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Redfin Finds Cities with Most (and Least) Residential ToiletsSEATTLE --(Business Wire)-- Talking about toilets may be taboo, but bathrooms are a serious topic in real estate. According to a report released today by Redfin (www.redfin.com), the customer-first real estate brokerage, too few toilets is often a deal breaker for home shoppers. The report, titled Tons of Toilets: Which City Sits Atop the Throne?, identifies cities with the most residential toilets per person and looks at homebuyer preferences for bathrooms, as well as construction trends and resource usage. Using census and housing data, Redfin calculated which cities have the most residential toilets per person and found a clear winner: Boulder, Colorado. In fact, Boulder has more residential toilets than actual people. For every 100 Boulderites, there are an estimated 102 residential toilets. While only Boulder has more toilets than people, all of Redfin's Top 10 finishers were flush with porcelain: None had fewer than 91 toilets per 100 residents. Here are the 10 cities with the most residential toilets per person: 1. Boulder, CO 2. Washington, DC 3. Raleigh-Durham, NC 4. Tucson, AZ 5. Phoenix, AZ 6. Denver, CO 7. West Palm Beach, FL 8. Atlanta, GA 9. Austin, TX 10. Seattle, WA Redfin found that in areas with the growth and economy to support new residential development, the demand for toilets is lifting the lid. All of Redfin's Top 10 finishers have had decades of net positive migration and are in regions with more new construction than the rest of the country (the South and West). "It's definitely a consumer-driven trend," explained Redfin agent Leslie White in Washington, D.C. "I don't know when it took place, but having a master bathroom off the main bedroom is now seen as a requirement, whereas years ago, it was considered a luxury. I've toured lovely 100-year-old row houses, but if there's only one bathroom for the three bedrooms on the top floor, my clients' faces fall. They need that extra bathroom." Plunging deeper into the numbers, there were 83 toilets per 100 residents across all 37 markets surveyed and the variance by city was significant. For example, Miami, the last-place finisher, has a piddling 62 toilets per 100 residents. To read Redfin's full report, complete with statistics from all markets surveyed and a city-by-city look at all the water used by a day's worth of flushing, visit: http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2014/10/tons-of-toilets.html Connect with Redfin
Facebook About Redfin Redfin (www.redfin.com) is a customer-first real estate brokerage that represents people buying and selling homes. Founded and run by technologists, Redfin has a team of experienced, full-service real estate agents who are advocates, not salespeople, earning customer-satisfaction bonuses, not commissions. Redfin.com features all the broker-listed homes for sale, as well as for-sale-by-owner properties that don't pay brokers a commission. Redfin also offers online tools that make the entire process of buying or selling a home easier and more fun. The company serves major markets across the U.S. and has closed nearly $20 billion in home sales. In 2012, Redfin was named one of The DIGITAL 100: World's Most Valuable Private Tech Companies by Business Insider. Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/multimedia/home/20141022005225/en/ |
