What is a bathroom? The age old question

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  Hone buyers are often surprised at what can be called a bathroom. Most people know what a full bath is: Tub, sink, toilet and sometimes a separate shower.  A three quarter bath is a sink, shower and toilet.  A half bath is a sink and a toilet but I have seen half baths that consist of a bath tub and a sink or a bath tub and a toilet.

The quarter bath is often found in basements of older homes and it is usually a toilet or a shower stall.  These baths are not always in separate rooms either.  If a home is advertised as having two bathrooms sometimes one of those bathrooms is that toilet in the basement or the shower stall. 

Quarter baths are the most common in the older parts of town in smaller homes.  

So don’t get two excited about the home with three bathrooms.  

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