That's not much information to go on! How big is the house, not including the basement? If you have four bedrooms and four bathrooms upstairs, then a basement bathroom is less important.

What style is the house? If it's a raised ranch with a walkout basement on a sloped lot, then many people would like a full bath in the basement. If it's a colonial home on a flat lot, then a half bath is probably sufficient.

Building a home is a lot of work if you only intend to stay five years.

Thanks for the feedback. The house is 2200 sq ft approximately. There are four bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. It's a three level colonial home and the basement will not be walk-out. It's a standard development with a 6-month build time frame so there isn't a ton of customization or work involved because it's pretty much just picking from the options they have.

Three levels plus the basement, or including the basement? Does your building code allow basement bedrooms? Are families in your area huge, for religious or other reasons? For normal sized families, a half bath in the basement is fine. How much more is the full bath rough-in?

Including basement. Community allows for basement bedrooms. Family size ranges. It's a $1K difference between the two.

If you're just roughing in, allowing future owners an option, I'd rough for full. If you're actually building the room, there's no way it's a $1k difference!

Just roughing in, thanks

The floor plan? Just for fun, Jan? Or maybe you want to continue insulting in exact detail ? Sheesh.

I will not comment on the building of a new home to flip 5 yrs later but at 1k add the full roughin . I too would like to see the plan for a 6 month build .just for fun since nothing can be changed .

I have another question for the OP. How many of these homes are being built and how much more open land is being built for more homes in other developments.

I ask because I live in an area with lots of open land and they built a whole new community near me. All brand new homes at different price points. The problem is there is so much open land and the developers own all that land so the folks who bought NEW homes 5 or even 10 years ago are actually losing money or just barely making a profit on their resales. Why? Because people want new so they can "customize" so those that are older are selling at a discount. Unlike a more established neighborhood.

That’s a good point thank you. Currently there’s a plan for 180 homes. To clarify, ideally we would sell in five or so years, but there’s nothing actually restricting us from staying. Our main goal is to make sure we incorporate the necessary structural upgrades now since those are harder to do later.

Have you looked at older homes in established neighborhoods? Maybe something closer in, in a good school district. Sometimes there is better value in updating an older home to your taste than in building a tract home.

The real estate market has changed so much in the last two years that it's hard to predict what will happen. We are already seeing properties in our neighborhood selling at a loss.

If the basement is likely to become an in-law suite or another bedroom, then a full bath might be worth it. In a house with 4 BRs and a basement that's not walk-out it's quite unlikely. I'd put in a half bath.