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Adding a 2nd bathroom?

Started by richardd
about 10 years ago
Posts: 2
Member since: Mar 2006
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In terms of return on investment (increase in resale value), not quality of life, is it worth adding a 2nd bathroom (at the expense of a walk-in closet and perhaps slightly reduced bedroom size) to a 1700sf (true measurement; a broker would probably call it 2,000sf) 2Br/1Ba coop apartment in Chelsea/Flatiron? The plumbing stack (if that's the right term) already exists.
Response by front_porch
about 10 years ago
Posts: 5316
Member since: Mar 2008

Absolutely

ali r
{downtown broker}

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Response by bramstar
about 10 years ago
Posts: 1909
Member since: May 2008

Definitely. Just keep in mind your building likely has wet-over-dry restrictions. If the plumbing lines are already there, though, that is a good indication that the area may already be designated as a 'wet' zone. Was the walk-in originally a second bathroom?

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Response by richardd
about 10 years ago
Posts: 2
Member since: Mar 2006

The walk-in closet was not originally a 2nd bathroom, but other apartments in our line have two bathrooms, so it is almost certainly OK as a 'wet' zone, if our building has that concept.

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Response by fieldschester
about 10 years ago
Posts: 3525
Member since: Jul 2013

Definitely add another bathroom. Then you can have a second person live in the apartment.

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