bathroom vanities question for realtors

[Derek ATX]

Originally Posted by Austin-steve

If it's a larger home where a family with teenagers would be sharing the bath, go with a double bowl. If it's a smaller home, and the counter space is going to be very limited with a double, I'd stick with a single bowl.

In reality, I've never had a buyer select or deselect a home based on something like that. It's way down the list of consideration factors.
Steve

I agree with Steve. I've never seen a buyer deselect a home based on the number of basins in the bath (especially a secondary bath) however, I have seen them deselect a home based on an outdated bath so depending on the age of your bath it sounds like you've got the right idea. If you are doing this for resale reasons then make sure you go with something subtle and conservative. You want to make it appeal to the most amount of people you can, not just yourself. Stay away from the elaborate "marbleized" bathroom counters with the strong colors.

Derek

[achtungpv]

Originally Posted by Derek ATX

I agree with Steve. I've never seen a buyer deselect a home based on the number of basins in the bath (especially a secondary bath) however, I have seen them deselect a home based on an outdated bath so depending on the age of your bath it sounds like you've got the right idea. If you are doing this for resale reasons then make sure you go with something subtle and conservative. You want to make it appeal to the most amount of people you can, not just yourself. Stay away from the elaborate "marbleized" bathroom counters with the strong colors.

Derek

It has a classy seashell basin now so anything will be an upgrade. It'll probably be an earth tone granite. It's my last room to remodel, so I'll be glad to have it all done.

[oldmanbob]

Two is better, counter space just gets cluttered anyway, and if you can afford, then two.

[texastea]

We have a larger second bath in a hallway with 3 secondary bedrooms. (The master is mil style on the other end of the house so the kids can't use our bath easily).

When they were small we loved our double sinks...4 little girls getting ready for bed or school at the same time. (2 little step stools, too--man, they grow up fast ) No need for counter space back then.

Now that they're teens, they really could use the counter space for getting ready: flat irons, blow dryers, doing makeup. They rarely use the sinks at the same time now.

So...guess its a "wash." Unless most people that would be interested in your home would have a bunch of little ones...

[ITChick]

No one has mentioned this, but I was surprised at the number of homes I looked at and all of them had the cabinet types of sinks. None of them had pedestal sinks which I prefer. Is there a reason for that? Even new construction only had cabinet sinks.

In every home I've owned I've always torn out the old cabinet ones and replaced them with pedestal. I'm just surprised that the cabinet style is so popular in the Austin area.

[Rae']

I think usually the cabinet type sinks are in a full bath and the pedastal style is in a hall or half bath (powder room). I'd guess the reasoning behind that is storage purposes.