Remodeling… in a crappy economy

A couple weeks ago we found that our shower in the master bath was leaking into the wall. Since we can’t figure out where the leak is coming from, the wall needs to be taken down to the studs. So all the tile around the shower stall is gonna be taken off the wall. I figured if the wall is gonna be taken apart and the tile all pulled off, instead of paying someone to put all the crappy white tile back on the wall, why not get an estimate for new tile in the entire shower. But the shower connects to the tub next to it… so why not price that out too. And then of course the only place left where there’s white tile is the counter… so yea… i guess price that out too! They say (HGTV) that any money you put into a master bath you will get back double for when you sell the home. We could use that Maybe it will make our house worth as much as we owe on it and we can get a refinance without the brute force of a lawyer!

We’re pricing out granite and marble slabs for the counter and bath top and then travertine tile for the shower and around the bathtub. The slabs will be way easier to clean. I think we need to get undermount sinks and then we’ll try to sell our current sinks. I hope they can put a slab over our tub, no way we’re getting a new tub (do they even make undermount jacuzzi tubs?). We’re saving the glass shower surround too… found out a new one is like $1200! Yikes!

So hard to believe we’re doing this, but pay minimum $1500 to a plumber and contractor to fix this just seems like a wasted investment.