Two adults with 1 and 1/2 baths. It works fine for us, no need for more, we don't have company over for more than once in a blue moon.

One people, two baths.

In Cathedral City, we have two three-quarter bathrooms, since I removed the tubs in both bathrooms and replaced them with walk-in showers. If there is no bathtub, it is not a full bathroom (this is what I was taught in Interior Design school). We have a spa connected to the pool, and so if anyone wants to soak, they can do that in the spa, which is why I felt okay with replacing both bathtubs - plus my real estate agent told me that no one in Palm Springs takes baths. There are just two of us, but l am often here by myself.

In L.A., we have two full bathrooms, and they are both smaller than the 3/4 bathrooms we have here. We have grab bars in L.A. but not in CC - I did not find them necessary for the walk-in showers, but I could add them later.

Two adults. 3 full and 3 half.

lars, what you were taught may be technically correct, but I think use of terms by the general public is different. What I've seen in practice in the real estate market is that a half bath describes a facility with just a toilet and a sink. A full bath has a toilet (in the room or adjacent as in a WC closet), a sink plus a means to wash - either a tub or a shower. Or both, that distinction doesn't seem to be made in the one number tally of what a home contains.

Imagine a home with one half bath, one bedroom and a bathroom with a shower. That would be called a 1 1/2 bath home, not 3/4+1/2 = 1 1/4

In the U.S., pieces of a bath are not added arithmetically the way they are in Canada.

The general public is frequently misinformed regarding real estate specifications, and the regulations regarding this varies from state to state. In Texas (where I studied Interior Design) a full bathroom must have a bathtub, but that bathtub does not have to have a shower. If there is a shower and no tub, then it is a three-quarter bath. If you have two such bathrooms, you have two three-quarter baths - not one and a half baths. A half bath is always a toilet plus sink, and if there is no sink, it is a water closet.

In Canada, if you have a bathroom with one toilet and three sinks, you have a four piece bathroom, which is very misleading to Americans, but that is how real estate is described in Canada. Canadians know to ask questions regarding what pieces a bathroom has.

Lars - Of course you're correct and even realtor.com refers to the 3/4 bath but I can tell you that at least around here, of the literally thousands of listings I've looked at over the past few years I've never seen the term 3/4 used. My current house was listed as having four full baths even though there's only one tub. Amusingly, we didn't even realize it was a tub until after we moved in - we had been dinging the house for having no tub!

https://www.realtor.com/advice/sell/if-i-take-out-the-tub-does-a-bathroom-still-count-as-a-full-bath/amp/

food, here are the professional "qualifications" of the author of that piece:

"Julie Ryan Evans is an editor and writer who has covered everything from politics to pop culture and beyond"

More potentially questionable "information" from an internet word search. A somewhat related matter, a term of historical use in my profession, was to "Shepardize" a finding. Meaning, to check multiple sources to find corroborating background to understand the validity and context of a finding. This is informal, not professional, but I think a good rule of thumb is to discount or ignore most such findings brought your way by Google or Bing.

No matter, common usage in my area is what it is. Perhaps not elsewhere. A room (or area, needn't be within the same 4 walls) that offers a sink, a toilet, and a way to bathe (whether a shower, a tub, or both) is called a "full bath".

And what exactly are your professional qualifications? Anything that should make me reconsider decades of familiarity with the term 3/4 bath (I'm quite certain I first learned of it in 1980 when my family moved to a 1 and 3/4 bath house) and corroborating definitions given at literally every site when doing a search on 3/4 bath? Do accountants know more about bathroom terminology than literally every home improvement site?

One people, two full baths

"I think a good rule of thumb is to discount or ignore most such findings brought your way by Google or Bing."

Yes it's a good rulemof thumb to discount any corroborating evidence when your goal is to win an argument at all costs. Do you ever tire of yourself?

"And what exactly are your professional qualifications?"

I was sharing what my experience has been, what seems to be the consistent local practice is in my area. I made no suggestion that it was anything other than that or that it applied elsewhere.

But I know better than to cite as an authority a piece written by what appears to be a freelance writer whose stated background doesn't include a credential or experience remotely relevant to the subject matter.

I chose that site not for the author but for the site owner. Like I said, literally every site says the same thing and it's fairly common knowledge so I didn't consider the source too much. I'd imagine considering them full baths is better for marketing, and for the majority of an average person's life there's little practical difference so it's not that commonly used. But definitions are still definitions.

Elmer, this is how you reply to others who relate their personal experience in a thread. It’s just plain rude. Or jealousy. Or envy. Or ignorance. I don’t know. At least that is how it is viewed in the place I come from.

"I'd imagine considering them full baths is better for marketing"

There's more involved. In our litigious nation, almost anything "silly" can attract the attention of a contingent fee lawyer. Lawsuits in my area (note the qualification) concerning real estate and real estate transactions are all too common. Misinformation in a listing description can be grounds for legal action, for misrepresentation.

Sellers need to approve their agent's "facts" in the listing document. Agents need to review sellers' disclosures and sign an attestation that they performed professional due diligence and made inquiries and believe information provided to third parties is reasonable and accurate.

I recently sold a small house for family member. There were two facilities with toilets and sinks. One in addition had a tub/shower combination, the other had just a shower. As is customary in my area, it was listed as having two full baths.

Like I said in my original post, that's how it would be listed here, too. But that doesn't make it correct.

"Elmer, this is how you reply to others who relate their personal experience"

Sorry, but no. You've misunderstood the intent of my comment and what triggered it, it had nothing to do with sharing a personal experience. My comment was about that person's needless braggadocio.

Without knowing anything about me, it's a huge leap of presumption to assume there was any element of jealousy or envy but to quiet that thought, I'll tell you, there wasn't.

Elmer, everyone in that thread described their home, size, and what they were contending with to heat/cool their home. For some reason you chose that one to be extremely rude to. I saw no bragging in that post. Where was the bragging? What was the reason for your comment? Rudeness? Ignorance? Enlighten me.

"that's how it would be listed here, too. But that doesn't make it correct."

I'm not sure the word "correct" is relevant or fits in the conversation. I assure you that if it were "wrong" and therefore misleading in a legal sense, we might have been sued and the listing broker (a very successful one with a large firm) would be legally liable too. I suspect she is current with accepted practices and necessary do's and dont's to avoid litigation.

If that's how bathrooms are tallied in my area, and also in your area, and is acceptable, by people who would be sued for damages if doing so that way constituted misrepresentation, then that's what there is for you and me to know. For sure customary practices could vary from place to place but I don't think there's anything more to discuss.

Ugh. You and my husband could go head-to-head and there would be no clear winner. I don't argue with him for self-preservation...

"I saw no bragging in that post."

That's fine. As I recall, and as is apparent from my comment, I did.

Back to the Op.

I have two bathrooms. One up and one down. My Dh uses the upstairs bath with a shower and I use the downstairs( off our bedroom) bath with walk in shower and separate tub. I like having my own bathroom (mostly as he will occasionally use mine and I occasionally use his) We peacefully co-exist.

1 adult, 2 bathrooms. After going through a multi-day plumbing repair, I hope to never live in a 1 bathroom home again -- I want at least 2 toilets, and preferably 2 showers in the home.

Thanks, Elmer

That answers my question. You were being rude. What sounds like bragging to one person doesn’t sound like bragging to another. I thought it was a perfectly fine question with a perfectly rude response to someone relating their personal situation.

I’m not sure how that individual could have joined in the conversation if he hadn’t described his home.

Sorry, for going OT.

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patriciae, one feature I think both my wife and I appreciate most is that we each have our own sink, counter, drawers and cabinets. They're on opposite sides of the room with the "bathroom" part of the bathroom in the middle. We can each follow our own preferences for what's on the counter or in a drawer, or vice versa, without inconveniencing the other or getting in their way. Sharing a toilet or shower seems less of an issue

roxsol, again as I recall, it was grossly outside the range of what other people were talking about. In such circumstances, when one's comment would dwarf others, any comment is needless boasting.

Imagine 5 friends having a general conversation about salary and raises. One after the other, comments are made in the neighborhood of "I got a $5,000, it was 10%, but I hoped for more" and "we had a good year so everyone got $10K" and the last person says "My base got raised from $300,000 to $450,000 and I have a guaranteed bonus of another $200K". You'd think "Hey, you didn't need to say that, what's the point?" That's how I recall that comment and the thread it was in. 6000 square feet, 70 windows, 20 foot ceilings, yada yada? Really, bro?

I like having my own bathroom

I had a friend who swore that the secret to a happy marriage was separate bathrooms!

We have two of us now, with a full bath (two sinks, tub with a showerhead), a master bath with two sinks but only a shower (both upstairs) and a half bath on the main floor.

2 adults. 2.5 baths.

I disagree, Elmer

I can think of five friends that lead very different lives with vastly different lifestyles.

All conversation is welcome. Why would I leave someone out?

It’s kind of like not having $1000 kids birthday party, even though you can afford it, but you don’t because you know your friend either can’t afford it or doesn’t want that for their kid. (Thinking about the other thread)

I would hope they wouldn’t begrudge anyone having the party.

That’s fine, we have different notions of what’s out of place boasting

^^^ LOL!

Well this got messy!! Who knew such a inconsequential thread just for conversations sake could take soooo many turns. I myself have seen Realtor listings that say 3/4 bath. Most women I know would prefer to not share a bathroom with a man, if the option is there. My DH is very tidy so we could we just haven't had to since our first home. I have never owned a home with an ensuite but DH has always used the bathroom in the basement when we had two bathrooms. (Began as a way to ensure he didn't wake kids when getting ready for work) Other people I know the small ensuite is the husbands....while mom and kids share the larger main bath. Currently we have one full bath and one 3/4 (using Lars descriptions which match every Realtor situation I have experienced). Growing up military housing had one full and one 3/4 bath. There were five of us. One home we rented off base also had a powder room. If we could accept Lars' bathroom count what would one call a bathroom with a separate tub and shower. (If he covered it I apologize--too many responses to go back now!!) I call it over kill but seems like they are a step above a full bath if we are talking value to a home. #s really don't tell the entire tale as sq. footage of a bathroom varies mightily. My folks had a 3/4 ensuite barely one grown person could fit in.

2 bathrooms, 1 person. There have been up to 5 in my house.

3 people, 5 bathrooms.

Seven people, two male and five female, one bathroom with tub (but no shower) large enough for the females to share at same time as needed, and no powder room. Such fun times, but we managed -- oh, sorry, this was my childhood home from 1948 until the house was torn down a few years ago...

Now for the two of us, there is one full bath, one 3/4 and one powder room. Luxury for my old age. Altho I loathe cleaning bathrooms!

Before we added on the addition our old farm house was 1 & 1/2 baths. We added a full bath in the downstairs addition and converted the 1/2 bath into a storage pantry. For just us 2 we really did not need 3 toilets to clean which I was happy to hear VgQn say since I did not have to replumb that 1/2 bath later when switching from copper pipes to PEX lines.

2 and 3

2; 2

I dont consider a separate tub and shower overkill because it addresses the issue of mobility. I no longer use my extra large bathtub because it is too much of a hazard for me to get in and out of with my increasing neuropathy. I designed this particular bathroom with a long large shower I could walk into(no door or sill)that was large enough to contain a bench-very useful when DH broke his ankle. We expected to get old here. The other bath is a miracle of efficient use of space. DH doesnt need to dance in there.

I can remember standing in line (7 people) for the one bathroom when I was a kid, In England our house had a separate water closet and tub and sink. You could take a bath uninterrupted but not wash your hands after using the water closet.

Three people here. Three full baths.

The main reason DH and I could be happy in our small Maui condo for a month-plus was because it had two bathrooms. I used the en suite off the MBR and he used the hall bath. Mine had shower over tub and his had a shower. The condo was a quarter of the size as our home, but in the warm weather we used the lanai a lot.

Lars is correct....for Colorado. A listing will say 6 baths, then describe if they are full baths...or not. Mine are not ALL full baths. Two adults. We have one odd bathroom. It has a bathtub with a drain on one end of the tub and shower/tub spout on the other end of the tub. A builder error we plan on fixing and haven't gotton around to it. :0) The tax assessor lists it as a 3/4 bath.

2 bathrooms only me now :^ (

We have 4 and a half bathrooms and 3-5 adults... two are away at college. The half bathroom is a powder room with just a toilet and a sink. One bathroom is a Jack and Jill bathroom with two sink areas and a shower/tub/toilet setup in between.

3 people and 2 full baths

Two people, two bathrooms…

Warning TMI

1 person. 1 kitty. 1 chihuahua, 1 bathroom.

The catbox is in another room. The critters have no reason to be in there. Unless company is there I generally don't fully shut the door unless taking a shower. However, if I'm sitting there for a minute the chihuahua brings me her ball to throw.

Haha - lucille, you just reminded me of this video 😄