Comment on It's weird that a room with just a toilet and sink is called a "half bath", when it in fact has zero bathtubs.

mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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…

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  • Ledivin@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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…

    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”

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  • kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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 !

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  • jewbacca117@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Imagine getting a half bath but only the back half so you don’t even get a faucet

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    • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      half a sink, half a toilet, half a shower.

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• JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Commonly called called a ‘powder room’ in australia.

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  • NielsBohron@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    or “water closet” in the UK

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  • sowitzer@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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.

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  • Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Maybe it’s a class difference thing but I’ve more commonly heard it referred to as “the shitter,” “dunny,” or “toilet.”

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Powder room is where you store amino.

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• FlexibleToast@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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”.

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  • Steve@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Or 5 powder rooms and zero bathtubs

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    • FlexibleToast@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sure, it could mean that, but I don’t think any could person would go to that conclusion.

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  • sowitzer@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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.

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• CidVicious@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Real estate term.

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