Tub Or Shower Resale Value
Many buyers like to soak in a tub.
Tub or shower resale value. We plan to move build within the next couple of years. We currently have a tub shower combo in our master bath that needs to be replaced. According to the national association of realtors as long as the home has at least one bathtub a tub to shower conversion shouldn t reduce resale value.
The national association of realtors says as long as the home has at least one tub switching. After all as discussed in the previous section a bathtub adds more to a home s value than a shower does. As someone who loves rewarding herself with a lush bath bomb at the end of a trying day i was perplexed even annoyed.
But you re hesitating because you don t want your home s resale value to take a dive. Standard bathtubs and shower stalls are at the low end while whirlpool tubs and walk in. My real estate agent rachel day from urban nest pdx explained to me that this was becoming so common as many childless homeowners found themselves preferring the luxe set up of a walk in.
In short it depends. A tub will cost anywhere from 400 to 8 000 installed whereas a shower ranges from 450 to 10 000. Maybe you re done with your bathtub and want to turn it into a shower instead.
Many parents prefer to bathe children in a tub rather than a shower.