Check list for cheap…
Shower
Drain
- cheap = hole in center where you stand
- best = linear drain off to the side
Shower head
- Cheap = blasting you from the wall, Silkwood style
- Best = rain shower from above, with a $500 fine grid shower head.
| shower | Cheap | Best | |
| drain | hole in center where you stand | linear drain off to the side
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| Shower head | blasting you from the wall, Silkwood style
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rain shower from above, with a $500 fine grid shower head. | |
| Floor tile | Penny tile, with lots of grout | 1/32 grout lines with rectified tile | |
| Grab bars | None | Many exactly where you want. | |
| Hooks IN shower | None | 1 to 3 hooks you KNOW you will use them! | |
| Shower niche | 1, with 1 layer | 2 – 2 layer niches for 2 people. | |
| Window IN shower | NONE | You DO want to have fresh air, or see outside…this IS your quiet time. Simulates an outdoor shower | |
| Shower curtain…just walk away.. | Glass doors | ||
| Shower in bathtub…ugh | Just no. | ||
| Bathtub in center of room, in path of all walking by. No place for towels, soap, shampoo, books, bathmat. | Bathtub at dead end space, with a window, and an exit door to a deck or porch make it dreamy. Extremely shelved, and wracked for all your stuff….and room for plants. | ||
| Light…all artificial, from ceiling | Natural light, from 2 sides, | ||
| Mirror over sink | Medicine cabinet over each sink | ||
| Fans….rattle traps,? | Several ceiling fans, with blue glow lights, one in shower, one in toilet area, one in bathroom….these are complex HVAC things, with exit thru roof. | ||
| Ceiling fans | |||
| Toilet in closet, no window | |||
| No outlets near sink. | |||
| Poor design | |||
| Garage in front yard instead of homeoffice | |||
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Roof that does not match house |
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| No place for trash cans | |||
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Cleaver Laundry shoot Extra space behind sinks Secret door Secret safe rooms A place for pets Cat pans Dog washing stations
Elevator
Guest space, far from YOUR space…(to be used as flex space for study, art, teen kids, guests, or peace and quiet. Not just a spare bedroom, but a whole 1000sf bed/kitchenette/laundry etc. bath/living space. |
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| Fireplace | Solar panels | ||
