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We are remodeling the master bath in the home we just purchased. This particular home appeals to the empty nester/retirees.There is a second bathroom with a standard tub.
We are on the fence whether to keep the tub or remove it. We are mindful of resale, yet many in our age group (55-65) nix the bathtub.
What would you do? Keep the tub or remove it? Thank you in advance for your thoughts.
You are going to have people on both sides of the question.
Personally, and without seeing the constraints of your particular space, I would keep a tub. And I am in my 60s...
Since you just bought the house, you will be there for a while, right?
Do what YOU like.
Opinions and preferences can be different when you decide to sell.
We love baths and paid our builder to put in a deeper tub when we built. But, I know older people shy away from tubs as a safety issue. My in-laws didn't want a tub and had a hard time finding a builder 10 years ago that would omit it. Now it seems very common to not have a tub in the master so if you won't use it and the resale in your neighborhood is geared toward older couples I'd omit it.
We're in that agegroup and recently renovated our master bath. We removed the tub and now have only a shower. Love it. My feeling is as long as there is "a" tub in the house, whether an additional one is in the master isn't important. YMMV.
The man who designed/built our house told me that he always tries to put one of those whirlpool like bathtubs in a house (ours is in the master bathroom off from our bedroom) if he feels as though there is enough room for one.
We like ours. It was very nice and well worth it esp after moving from one location to this house and helping Mr C unload a trailer we rented. I felt like my arms were going to fall off after all those boxes we moved off from the trailer into the garage. Sure was a relief to me.
Maybe in your age group that may not be a necessity but it is indeed a plus factor for many and at different times. I kinda wish we had another electrical outlet and perhaps in wall shelving.
We are remodeling the master bath in the home we just purchased. This particular home appeals to the empty nester/retirees.There is a second bathroom with a standard tub.
We are on the fence whether to keep the tub or remove it. We are mindful of resale, yet many in our age group (55-65) nix the bathtub.
What would you do? Keep the tub or remove it? Thank you in advance for your thoughts.
I think you should do whatever you like, it's your place!
The hubby and I, were in our 50's, so when we bought this place 9 years ago the master bedroom had no bath yet the room to do it, we never done it. We have found we both prefer to use the two other separates bathroom located at each end of the house, in face we turned the joining bedroom & bath made it a dressing room as well, so I have a private place to dress all my things right there. We prefer the privacy and not disturbing the other while sleeping with showers or flushing toilets closet doors opening etc, etc in our master bedroom....
I can tell you that I refuse to use my master bath because it has a shower stall and a tub. I can't stand the shower stall. I'll turn around and bang into the walls and knock the door and have it fly open..
So.. That would be a consideration for me and possibly something to consider for future selling of the house.
My house needs a big tub for two in the master, it is used more than the shower. My husband and I are in that 55-65 age group. That said, any house we buy does not need to have a tub. If the price is right, and the room is there, I can put in a tub.
If you are going to be in the house 10 years, make it the way you want it. Any bath over 10 years old is a candidate for updating, and likely will be customized to fit the new owner. Just make sure your bath isn't so weird that the next buyers would have to tear it out before they moved in.
My husband and I plan (right now) on retiring in place, but when we remodel our master bathroom (someday!) we plan on getting rid of the tub and putting in a double steam shower with a built-in bench. this way, if you wanna sit, you can sit, and if you wanna stand, you can stand.
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