Here in Sacramento also, very rare to find a real fireplace in new construction. Environmental rules I suspect. We have "no burn" days when you can't use your fireplace unless it is your only source of heat, and of course the current building code requires a furnace.
I think I finally figured out how to post a photo of my own---if this works, here is the large shower (in a space originally slated to have a tub/shower combo). The door swins both directions and is wide enough for a wheel chair if we ever need that . We put mirrored glass on the one side but could have had clear all the way across. I'm sure a real estate agent could make it looks much prettier in the photo--in real life it looks really good but getting the top and bottom in in a photo was hard for my skilless self---I couldn't even figure out how to avoud the reflection of the window in the glass
[/QUOTE]This is beautiful. I can't seem to keep glass clean.... trying to use as little as possible
"QUOTE="mnrose, post: 58459444, member: 242577"]Take out the tub and put in a luxurious oversized shower instead. This is the way of the future, especially in the master bath. The lack of tub will be almost meaningless. Most people want the oversized walk in shower. If you are in an area where older people are likely buyers, get a shower that is nearly level or even potentially roll in.
In our area, the lack of tub would have ZERO effect on resale value IF the shower is nice...e.g., tiled and not prefabricated with a nice glass enclosure. This is what is being put into nearly all new construction. Think double shower heads, a rain shower head coming straight down, etc.
Here is an example of what I have in mind:
https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...21879001415/IMG_8156_HighRes.jpg?format=1500w
Someone sees a shower like that, they aren't even going to notice the lack of a tub.
I think I finally figured out how to post a photo of my own---if this works, here is the large shower (in a space originally slated to have a tub/shower combo). The door swings both directions and is wide enough for a wheel chair if we ever need that . We put mirrored glass on the one side but could have had clear all the way across. I'm sure a real estate agent could make it looks much prettier in the photo--in real life it looks really good but getting the top and bottom in in a photo was hard for my skilless self---I couldn't even figure out how to avoud the reflection of the window in the glass
NICE!!!! This is really pretty.... how do you keep the glass SOOOOO clean. I have never found a good glass cleaner.
No we don't have a seat--we talked about it but the only oplace to make it work yould prevent a wheelchair from going fully in. This is a condo in a building so we had less flexibility to make changes than we would if it were our own house---though we made MANY. And i wanted to fit in a washing machine (instead of having it in the shared laudnry room in the basement) and the shower is a double---shower heads on both sides with tons of space for each person to shower (I know it sounds like something unDisneylike, but we seriously jsut use it to shower--it'S really convienient to both be able to shower at the same time and talk about plans for the day at the same time. if we had only put in one shower head or wanted one person in there at a time, we could have put a seat on the other side. Or, if I could have had the glass encloseure out another 40ish cm from the back wall---but there jsut wasn't space.
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Bring It On shower cleaner, available at Ace hardware. Miracle in bottle. Keeps my glass shower enclosure looking like brand new.
Yup. We put one in our shower....which as I mentioned earlier....is the same size as a bathtub.
Ah ha! I am posting my house on Zillow today and I SEE THE 3/4 bath. I stand corrected.
In fact it has Full, 3/4, 1/2, & 1/4. So 4 categories of "bathrooms" on Zillow.
