No master bath?

Anonymous
Is that common around here? When we were looking at houses in DC and close in MD, we've found that many do not have master bathrooms. Is that par for the course with the older homes in the area? Does it affect resale? Anyone have any idea what it costs to add a bathroom where none exists? We're used to newer construction where not having a master bathroom is unheard of.
Anonymous
I live in a DC rowhouse, and most of our friends are in DC and CC/Bethesda. I've never known anyone to have a master bath, and yes, I think it's directly related to the age of the home. The only homes you'll likely find in this area with MBs will be the tear-down/rebuilt Mcmansion monstrosities.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I live in a DC rowhouse, and most of our friends are in DC and CC/Bethesda. I've never known anyone to have a master bath, and yes, I think it's directly related to the age of the home. The only homes you'll likely find in this area with MBs will be the tear-down/rebuilt Mcmansion monstrosities.


Agree with this. I am in Arlington and the only people I know with master baths have either new construction or a significant renovation of their older house.
Anonymous
Moco as well. In fact, our second bath was not added onto the house until the 1960s.
Anonymous
The only homes you'll likely find in this area with MBs will be the tear-down/rebuilt Mcmansion monstrosities.


Our first house was a rowhouse in Chevy Chase DC, built in 1938. It had a master bath. I can assure you this house was NOT a McMansion!

(Nor do I think it's fair to say that the only homes in DC or close in MoCo with master baths are teardowns/rebuilds.)
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:The only homes you'll likely find in this area with MBs will be the tear-down/rebuilt Mcmansion monstrosities.


Disagree. I have done a ton of house-hunting in lower Moco and found MBs to be fairly common. Our current house (Bethesda) was built in the late 50s and has one. Not a McMansion at all.
Anonymous
We have a "master bath in our 1941 AU Park home, but we had to buy a larger (more expensive) size home to get it, and it is just a small 3/4 bath (tiny shower). We do have room to expand it when we have the money, though.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I live in a DC rowhouse, and most of our friends are in DC and CC/Bethesda. I've never known anyone to have a master bath, and yes, I think it's directly related to the age of the home. The only homes you'll likely find in this area with MBs will be the tear-down/rebuilt Mcmansion monstrosities.



PP, by "master bath" do your mean an en-suite bath with a tub?
Anonymous
We live in a center hall colonial in upper North West and have a master bathroom, which we've since enlarged. I believe it's a prety common feature in center hall colonials.
Anonymous
I don't think there are hard fast rules, but I live in the MD burbs in a post WWII colonial (late 40's) and all the houses in our neighborhood were originally built w/ just one bathroom upstairs.
Anonymous
I tend to agree that a MB is a feature of a newer house. The only DC rowhouses I've seen that have them are new construction, and total gutted renos. Often, however, homeowners are unaware of the extent of the work that was done on their house before they purchased it. I had a friend swear up and down that her house was original to the studs; then we went to visit two open houses on her block and she saw what it really HAD looked like before a (very nice) 70s-era reno. They just didn't put big open kitchens in 1920s/30s houses! Or more than one bathroom. It simply wasn't done.
Anonymous
I just bought a colonial in upper northwest and it has a master bathroom. You can definitely find master bathrooms in older houses, but you have to pay significantly more. when I was looking you couldn't get a master bath for less than $850,000 or so.
Anonymous
Our 1930s house in Chevy Chase MD was built with a master bath (well, toilet and shower). I think it is not uncommon in pre-war homes in the neighbourhood.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I just bought a colonial in upper northwest and it has a master bathroom. You can definitely find master bathrooms in older houses, but you have to pay significantly more. when I was looking you couldn't get a master bath for less than $850,000 or so.


If you look on the east side of Rock Creek Park, you can find master baths for much, much less. We are in Brightwood and paid $600k for a 3BR, 3BA (3rd bath in finished basement).
Anonymous
The homes in our neighborhood (in 20852) were built in the early 1960s, and every model has a master bath. Our house (3 bed/2.5 bath) was built in 1963 and has a decent walk-in closet, separate dressing area with the vanity (unfortunately not double), and then another small room with the tub and toilet.
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