re: Bath Tub Recommendations- New Construction

I’ve owned houses with both. First of all don’t get jets period. Waste of money, pain to clean, and you will never use them because they aren’t truly effective at “massaging” like traditional
Hot tub jets. Second, if you go with a tub and deck, do an undercount rather than a drop in. Looks cleaner and gives you a flat area to sit in or out things but mainly when you are older it makes it easier to sit on flat granite deck and swing your legs over into ten.
This is not easy to do with the raised ridge of a drop in. My sister hates her drop in for this reason.

Finally, the stand alone is pretty and I had one in the last house. I had to put a stupid table next to the tub to hold the razor, soap, facial cleanser, etc… which looked dumb. Also, the tub has a very high edge (in other words the distance from floor to top edge of tub to bottom
Of interior of tub) which made it somewhat precarious to get in and out. I’m 5’11” and found it difficult so the normal sized wife would have more trouble. Very happy with the undermount with deck large tub I have now which I specifically designed after the standalone tub in the last house.