. Will you tile around the new tub? )

    It'd be useful to know the age of the house as well. They used asbestos until years such and such. A lot. For example in joint compounds in drywall. Which is perfectly fine by itself but not when you decide to demo, because then it becomes airborne and thus, a problem. So in case it's there-add pro removal and proper disposal to the remodel cost. Rules will vary by the state some, but good to take into account the possibility in advance.

    To me, the most sense would make creating a small powder room, accessible from both master and hallway, yet I'm not sure you have cleareance for it, at least not without rehauling all the plumbing. Maybe you do. Hard to tell without dimensions.

    Moving the toilet can be very complicated, or a bit less complicated..you'll need a pro in your house telling you how complicated. More complicated obviously translates to much more money.

    Where the house is? Project prices vary regionally.

    Here, I'd be looking at 50 K redoing the bath this size. And no one gets all the money back. Half if you're lucky? Most of it it's natural appreciation of a property too, in case local real estate and economy is ok.

    As an alternative, you can look at different bath(tub/shower combo) only, not for resale value,, but as something that will improve greatly your everyday usage of the tub. Your own enjoyment.

    If you decide to tile rather than use a unit-my guess is you'd want to change floor tiles as well. Already an overhaul big and messy enough.

    I agree it's not the very best layout, not the worst either though.

    Please post your plan (rough drawing wit measurements will do) for morev helpful suggestions. Many here(not me so much) are very good with layouts, but first one needs to see a more detailed plan.

  • 6 years ago

    I have a 9 x 11 hall bath and I’m wanting to put a 4 th bedroom upstairs where the master bath is if I have another baby, in which case I will absolutely split that hall bath into two 5x9 baths. I think large bathrooms are a waste of space, when in reality most of the time only one person will be in a bathroom at a time, no matter how large or small.

    So I would love to see your layout, and is there anything else you can use that laundry room shower space for, since it sounds like the shower is inconveniently located?

  • 6 years ago

    How long do you plan on staying in the house?

  • 6 years ago

    less than a year

  • 6 years ago

    thinking something like this for the master

  • 6 years ago

    I missed the part about doing this for resale value, and now knowing that you want to sell imminently, I would not do any renovation unless your real estate agent has good evidence to suggest that it would be financially beneficial to you.

  • 6 years ago

    thank you... that's my big question. I know the layout threw me off when I was looking to buy it but didnt know if it was worth the investment

  • 6 years ago

    Bathrooms, especially masters, can recoup more than spent on remodeling, but a local agent can advise much better than Houzz

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    Depending on your resale value, renovating one pf your bathrooms can go from $10k-$30k materials and labor


    So make sure before you plunge into a renovation


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