If you would miss a bath in a house?

I like having a bath.

I like a bath but as I am able to stand in one to shower I much prefer a bath with an attached shower to a bath and seperate shower as it always seems like a waste of space.

I get that with mobility needs standing in a bath is not always possible or sensible. But for me if the choice is small bath and seperate shower, a normal/big bath with a shower head, or just one or the other- I would always want the shower in the bath.

Plus there is usually the option to add a detachable shower head to a bath, but you cant really have a bath in the bottom of the shower, so a bath just seems more versatile

I might occasionally, but I know there are people who wouldn’t.

I can spend 4 hours at a time in my bath so, yes, it would bother me if a house I was interested in didn't have one. (If there were room to put one in, I'd mind less.)

It's very subjective, though. Some people only shower, so won't care, whereas to me showers feel like being waterboarded and are the opposite of relaxing. (But then I have rheum. arthritic joints.)

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I wouldn't buy a house without a bath because it would mean I would have to redo the bathroom. Can't live without one.

We moved when my daughter was a toddler and the house we bought had a lovely big shower but no bath. My husband and I loved the shower and would have kept it but our two year old hated it. She would cry every time we showered her. We had a bath with a shower attached put in. She does tolerate showers these days aged 7 but still prefers a bath. I think I've maybe had a bath once since we got it. I always use the shower.

Kids are older though

We're redoing our bathroom and are considering not installing a bath

Much cheaper

When my children were young I wouldn’t have been without a bath. Both DDs really enjoy the occasional bath and I also use it to wash the dogs! Wouldn’t buy a house without a bath or space to put one in.

Yes I would always want a bath. They are so valuable if you get an injury or are ill, or have young children, or want to do some handwashing, or want to empty the dehumidifier, or need to dump a load of wet washing etc.

I would buy a house without a bath, so long as a) a bath could be fitted and b) the owner hadn't done something stupid to make it really expensive or difficult to fit a bath.

I wouldn’t even view a house without a bath and like a pp am hugely disappointed when a hotel bathroom hasn’t got one. I love a good soak.

We viewed a house last week that had two shower rooms and no bath. We didn't make an offer on it for other reasons but the lack of bath didn't help - a bath is very useful for all sorts of things not just bathing!

Essential for me to have a bath. Use it most days no one else in my house does lol

I'd buy a house without as long as room to put in - immediately haha

Ripped ours out 14 years ago. No regrets. Bathroom is now much bigger. Dc were put in a baby bath in the shower tray. Then they just got used to having showers. No regrets at all.

Hate baths and have ripped both out and added far bigger showers. If people can't see beyond the end of their nose to reinstall a bath if that's what they really must have in a house then so be it.
I have a beautiful 1930's cast iron claw footed bath in one of the outbuildings and would include in any sale if people wanted it.

I had a choice between two houses.

One made the school run MUCH easier. No bath.

I went for the bath and horrific school run.

It would definitely put me off. I dictate baths very often but I want the option when I do fancy a nice long hot soak.

Don’t do it! When we bought our house the first thing we did was change the bathroom to put in a bath. It was annoying not having one for a few weeks.

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Just no

If it's a family house and you will be selling it then I would keep the bath.
I love a bath but it's also pretty essential with small children.
You can always put one back in but new bathroom is a pretty big job to have to do straight away so it would put me off unless I loved the house.

Whilst I rarely take a bath, but shower, I would definitely be put off a house if it didn't have a bath option. But if you're not planning to sell your house any time soon then do whatever you want - your house, your rules.

I would view it but any offer would factor in the cost of replacing the shower with a bath, and I'm old but still love a long soak after gardening.

We're currently getting quotes to do exactly this.

Downsized and moved into our new house which will be the house we live in until we die.

We're having the bath replaced with a walk in shower. Keeping the toilet and sink as it is. Going to cost £2k just to swap it.

My current house doesn’t have a bath. My previous ones all did. I barely ever used them.

However, now I don’t have the option of a bath I really miss it. Especially as I have a bad back - I often long for a good soak. Or if I’m really cold.

So I always have a bath when visiting my parents or at a hotel if it looks clean enough. I am wanting to redo my bathroom to have one put back in.

It wouldn’t put me off buying another house without a bath but I’d probably look to have the price reduced a bit so that I could budget to have the bathroom redone.