Sandy: The way we configured it with the custom cabinet in the bathroom, I think we maximized the space in there and made it feel really good.

Maryse: When we first saw the bathroom we knew we would gut everything but the tub. It’s an old, cast iron tub and it’s really good quality, so there’s no way we could replace it unless we spent a fortune. And they’re hard to remove! The last house we flipped we removed the tub and that’s not an easy job!

Sandy: The inspector told us this one would have been about 400 - 500 pounds and there was no way of cutting it up to get it out. It had to stay.

Maryse: So we had the tub re-glazed. It was something we knew from the beginning that we would do. It worked out well.

Sandy: Taking the toilet in and out so that we had somewhere to use the facilities during renovations was probably not the wisest decision. It would have been nice if we had had our ducks lined up and been ready to fully finish it. We ended up doing it three times, I think.

Maryse: We had to rebuild the subfloor and rebuild the actual floor around the toilet area. Once we removed the old floor we realized there was no support under the toilet.

Sandy: Someone could have just gone through the floor right down into the entryway!