Jan. 11, 2007 "Shower vs. tub debate"
This is a national issue rather than a local issue... in many ways.
 "Shower vs. tub debate intensifies" is an issue in Ilyce R. Glink's Inman News column today. Here's the link... it will only work today unless you are an Inman subscriber.
"Replacing tub with shower a turnoff for families with young children" Glink writes: "Several weeks ago, I printed a letter from a reader who wanted to know what would happen to her home's value if she replaced a bathtub/shower combination with just a shower. Her home would then have one full bath (with a bathtub and shower), one three-quarter bath (shower only) and a half-bath. "
In our MLS (the Columbus Board of REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service a brokerage to brokerage offer of co-operation) we call a bath with a shower a full bath. We do not make a distinction that the shower only is less than a full bath. We also don't make a distinction in bathrooms that have a shower and a separate tub.
The advertising that you see... the listings you find on HER Real Living's site, my site, Realtor.com, a competitors site..., Trulia.com etc... the IDX (Internet Data Exchange I think) which is the public information generated by the information in the Columbus Board of REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service says the same thing.. because it comes from the data which in our market does not make a distinction between a tub or a shower...
Back to the raging national debate about whether to take out a bath and replace it with a shower, Glink wrote:
"Dozens of readers responded. Many thought she should make the change. Others were more concerned she'd be destroying, or at least potentially limiting, the appreciation of her property."
It is a real estate question, kinda sorta... but some of the responses printed today have more to do with hygiene and choice. This letter from an appraiser is one of my personal favorites:
Dear Ilyce: I am a Texas-certified general appraiser who has been in the business for 20 years. Baths are fine as a method of getting cleaner than before, but you are seated in water that is polluted by skin flakes, dirt, deodorant, makeup and whatever. After stepping out of the bath and toweling off, some pollutants remain all over your body.
Showers pound the body with clean water that immediately runs off down the drain carrying what ever can be loosened. Thus, after toweling off you are cleaner. The "shower over tub" designs are slick and dangerous besides being smaller and spraying the floor where you must step out with wet feet. "
So here's a polls... hit vote after each question... or your vote won't be counted.
This is very, very, very personal... but do not worry I have no way of knowing who leaves the answer... although if you answer C on the first question here those closest to you can probably tell.
Tub vs. Shower the National Debate - the real debate is bath or shower ...
I like a bath or a shower... Or I take a bath or a shower...
Do you believe you as a homeowner should modify your home to fit your needs? Or should you be more concerned about future resale?
Would you remove a tub from your home?
Despite the recent Trulia.com ( a national property search site) PDF - Trulia Trends report that the average Columbus Ohio home has 2.9 bedrooms and 1.8 baths homes I run into homes with 1 bath, 1.5 baths, 2 baths, 2.5 baths etc. in Central Ohio... we don't count a shower different than a bathrub. I am just having fun with the averages on Trulia's Trend report...
Next counting toilets!
c. 2007 Discover Columbus
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