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 !
It’s a way to conveniently talk about the number of bathrooms. You can say a house is “three bedroom, two and a half bath” and you convey that there are two bathrooms and one “washroom”.
What gets confusing are these large homes, or McMansions that list 5 bedrooms and 7 and a half baths. So are they listing 3 powder rooms at 1.5 baths? I can’t afford them, so I only see it online; but that part gets weird. I have seen descriptions that then list full and partial though.
Never heard “half bath”, and I always called those washrooms.
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.
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.
I did real estate for 12 years and never came across the term “3/4 bath”.
It’s been common knowledge since I bought my first house.
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.
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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”
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 !
Whatever we call them, it’s always some euphemism hiding the fact tha it’s the pooping room.
We call it the poop stick room.
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Commonly called called a ‘powder room’ in australia.
or “water closet” in the UK
Powder room is where you store amino.
Maybe it’s a class difference thing but I’ve more commonly heard it referred to as “the shitter,” “dunny,” or “toilet.”
I’m in the US and powered room is used in places I’ve lived. But on real estate listings it is common to call it 1/2 bath.
It’s a way to conveniently talk about the number of bathrooms. You can say a house is “three bedroom, two and a half bath” and you convey that there are two bathrooms and one “washroom”.
Or 5 powder rooms and zero bathtubs
Sure, it could mean that, but I don’t think any could person would go to that conclusion.
What gets confusing are these large homes, or McMansions that list 5 bedrooms and 7 and a half baths. So are they listing 3 powder rooms at 1.5 baths? I can’t afford them, so I only see it online; but that part gets weird. I have seen descriptions that then list full and partial though.
Real estate term.