Should I add a half bath to my house?

[skyactiv]

I own a 3 bedroom, 1600 sq/ft ranch that I've been renting out for years. Got married and moved into my wife's house. My house was meant to have a half bath in the master bedroom but has a walk-in closet instead. The other closet in the master bedroom is 96" wide, so it has more than enough closet space. I'm wanting to sell the house. I'm thinking a lot of people will skip over my house since it lacks a half bath and the only person who'd want it is someone wanting a deal.

 

[charbaby]

Only if you think by adding the 1/2 Bath will net you more money

IMHO, if you can also add to that 1/2 bath, as standup shower and instead, make it another full bath(or some call it 3/4), especially if the current full bath has a tub/shower for small children.

 

[gfh77665]

Personally there is NO WAY I would put out that much expense to try to enhance a potential sale. Do the cheap things, deep clean it, especially the floors. Touch up paint wherever necessary. Manicure the lawn. Lots of elbow grease and little $$$ is the way to go. A buyer will come along who wants it, and the lack of the unseen half bath won't stop things. Plumbing is expensive!

 

[JayhawkRoy]

The risk is that you may not retrieve your costs back. There are many studies out there that indicate this. To me, a half bath is not big enough to make a difference (3/4 bath, different story. I prefer to not add a large investment to sell a house. Let the new owner make the decision as to the value, rather than assume a half bath would be better to sell the house.

 

[Pop_Rivit]

A half bath for a master?

Skip it-it's a step beyond useless and will probably make the house harder to sell. The only way you'll increase the value is with a decent master bath-a full master bath.

And by today's standards, an 8' closet is pretty small for a master closet. A walk-in closet adds value, an 8' regular closet does not.

 

[JHZR2]

No improvement net an actual return. Usually just 70-90% of what was spent on the improvement.

Plus, IMO a half bath in the master bedroom is stupid. I've always seen these dedicated bathrooms to be full baths. I personally wouldn't care over just a half off the bedroom.