Glass shower door or Epoxy the garage??

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Ok we are now debating since we are running really close to our budget and due date to place house for sale, we don't know if we should install a glass shower door to show off the new tile shower that coat is $1100 or to Epoxy the ugly garage floor $750,( does anyone know of an inexpensive way to maybe clean garage floor it has a lot of paint and car oil stains? ) this is the tile shower (sorry it's sideways)  or should we just epoxy floor and get a nice shower curtain, we just don't know, any feed back will be appriciated thanks.

J Scott · Answer

I think it's an ill-posed question...and I'm not sure how anyone can meaningfully answer it for you...

Which are you going to have to do to sell the house at the ARV you're targeting?  If it's one or the other, do that one. If it's both, do both. If it's neither, do neither.

The other option is to reevaluate your ARV based on each scenario and see which one generates the best return. Then change your plan accordingly.

Not trying to be harsh, but suggesting that you should just choose one or the other because you are "close to your budget" tells me that you have some misconceptions about how money is made in this business.

Run the numbers and use the data to drive your decision...

Clarence Johnson · Answer

The house can sell with no shower door or curtain.  I agree with the other poster who stated that bathrooms and kitchens sell homes, and a curtain may make the bathroom seem smaller, cut off natural light and hide your nice tile work.  If your budget allows I would add the glass shower door and get an inexpensive concrete paint from Home Depot for the garage floor.  Best of luck sir!

Max T. · Answer

shower curtain (or none at all to highlight the nice tile), heavy duty floor/exterior paint for the garage floor.

Nayt Grochowski · Answer

Think about what sells a house: Kitchens and Bathrooms

Put the money where the homeowners will look the most and spend the most time. Show off that beautiful tile work you spent so much money on - plus with that block window, the light will fill the bathroom so much better, where a shower curtain would block that light more. Natural light is the best thing for a room.

FYI - We cleaned up our garage floor with a strong solvent/cleaner years ago (sorry don't remember what we used, but got it at Home Depot) and it worked fine. Garage is going to end up parking cars or collecting clutter for a homeowner and is not used very much in most cases.

Just my 2 cents - hope that helps!

Ben Eastman · Answer

Although having an epoxy garage floor is a nice update, I would focus on making the bathroom look as nice as possible.  Hanging a shower curtain or worse nothing at all could give the impression that "corners were cut" when updating the house.  The title looks great!! So you should definitely show that off with a glass door.  Just my thoughts :)

Jon Behlke · Answer

I'm with @Clarence Johnson on this one.  Take care of the bathroom door, throw down a cheaper concrete paint from HD or Lowe's.  I've painted exterior block foundations with this stuff before, and it holds up well.

Drew Castleberry · Answer

I'd go with a shower door, specifically a frameless one. That will capture buyers attention. For the garage, look into getting a floor buffer with diamond encrusted type of sand paper.

I flipped a house where the previous owners had 19(!!!) dogs that they kept in a 3 car garage. Needless to say it was nasty. We used some concrete cleaner/solvent and buffed the floor with some type of sand paper made for concrete. It didn't take all of the stains out but made it look 10x better and put a nice circular pattern on the floor that looked good.

Only cost about $50 to rent the floor buffer and about 4 hours of work.

Matt Mimnagh · Answer

Shower door for sure.

Scott E. · Answer

Man that is a tough call.

I personally would do epoxy in the garage and leave the shower doorless / curtainless. I know that's against what most of the others are suggesting, but an epoxy floor in a garage to me just shows attention to detail and class. The garage is usually the nastiest room in the house, and the one that is most commonly left looking nasty after a remodel (which is unfortunate, because people pass through the garage several times per day!)

Kyle J. · Answer

Go with the shower door.  That shower needs one.  The garage doesn't need a painted floor.  (A car guy may appreciate a painted garage floor, but I don't think his wife will care one way or the other and we all know who makes the final decision on a house purchase.)

It may be nice to have both, but if you only have one option I think you'd get a better return on your money with the shower door.  Like @Nayt Grochowski pointed out, a glass shower door will show off your tile work better and allow more light into the bathroom.  It'll also make the bathroom look bigger since it won't close it off like a solid shower curtain would.

Glass shower door or Epoxy the garage??

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