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Expand Primary Bath & Turn Bedroom into Primary Closet

3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago

Hi!
Wondering houzzers thoughts on turning our current primary closet (8x5) into an expanded bath to add a freestanding tub (which has always been a dream of mine!)
Then taking a pretty small adjacent bedroom and turning that into a larger primary closet (11.5x9.5)?
We would still maintain 4 bedrooms (3 and this primary suite)
Thanks!


Comments (9)

  • 3 years ago

    How are you doing this without loosing a bedroom overall?

  • 3 years ago

    We currently have 5 bedrooms (we added one and did a deed restriction) but the house was purchased w 4 which we will still have. This is the smallest bedroom (proposed closet)

  • 3 years ago

    Sounds like a good idea, but I would want a wider shower for a master bathroom. A lot of floor space wasted in that new tub area and I would rather have some of it go towards making the shower a bit wider.

    bostonmamatosix thanked chispa
  • 3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    What is the property value differnce if you go from 5 to 4 bedroom, considering how much the extra bedroom cost initially?

    I guess if its what makes you happy, its a decent plan, but it sounds like a ton of money to get a bathtub.

  • PRO
    3 years ago

    My first thought is, if this is your forever home, or resell value isn't a huge priority, go for it!


    Second thought - to simplify - could the tub possibly fit into the shower area to the right of the plan? If you could live with a smaller tub, and even if you have to reconfigure vanities, it seems possible. Would save a lot of headache (and maybe loss of amenity count).

  • 3 years ago

    @richfield95
    House was purchased as a 4 bedroom. Property value is currently over 1 million.
    What makes you think it’s a ton of money?
    @Hush House @chispa
    Yes forever home! The existing bath is already in place and relatively new so I prefer not to mess with that. I’m only touching the existing closet space.

  • PRO
    3 years ago

    I did this exactly in one of our homes and loved the dressing room type closet . I do how hate FS tubs and I suggest you go and test getting in and out of one before committing to that . I think a nice deep soaker tub either drop in or alcove are just much beeter choices . I bathe every night and even as a teenager I hated getting in and out of our clawfoot tub

    bostonmamatosix thanked Patricia Colwell Consulting
  • 3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    ^agree -nothing wrong with creating a lovely spacious master suite, especially since there are plenty of bedrooms in the rest of the home.

    (FWIW I am definitely a bit more risk adverse on bath renos (disruption, $$$, stress, so much can go wrong etc) but if it were me, I would challenge myself to take a bath in the other bathroom everytime I wanted a bath, and then see how many I took after 6 months - it would give me a good idea of whether I would really use the bath - I have tons of friends in the neighborhood with these types of tubs and their cleaners end up dusting them - but I definitely realize everyone is different)

    bostonmamatosix thanked la_la Girl