Yes, but in the few months we've been here we've already had hardwood floors put in the kitchen and had the entire rest of the house refinished. We tore down a wall between the kitchen/dining room to make an open concept larger kitchen. We closed off a window for this project. We replaced asbestos covered steel water pipes with copper. The windows all need to be replaced (16 of them). The full bath and powder room both need to be remodeled. The yard needs landscaping, a patio or deck. So......we are making a lot of improvements but you have to draw the line somewhere.It really depends on who you imagine the target audience for this kind of house to be. If it’s an affluent area, affluent buyers have some basic expectations. Enough bathrooms is certainly one of them. Established professionals want what they want, and they’ll buy it.I don't think en suite baths was a thing in the 1940s (or before). Since most of the homes around here are around that age, it is pretty common to not have one. That being said, it would set mine apart from probably 90% of the competition.No master/primary suite with a private bath would be a huge impediment to sale where I live at almost any price point except when you're in teardown territory. Even as a single person, I'd want an en suite bath vs walking down the hall.
If it’s a starter home/starter neighborhood, those buyers are a lot easier to satisfy because price is most important to them.
I also grew up in a six person, 1 bathroom house. I walked to Kmart to use the bathroom when ours was being fixed. I’ll never live like that again. Some of the homes in our neighborhood retoridiited a toilet under the base,ent stairs. Sure, it was a toilet. But it was always a place of last resort…..
F I was spending the money to improve my home, I’d improve it. Otherwise, why bother.
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