"keith" wrote
Never saw the fascination for two sinks. "When I'm in the bathroom, I don't want company, nor do I want to be company for another part. In 45 years of marriage, I don't recall any conflicts over sink use. YMMV.
"keith" wrote
I've been in my house 29 years. I'll be damned if I'm going to compromise years of my pleasure to get an extra $1200 when I sell to move to the nursing home.
Sure, I'd not remove the kitchen to put in a pool table, but a second sink in an older home is not a deal breaker, IMO. Millions of homes do not even have a master bath and they still sell.
What I want and what you want isn't what everyone else wants. I don't care either. SWMBO certainly does. Like I said earlier, a single sink would have been a deal killer when we bought this house. OTOH, the deal killer for me would have been no shower (she wanted the tub, even though she's never used it). Again, this is dependant on the level of the house. I wouldn't expect either in a smaller house.
That's *not* the point.
That's *not* the point.
? WHAT? I don't know where you live but almost ALL master baths in new homes have two sinks and many of them have a built in vanity area on one with the other being several inches higher.
That being said, if it is a SMALL master bath, having the additional counter space may be a better way to go and would probably do more for the resale value than not having enough.
reply: I agree. Saying the space was smallish, I would rather have the extra counter top rather than a small top with no room for anything because of two sinks. How often in reality are both the sinks used at the same time? We recently remodeled the bathroom, and changed from two sinks to two sinks. There was a long countertop with two sinks. We made that one sink, then added another sink on the opposite side of the bathroom where there was a shelf. It worked our great, but our master bath is "large". Large bathtub, two countertop sinks mirrors medicine cabinets etc, toilet, and large tile shower. With a smallish space, crowding too many things in there really affects the whole ambiance of the room. I'd go with the single sink.
Steve
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"Ed Pawlowski" wrote
I'm with you. We do have two sinks, but they are on different sides of the bathroom. Even when I did have residences with two sinks, how many times were both used at the same time? Right now, rarely is the time when both sink/vanities are used at the same time. It's kind of a human condition thing. When I'm in there, I want to be alone. When she's in there, I'd rather be doing something else. Every once in a while, we need to get in there at the same time, but not often.
I just remembered the realtor's spiel in the first house I saw with 2 sinks [1971 or so]. The second sink was for soaking undies and pantyhose.
We didn't buy that one. I've been married 3 times and none of my wives ever had a need to soak delicates in a sink. Not saying nobody does-- but there isn't a lot of silk out there anymore.
Back to Kate-- Did you ever use/want/admire the 2 sinks. If not- get yourself some more counter space.
Jim
My wife and I both work. We sometimes end up using both sinks in the morning. We definately go to bed at the same time so we regularly are using both sinks at the end of the day. As to the op's situation, it's really hard to say without some pictures. "Small" is subjective.
Best answer yet Colby. If there is *room* then use it and use a smaller sink for one of them.
I live in a smaller place, bit older. Bathrooms were skimped and closets to make larger rooms. The master has 1 toilet and 1 sink and just enough room to open and close the door. The main (off the central hall) has a sink (extra large), toilet and a bathtub/shower combo.
In my place, a double sink would only be possible in the main full bath and would be a detraction as it's too small.
Ah, so you know my wife better than I. You went house hunting with her twice in the last three years.
You're wrong. She'd never "want to redo the bathroom" in a new house. Apparently she's not alone because *every* house in our price range had two sinks in the master. A single would have simple elicited a "next", just as Formica counters would have.
You obviously don't get out much. Everything we've ever done on a house was measured against "how (un)saleable does this make the house" yardstick.
Do you paint you walls black hoping that you'll find the one similar loon that will think it's a pretty shade?
wrote
Why not? If you like black wall, go ahead. Sure it would make it harder to sell as is, but for $20 and a couple of hours work, it will have a fresh paint job come sales time. Meantime, you got years of joy from the funereal setting in your own home.
If you move about the country every two years, it may pay to look at resale value when making renovations. But to deprive yourself of a feature for years just because the house may sell a bit easier 20 years from now seems rather foolish to me. Sort of like buying an appliance and never using it because it will wear out.
A house is just another "thing" or "possession", albeit a costly one. It can be taken away in an instant. There are far more important things (mostly people) in life than getting an extra couple thousand dollars many years from now.
How about a compromise? Couldn't the extra sink be covered with a scrap piece of plywood?
Agreed. We both plan to be carried out of this place. I couldn't care less about resale value. We're childfree, so if any of DH's family are still alive when we kick (I'm an only child of only children), then we might leave it to them. Most likely, however, the Animal Shelter will receive the house and whatever $ we have left.
House shopping, I've learned to look past the "obvious".
Motorcycle oil stains in the carpeted living room, motor oil rings around the bath tub. Walls painted like a disco and such.
If the house in a good location has good bones, something's can be looked past.
You're an idiot, but there is nothing new here.
No, she seems quite sane.
Plans always change, particularly in this economic climate and it's not going to get better soon.
She was asking if it was smart to take it out. Asked and answered.
I answered her question. You're the idiot who thinks he knows all.
When you're ready to sell, you'll care. You'll be painting everything back beige.
You're an idiot. So what?
Exactly. She asked and my advice is leave the second sink, if at all possible. Never limit yourself unnecessarily.
That's a different discussion. There may be no way to solve this problem but there also is no reason to make things unnecessarily worse.
If you leave the plumbing, it wouldn't be all that expensive to put back the second sink when you decided to sell.
nancy
Its a shame you didn't say it that way the first time.
You're an illiterate, too.
No, you won't sell it because that "pussy" may have been the only one who otherwise wanted your house. IOW, you're an idiot, but that's been said before.
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