I personally am not a tub person. I think there are fewer buyers who have a tub on their must have list here in So Cal. If I could compromise the toilet room we could definitely have a tub.
Dual shower heads should be on separate controls so they can be turned on separately, I don’t think there is a water issue. On building plans you don’t have to be specific about fixtures and showerheads
Not a tub fan myself. Our current master bath doesn’t have one, and we don’t miss it in the slightest. The once every five years we might take a bath, we can use the tub in the hall bath.
Maybe I missed it, but is the tub in the hall bath necessary? Should that be the tub to eliminate, rather than the one in the master bath? I agree you should leave the tub in the jack and jill bath, but what about the hall bath?
Personal opinion…id leave the tub in the hall bath. We have had guests visit (some of our elderly ones) who either need to or prefer to take baths. I wouldn’t want them in my master bath. Period. And if the Jack and Jill bath might be shared by kids…I wouldn’t want them there either.
I’m guessing that hall bath would be the one used by guests.
So my opinion…leave the tubs in the Jack and Jill and the hall…assuming there is room in both.
Around here…folks don’t really expect more than one tub in a house. But then…this isn’t CA!
A large multiple person shower with a view window sounds amazing!
I vote for large shower only. However, if someone is financing, this would only be a 3/4 bath, I believe. Don’t know if that will matter on comps for bank?
I don’t think anyone uses the “3/4 bath” designation any more. If there is either a tub or shower, it will be counted as a full bath.
I happen to agree that the hall bath needs only a shower. A Large shower there would also be a “wow” selling feature for the house.
nre, it depends on local rules. Here is WA it would still count as 3/4. A full “1” bath has to have a tub. Powder is 1/2.
Count me in for preferring a nice walk-in shower over a tub. Especially if you have other tubs in the house.
Kind of too late for hall bathroom. Tub is set in on a bed of mortar and plumbed in. I’ll make sure to have some beautiful tile in that room
I’m just hoping City will let me change configuration in Master Bath (after i can get up onto the floor and lay it out and see views) wiithout having to go through a huge change process
I’m not a tub person either. But! That tub is sitting right under a window with a view isn’t it? That might be something to mull over. Someone, after a grueling day at work, might love to soak in there with a glass of wine and enjoying the evening sunset.
Sunset is on southern side of house. They will be enjoying view up northern coast and mountains in distance that are snow capped sometimes.
Tomorrow I have appointment with Structural Engineer to drag plans in to start on engineering. Its going to be a long process because the draftsman and I have decided the plans need to be transferred into CAD to move forward and i have no idea how long this is going to take
@notrichenough perhaps you’re right, when buying/financing a house. When we refinanced in southern CA the appraiser wouldn’t let us call our bathroom that only had a shower a “full” bathroom.
I think you will be pleased at how quickly this all gets transferred to CAD. And once it’s there…easy to draw up changes!
I don’t think we use the 3/4 bath term in San Diego. The multiple listing service only has fields for Full Bath and Half Bath. Nowadays, a lot of bathrooms have showers instead of tubs, so I don’t think the bank appraisers designate a difference in bathroom value.
On television I sometimes hear agents saying ‘5 piece’ bathroom versus a ‘4 piece bathroom’, but that is not language that I am familiar with. Maybe it is Canadian (a lot of those HGTV shows are produced in Canada) or East Coast or something.
I’m a tub person. The most important thing to me is that the tub be DEEP for soaking. Jets and so forth are totally unnecessary. A soaking tub by a window with a view is nirvana. The kind of thing I do NOT want is, first and foremost, your average shower over tub, especially with those non-skid things on the bottom of the tub. Also, sliding doors with metal frames. Argh. If there is going to be a shower over tub–except for bathing children–I’d rather have a really nice shower with a removable head.
Things I do not value at all: a toilet enclosure. I prefer to be ALONE in the bathroom, period. Similarly, double sinks. Marginally useful for brushing teeth. Otherwise, see above.
^ Definitely not East Coast, I’ve never heard those expressions before.
After review with HVAC guy I have decided to keep newer Carrier gas furnace to heat main floor and buy small separate furnace for 2nd floor. This will allow for two separate zones of heating. Otherwise I was going to have to pull out 90kBTU furnace dated 2010 and buy a new large one. I don’t need any more things stored in my garage 
Both furnaces are getting moved into attic above dining room. This was my idea and HVAC guy said it was a good solution because heat requirements upstairs are much lower because heat rises up the stairs, not needed upstairs much.
If I go with large walk in shower in Master Bath I will put in radiant floor heat, including shower floor
"If I go with large walk in shower in Master Bath I will put in radiant floor heat, including shower floor "
cool!! [ i.e. I love that idea!]
What about an AC unit?
I wouldnt buy a place in SC without one, given the reality of global warming.
Heat WILL rise up to the top floor and make that bedroom uncomfortable on hot days.