Wallingford: What Were They Thinking?
All houses have good features and bad features and finding the right one comes down to deciding what you can – and can’t – live with. But sometimes there’s something so wrong about a house that I’ll eliminate it from consideration immediately. The single negative outweighs every positive attribute. Such is the case with this Wallingford remodel.
There’s no upstairs hall bath.
Two bedrooms and a master suite, but no hall bath. So when the kids wake up in the middle of the night with a full bladder, where’s the outlet? Mommy and Daddy’s room? A trip downstairs in the dark?
I might forgive this if the house was still in its original 1910 state, before we fetishized indoor plumbing. But the flipper built an addition upstairs, so I know there was a chance to do it right.
Or did I miss the memo about chamber pots coming back into fashion?
STATS:
Neighborhood: Wallingford
Asking: $839,000
Address: 4213 4th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98105
Square footage: 1840. Lot size: 5100 sq. ft.
Bedrooms: 4 Baths: 2.5
Last sale price: $410,000 (Jan. 2006)
MLS#: 26199068
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Mat said:
How tasty…
December 19, 2006 11:51 AM
Eric said:
Mmmmm…Brimstone and treacle…I can only imagine what it took to force that down your two your old!
December 19, 2006 1:39 PM
Christine said:
I looked at many many three level townhomes at less than half the price of this home during my search for a Seattle home.
Any home without a half bath on the main level was immediately eliminated from consideration.
It just made no sense that brand new construction should have this problem any more than a new addition should be lacking a hall bath.
I saw “missing bathrooms” in many places and also saw those models sit while ones without this problem sold.
So I am not alone in lack of proper bathroom placement being a deal breaker.
I would be surprised if many buyers did not immediately cross this pretty home off their list for the lack of a hall bath.
The house is nice but I think it would sell much faster and for more money with a hall bath.
December 21, 2006 7:24 AM
Amy Helen Johnson said:
I look at things like bath placement not only from the point of view of my own comfort, but also in terms of resale value. I might not mind it, but will it be a problem when it’s time to sell the place.
December 21, 2006 11:59 AM