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Old 08-25-2020, 11:24 AM
 
Location: Raleigh
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What's a DINK? I assume the last two letters are no kids?
Double Income, No Kids
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Not really weird. Those are very likely to be two en suite bedrooms plus a guest bathroom so your dinner guests don't walk through your bedroom to use your toilet, while helping themselves to a quick inspection of your medicine cabinet.
It's a slightly odd arrangement. Typically bathroom 3 would be a powder room (1/2 bath); most commonly in a 2 bed home you'd have the second bathroom not en-suite. Otherwise a basement with a full bathroom isn't at all uncommon, and the basement can't often be advertised as a bedroom depending on local codes, egress/ingress, etc...
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Old 08-25-2020, 12:39 PM
 
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Not really weird. Those are very likely to be two en suite bedrooms plus a guest bathroom so your dinner guests don't walk through your bedroom to use your toilet, while helping themselves to a quick inspection of your medicine cabinet.
I feel like I'm being viewed as if I have multiple heads. The bolded seems to be your justification for the third bathroom, with BD 2 being assumed as the second en suite. I would think the separate hall bath would be planned before an en suite would be considered for the second bedroom.
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Old 08-25-2020, 12:48 PM
 
Location: Sandy Eggo's North County
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When did you buy it?
Do you still live there?
In retrospect, are you happy with the decision?



What is the logic behind this?
Why are people placing such a massive premium on a 2nd full bathroom?

So, if you had kids, you would put them in a bunk bed before dealing with 1 bathroom.

I assume people don't want 1 bath since others will need to smell your stunk up poo scent.
Understandable.

But, posters have also said that 1.5 bath is just as bad a 1 bath. So, it's not about hiding your poo smell from others.

Is this due to timing of showers? 4 people need consecutive showers which can lead to morning scheduling conflicts.
I deal with "half way" houses on occasion. A typical example: 12 women in a 3bd1ba 1500' house. Think about that for a moment. 12 women, sharing 1 single bathroom. A lotta drama happens there. 4 women per bedroom. (They use bunk beds.)
The same company operates another house 2 blocks away. This one has 13 women in a 3bd2ba house. A lot less stress here. The County of San Diego inspects both facilities, and gives it a green light.

I'm just surprised the City of Oceanside allows this, as it's not the typical home use for utilities...
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Old 08-25-2020, 01:53 PM
 
Location: Raleigh
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I feel like I'm being viewed as if I have multiple heads. The bolded seems to be your justification for the third bathroom, with BD 2 being assumed as the second en suite. I would think the separate hall bath would be planned before an en suite would be considered for the second bedroom.
I would agree with you. But unless the house is pretty new, there's a really good chance that someone at some point added on or whatever. Maybe the owner had an elderly/frail parent, etc...but I do think it's odd in a 2 bed house.
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Old 08-25-2020, 04:46 PM
 
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I would agree with you. But unless the house is pretty new, there's a really good chance that someone at some point added on or whatever. Maybe the owner had an elderly/frail parent, etc...but I do think it's odd in a 2 bed house.
It is new construction, and I think this is a very recent trend. That is looking like the answer.
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Old 08-26-2020, 07:47 AM
 
Location: Raleigh
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It is new construction, and I think this is a very recent trend. That is looking like the answer.
What's the layout/setup of the property? My wife lived in a townhome with this setup. Each bedroom had an en suite, and a powder room downstairs. Some places are more setup for renters/roommates by design than they are for families.
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Old 08-26-2020, 10:00 AM
 
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A second bathroom will be used every day. Even if you're a DINK, it's nice not to have to share the bathroom with overnight guests, it's nice if you and your spouse are both getting ready for work or a night out, if you have one kid, it's nice to to have to share the same bathroom with them all the time, etc.
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I had no idea people actually think like this. I grew up in a house with 1.5 BA. We rarely even used that downstairs bathroom. 1 main bathroom for a family seems totally normal to me.

It also did not occur to me that almost half of America is loaded up on meds, and may want to hide that. I think I took an Aspirin once in the 1990s.
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Old 08-26-2020, 11:25 AM
 
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I had no idea people actually think like this. I grew up in a house with 1.5 BA. We rarely even used that downstairs bathroom. 1 main bathroom for a family seems totally normal to me.
I can't possibly imagine sharing a bathroom at all, let alone with more than one person. Anything less than 2BD+Den/2.5BA/2 story/2,000sqft would be a nonstarter for me. Single household but I want to at least have the option of generating some pocket change with the spare bedroom/bath, and I like my space/privacy.

FWIW I actually keep meds in a drawer in the kitchen so guests wouldn't be able to see what meds I take anyway.
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Old 08-26-2020, 11:43 AM
 
Location: Raleigh
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I had no idea people actually think like this. I grew up in a house with 1.5 BA. We rarely even used that downstairs bathroom. 1 main bathroom for a family seems totally normal to me.
Really? That seems odd...Was it a split level? I'm thinking of either single story or traditional two stories. A relative that took care of me quite a bit had a 2/1.5, the half being on the main floor, full bath upstairs. The 1/2 bath was used quite a bit, as that was where the living room and kitchen/dining room were. My parents 1/2 bath downstairs is used quite a bit as well; no one is going to go upstairs from the family room or kitchen just to use the toilet.
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Old 08-26-2020, 12:57 PM
 
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What's the layout/setup of the property? My wife lived in a townhome with this setup. Each bedroom had an en suite, and a powder room downstairs. Some places are more setup for renters/roommates by design than they are for families.
https://www.zillow.com/community/del...80629238_zpid/

Upon further examination, it appears to be a half bath, with two en suites. Not sure if Zillow acknowledges half baths as 0.5 or just counts as 1.
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