When my parents were in town we re-toured the model home that our house is based around. My mom pointed out that they had pocket-doors into the master bathroom, which I hadn't given much thought to at the time. Then I realized if we went with the pocket-door we would save a lot of room on one of the walls in the bedroom - no swinging door means we can have decorations or furniture almost the entire length of the wall. The builder said it would be a change, and that with the labor and door it would run us about $250.
We hadn't fully decided yet what we were going to do, when I got a phone call today from Bob the Builder's real estate agent. (Her name is Lauren and she has been SO helpful, she's like a liaison between us and all of the various contractors and Bob.) Anyway, apparently Bob went in to inspect the house and didn't like a few pieces of wood that were used to frame the bathroom entry, so he's having the framer's re-do the wall. Lauren says he's "meticulous."
The great news for us, is now that they are re-doing the wall, they will put the pocket-door in as they re-do the wall today. So instead of charging us for a change order, additional labor and the door, now it will just cost us $50 for the actual door itself. Yay!
Have you seen the episode of House Hunters where the guy is OBSESSED with pocket doors? It cracked me up. We have one in our master bath...I'm not a huge fan of them, but it saves a TON of space in our tiny hallway.
ReplyDeleteWe want one in our basement bathroom when we have it renovated - the room is almost too small for ME to use!
ReplyDeleteHaha, I love house hunters. But no, I haven't seen it. I read online that you save around 10 square feet of usable space in your home by having them. I don't want too many, but our bedroom furniture is over-sized, so we need every bit of extra room we can manage.
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