<p>It is definitely not full without a tub. However, regarding .5 vs 3/4, here is what Wikipedia has to say:</p>
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<p>We have recently remodeled two of our bathrooms. I would have loooooooved to ditch the big plastic jetted tub in the master, but because of a big window we couldn’t have used that area to expand the shower, so it stayed. I fill it once a year and throw in a bunch of bleach and run the jets. Total waste of space. (we have a pool with a heated spa)
Upstairs we took out the tub and replaced it with a 5’ x 3’ shower with multiple heads, glass door, marble tiles. We also put in a long grab bar ( doesn’t look institutional, but like a big towel bar) that’s bolted to the studs. Our parents are getting older and had slipped in the tub that was there. My realtor friends said that in our neighborhood if one of the upstairs baths had a tub we wouldn’t lose value by taking out the other. Around here there is no real estate 3/4 bath designation.</p>
<p>We have 4 bathrooms; took out the bath in all except one and that one is not in the master. I think the last time I had a bath was over 30 years ago.</p>
<p>I love a nice bath and after finally having a bathroom with a separate shower and tub I see why people would sacrifice the tub part if there was only room for a combo unit otherwise. It is SO much easier to keep a separate tub clean and ready for a good hot bath when it isn’t also being used daily by the shower-takers.</p>
<p>During our big reno, we got rid of our huge Jacuzzi with surrounding platform, and put in an air-jetted soaking tub. Love, love, love it. We have always had a separate shower but enlarged it with the reno. It’s not zero threshold, didn’t really want that, but we do have a large bench and a separate hand shower, along with the regular shower head. Separate controls. It’s also a steam shower. We put grab bars in all of the tub/shower areas when we renovated them.</p>
<p>We have five bathrooms in total, only one other has a bathtub. In our area, a master bathroom without a tub, especially if it’s been renovated would be a no go for buyers.</p>
<p>Sally, except I have to dust the tub every week when I clean the bathroom. I think it’s been 8 years since anyone actually bathed in it.</p>
<p>We did a similar thing when we remodeled our master bath. It originally had the huge ‘garden’ tub and one of those tiny showers where you’d bump your elbows on the walls. The tub (not even a jacuzzi…just big like one) seemed like such a waste of space! We decided to take out the tub and use all of that space for a large shower. It isn’t a zero threshhold, but that is a good idea. We love the new large shower! It has plenty of room for a built in seat and storage for towels, etc right in the shower. Our 2nd (hall) bath does have a regular tub. I don’t think we would have gotten rid of the only tub in the house as that might affect resale. People with kids usually want a tub.</p>
<p>For anyone complaining about “dirty baths”, you’ll be interested in “Japanese Bathing”.</p>
<p>One room contains both a shower area and a bathtub. First, fill the (short and deep) tub with very hot water. Then thoroughly wash and rinse your body/hair in the shower side. Step into the tub and soak/relax for 5-15 mins. (Add aromatics or bathsalts if you like.) Step out and rinse with water to cool you down.</p>
<p>Sorry, dragonmom. My tub has one of those sprayer thingies and that makes quick work of rinsing it out. </p>
<p>On a separate note, I can’t believe how many posters here have so many bathrooms. Four? Five? People must live in some really big houses. I can’t think of any in my area that have more than 2 or 2.5, and in older homes even that is unusual.</p>
<p>Laws-a-mercy, you people with unused jacuzzis need to rethink this! - Fill the jacuzzi, use bubble bath, get a bottle of wine, some candles - it’s not a BATH, it’s an ahem “event”. We have both a jacuzzi tub and a walk in tiled shower in our unsuitably ginormous with too many mirrors bathroom. We don’t use the tub often, and the jets tend to come on totally at random, but it’s fun when we do! ;)</p>
<p>When my parents just redid their master bath they put in a large no threshold shower and a separate tub. There is also a tub/shower in the “family bath.” It is a nice set up.</p>
<p>I live in a condo with a tub/shower combo. I never use the tub.</p>
<p>I looked at the “Notice of Valuation” for my 2&3/4 bath house. It says:
2- Full / 0- Three Quarter / 1-Half</p>
<p>So it is definitely wrong. Not sure it makes any difference til we decide to sell… except we want to do a renovation that would expand the tiny square shower to a larger rectangular (more normal) size… and I’m worried it would mean we need building permit.</p>
<p>The huge bathrooms with garden tubs or jacuzzi tubs are on the way out here in Charlotte. There needs to be a bathtub in the home for kids but I am seeing large open showers in the master bathrooms now. The bathrooms really look much better without the huge tub IMO.</p>
<p>In our area a bathroom with a shower, toilet and sink is a full bath.</p>
<p>Our house was built in 1971 and has a 3/4 bath off the master and a full bath in the upstairs hall. I’ve used the bathtub a few time in the past few years for ice baths after half marathons and long training runs, but normally use the shower in the MB. Our daughters occasionally take a bath, but have taken showers since they were in grade school. </p>
<p>We have a hot tub on the back deck if I ever need a hot soak, but honestly have no desire to waste space by adding a bathtub. </p>
<p>I’ve read that a house needs but one bathtub. That’s enough for me. I would love to expand the MB with a huge shower and a double vanity, but we’d have to expand into one of the other bedrooms to do so.</p>
<p>Our MB had both a megatub (no jets = ease of cleaning) and a dual shower. I would part with my tub only when I stop running, since there is nothing like a good deep soak after a 20-mile run. :)</p>
<p>Our Charlotte home has a large jetted tub and a large two person shower in the master. We use that tub every day. We had three other bathrooms with showers over the tub. We took one put to make it into a larger no door shower. We are saving the other two tubs in case we have grandchildren. The tub in the master is much too big to keep track of toddlers.</p>
<p>We saw maybe 50 houses in Charlotte last fall when we were looking for a house. Maybe two had no tub in the master.</p>
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I’m with you. And I totally agree with the poster who wouldn’t buy a house without a tub. I am so grateful that my life isn’t so hectic that I don’t have time for a bath. One of life’s greatest pleasures. </p>
<p>My BIl has a house with a bathroom with no shower. Now, as much as I love a bath, it’s really hard to wash your hair in one. I need both.</p>
<p>We had a giant soaking tub in the master bath of our last house. We lived there for three years, and it was never used. In fact, the only time the water was turned on was during our initial home inspection.</p>
<p>It was a handy place to store Christmas wrapping paper during December though.</p>
<p>I have a bath (two!), but I’ve never used it either. I wouldn’t miss it if it disappeared.</p>
<p>I am not a bath taker - soaking in dirty water doesn’t appeal to me. I am about to do the master bath remodel and will include a tub in the new plans for resale value. I would not want to limit myself to only buyers who could handle not having a tub in the master.</p>