Is it a bad idea to remove a bathroom?

[Anonymous]

We have a finished basement but the layout is terrible. We need more storage space, and the storage spaces we have currently aren't easily accessible. We never end up using our basement for anything because there is always junk everywhere.

I want to remove the half bath in our basement and put in a large walk in closet. Is it crazy to take out a bathroom? We literally never use it.

[Anonymous]

How many bathrooms in your house now?

[Anonymous]

Just use it for storage, without removing anything.

[Anonymous]

Like Trump did.

[Anonymous]

Don’t take it out. Can you de-clutter?

[Anonymous]

It would be very stupid if you ever plan to sell. Why not stack up all your boxes and storage bins in there? Then, at least you wouldn’t be paying money to decrease your property value.

[Anonymous]

You sound like my mother. She was always complaining her house didn't have any closet space and they needed more closets. It never once occurred to her that the problem was that the closets were completely full of items she did not use and would never miss.

Do a mass cleanout of the junk in your basement. Make three piles: keep, toss, and donate. For every item you keep, at least five items need to leave the house. As I have frequently told my husband, most things do not grow better with age. It's better to get them to someone who can use them before they deteriorate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like Trump did.

And Hillary for her private server.

[Anonymous]

If it's the only bathroom in the basement, then getting rid of it is stupid and will definitely affect the value of the house. If you really can't figure out how to declutter and organize your junk, then hire someone to help you out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like Trump did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You sound like my mother. She was always complaining her house didn't have any closet space and they needed more closets. It never once occurred to her that the problem was that the closets were completely full of items she did not use and would never miss.

Do a mass cleanout of the junk in your basement. Make three piles: keep, toss, and donate. For every item you keep, at least five items need to leave the house. As I have frequently told my husband, most things do not grow better with age. It's better to get them to someone who can use them before they deteriorate.

Do not make a keep pile. That’s just procrastination. If you’re keeping something put it away where it goes. If it doesn’t have a home in your house you don’t really need it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many bathrooms in your house now?

We have two full baths and a half bath in the basement.

For what it's worth, we don't plan on selling any time in the next 15 years at a minimum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You sound like my mother. She was always complaining her house didn't have any closet space and they needed more closets. It never once occurred to her that the problem was that the closets were completely full of items she did not use and would never miss.

Do a mass cleanout of the junk in your basement. Make three piles: keep, toss, and donate. For every item you keep, at least five items need to leave the house. As I have frequently told my husband, most things do not grow better with age. It's better to get them to someone who can use them before they deteriorate.

I'm sure there is some stuff we can purge, but I'm talking about stuff like Christmas decorations, camping supplies, suitcases, sports equipment... things that we use but not year round.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many bathrooms in your house now?

We have two full baths and a half bath in the basement.

For what it's worth, we don't plan on selling any time in the next 15 years at a minimum.

How many square feet?

Frankly, it sounds like you just have too much crap and what you really need is to get rid of a lot of it. You sound like some of those house shows where they talk about needing to get a bigger house, more closets, etc, but when they show it you can tell they just need to get rid of crap. Nobody needs 150 pair of shoes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many bathrooms in your house now?

We have two full baths and a half bath in the basement.

For what it's worth, we don't plan on selling any time in the next 15 years at a minimum.[/quote

Sorry, I wrote that in a way that was confusing. We have a full bath on the second floor and a full bath on the first floor. There's a half bath in the basement.