Bathroom advice
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Comments (6)When preparing a house for sale, it is quite advisable to freshen up (at least) kitchen and bathrooms. Potential buyers are often more interested in buying a house that has these elements already done and then add their finishing touches to living room, bedrooms, etc, instead of having to re-do kitchens and bathrooms (because they always feel these will cost a bomb and they might find issues too). I would definitely recommend that you renovate your bathroom so you maximise your chances of selling at a good price. The trick is not to overcapitalise (i.e. spending more than you will gain when selling). With the bath, I totally second fiona_ab's comment above on pretty much every point she makes. Free-standing baths look great in large bathrooms where they can rally be seen (ideally, we should be able to easily walk around the bath). From the picture I see, your bathroom seems to be a little too small for this. Besides, built-in bath tubs tend to cost significantly less. I would also not recommend to knock down walls to include the toilets, for the reasons given by both commentators above: privacy/practicality and additional costs involved. Changing your tiles (floor and walls!), putting in a new white bath tub, replacing current tapware with contemporary ones and installing a new vanity with a large mirror above it will make a massive change to your bathroom and that could be reflected at sale time. I hope this helps :)...See MoreBathroom layout advice
Comments (10)@dB Emery, I am also about to embark on a bathroom reno myself and my plan is similar in some ways to yours as the room has a similar layout. I, too, have the bathroom door in the middle of the wall which I don't like but its not easy to move. My plan is to have the vanity on one side of the door (same as yours) but I am planning to have the shower on the other side of the door. The bathtub will go under the window so when you open the door, you will see the vanity to your right and the freestanding bath right in front but slightly towards the wall that holds the vanity. The toilet will go on the other end where your plan has the bathtub. My thinking was to have a visually open space when you enter the bathroom and the showerscreen, even though it is glass, might visually make the bathroom smaller. I will try to find my plan and post it here. I do have a question about the showescreen. Have you consulted anyone on whether a 1200mm long single pane of glass will prevent water spray outside the shower area?...See MoreBathroom Layout Advice
Comments (7)I am a 60 year old female that lives here with 2 poodles The ensuite is so small I use the main bathroom for showering I have no need for a bath but think it should be retained for resale value But saying that - I broke my foot 6 weeks ago and because the shower door is narrow could not get a plastic chair in there and did have a bath for a week until I was able to feel comfortable standing in the shower. The kitchen is being renovated with removal of the angled wall between kitchen and living area. The laundry tiles are loose and need replacing and there is no storage in the laundry - hence the reason for consideration of space in laundry and bathroom. The clothes line is not in the courtyard outside the laundry so the door only serves the purpose of access to heater/garage etc The doorway to the 3rd bedroom is being relocated to the hallway - to streamline the entry hall and make the 3rd bedroom part of the bedroom wing with closer access to the bathroom. There are so many doors at the end of the hallway - so by making it one room - it gets rid of 2 doors. The kitchen was stage 1 - but seems scope creep is part of a renovation. Floating floorboards will be installed in the kitchen, living, dining - but bought enough to the do the hall if I want. Which is why I am considering what to do with bathroom and laundry before floors are installed. I do not have formal confirmation - but have been told the internal walls are not load bearing as the roof is a truss system. The house is on stumps not concrete slab so moving plumbing is perhaps easier?...See MoreBathroom Layout Advice
Comments (3)Is the floor concrete or timber with crawl space?...See More- 6 months ago
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