pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 24 hours agoIt's weird that a room with just a toilet and sink is called a "half bath", when it in fact has zero bathtubs.message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1211arrow-down110
arrow-up1201arrow-down1message-squareIt's weird that a room with just a toilet and sink is called a "half bath", when it in fact has zero bathtubs.pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 24 hours agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·edit-223 hours agoIt is common in the US, frequently they will be listed as 2 & 1/2 baths if they have two with tubs and one without. Haven’t paid enough attention to know how they list multiple 1/2 baths but pretty sure they don’t add up like regular fractions… I always found the term 1/2 bath weird.
minus-squareCuteCatBeingEatenByHaitian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agothat’s some realtor math. they are known to magically inflate surface before you buy it, and shrink it back once you bought / rented it. Mathematicians can’t explain that !
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up12·23 hours agoAnd a room with a toilet, sink, and shower stall is a 3/4 bath.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·23 hours agoAnything to avoid the metric system!
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·21 hours agoI’ve never heard of this before. I have what you describe as 3/4 bath, but it was listed as a full bath in MLS.
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agoIf you put a bedpan and a washbasin in your closet, it’s a 1/8 bath.
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoA litter box and some hand sanitizer in a wheelbarrow is a 1/16 bath.
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·41 minutes agoHole in the ground next to a pile of wet leaves? That’s a 1/32 bath.
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 hours agoI did real estate for 12 years and never came across the term “3/4 bath”.
minus-squareMayor Poopington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·22 hours agoImagine getting a half bath but only the back half so you don’t even get a faucet
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 hours agohalf a sink, half a toilet, half a shower.
minus-squareLedivin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·23 hours ago Haven’t paid enough attention to know how they list multiple 1/2 baths but pretty sure they don’t add up like regular fractions… They’d either list them separately or as a whole and then clarify. E.g. "two full- and two half-baths"or something like “four bathrooms - two full”
It is common in the US, frequently they will be listed as 2 & 1/2 baths if they have two with tubs and one without.
Haven’t paid enough attention to know how they list multiple 1/2 baths but pretty sure they don’t add up like regular fractions…
I always found the term 1/2 bath weird.
that’s some realtor math. they are known to magically inflate surface before you buy it, and shrink it back once you bought / rented it. Mathematicians can’t explain that !
And a room with a toilet, sink, and shower stall is a 3/4 bath.
Anything to avoid the metric system!
I’ve never heard of this before. I have what you describe as 3/4 bath, but it was listed as a full bath in MLS.
If you put a bedpan and a washbasin in your closet, it’s a 1/8 bath.
A litter box and some hand sanitizer in a wheelbarrow is a 1/16 bath.
Hole in the ground next to a pile of wet leaves? That’s a 1/32 bath.
I did real estate for 12 years and never came across the term “3/4 bath”.
Imagine getting a half bath but only the back half so you don’t even get a faucet
half a sink, half a toilet, half a shower.
They’d either list them separately or as a whole and then clarify. E.g. "two full- and two half-baths"or something like “four bathrooms - two full”