Bathrooms

It can be argued that a bathroom is the most important room in a house. In a pinch, you can cook in the living room or sleep in the hallway but the functions of the bathroom cannot be performed anywhere else in the home. So in that light, it is important to pay close attention to the bathroom, its condition, layout and functionality.

Bathrooms descriptions in real estate ads are another gray area. A full bathroom must have a toilet, sink, tub and shower. A three quarter bathroom has a toilet, sink and shower. A half bathroom is a toilet and sink without a bathing facility. Many descriptions tend to round off the number to the higher whole, so an advertised two bathroom may really be one and a half or one and three quarters.

A typical full bathroom in good condition with a tub shower combo.

An exhaust fan is a must in bathrooms. This is to prevent possible mildew and other moisture damage from steamy showers or baths. In our county it is a building code requirement and all the homes I saw had one.