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separate houses? :)

Keeping in mind that there are always exceptions....

My experience has been that guys just aren't that invested in what the bathroom is like, and simply want to have enough room for their stuff and be able to get to that stuff. In other words, as long as you don't paint it pink and plaster it with Hello Kitty decals and lace, you can do what you like with it; just give them their fair share of space to store their stuff. It's kind of like, do most women care how the garage is set up, as long as they can get to what they need? No, if our men want to make it into a Guy Area, we just don't care. Well, no girlie posters, please.... ;)

I am happily married and this has never been an issue. Do you mean two full bathrooms, like tubs and toilets and sinks? Or just a sink and a mirror somewhere? I'm guessing that a "Speedstick collection" isn't an actual issue.

almost every home I design for high end clients has two separate master bathrooms. in many markets it is the norm for anything above a mid-priced home.

We are renovating our new house and we are blessed enough to have 2 bathrooms in there. Let me tell you, I am so happy to get my own. For the past 5 years I have shared a bathroom with my wonderful boyfriend. But now, it's time for our own spaces. He can be as sloppy as he wants and I can clean as I go. I won't have to clean up the "spots" on the floor as often either. And I won't have to wipe up the flood around the sink that occurs each time he brushes his teeth. And I won't have to lean against sticky toothpaste that dripped onto the edge of the sink counter. I can't wait!

yeah cos we all have enough money/space to have two full bathrooms.

um... it's not his stuff and my stuff, it's lumped together in little area's, perfumes/deoderants, tooth/mouth care, hair stuff (gels, hair ties etc) my makeup has it's own little draw and ditto for his clippers and razors because it's exclusively used by one family member and that all there is too it.

by the way do you think that having enough makeup and deoderant to not have enough space for both is a waste of space and money? cos i do. not trying to be nasty, we're just starting out and have neither in abundance.

Deidre88, that wonderful dream of not having to keep his space clean will only work if you don't care that there's a messy bathroom there. I fear I would have to keep the door to that bathroom closed if it got that bad.

Dougdavis, I agree that for people with enough money, it's often convenient to have more than one bathroom. In a family with children, two bathrooms are a godsend. I do think though that people are being told "buyers expect THIS" and "buyers expect THAT" about some thing that are actually luxuries that most of us don't need at all. I watch HGTV and on shows like "Designed to Sell" and "House Hunters" I keep hearing "buyers EXPECT a large master suite with a spa-like bath attached". Or "Buyers EXPECT a big family room." When I hear something like that I think, "I wonder how many people hear that and think they need those things because supposedly everyone else wants them?"