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Would no bath tub (just a shower) put you off buying a house?

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namechange496829 · 29/06/2022 16:37

Looking at redoing our bathroom and have just been to a show room where the sales person seemed insistent baths are a thing of the past. He said 95% of people now only want a shower. DH thinks it might be a good idea to save space/money. But I'm not sure if when we come to hopefully move it would put people off. The sales person almost suggested the other way that a bath would put people off the house.

Just wanted to know if it would put you off?

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thebabessavedme · 30/06/2022 09:38

We too have the 'oldie swanky flat', we have 2 fantastic very swanky shower rooms with marble walls, huge walk in showers etc, no way do I miss having to dust the never used free standing bath and try and clean behind the bloody thing - I feel very glam using our showers, feels like being in a very posh hotel.

stayathomer · 30/06/2022 11:06

all the people saying a shower can use longer than a bath, have done a few searches, it seems that an average sized bath, filled half way is the equivalent to a ten minute shower (roughly). In Ireland they’re trying to convince everyone to take 5 minute showers. Personally mine are generally about 3 to 5 minutes but can range from 2 to 20 on my worst day (cold, have an awful day ahead etc;)) so yes my shower might take more than a bath

stayathomer · 30/06/2022 11:07

Sorry autocorrect put in longer, I meant more water!!!!

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Mydogisagentleman · 30/06/2022 12:31

Happily.
we have two en-suite shower rooms, plus a bathroom. We are a family of three who have lived in this house for 6 years, no one has ever used the bath apart from the dog

ElizabethCaroline · 30/06/2022 13:03

A bath was one of my main criteria when looking for a house! I couldn't live without a bath.

mydogisthebest · 30/06/2022 15:15

UglyModernWindows · 30/06/2022 09:27

I'm a Scandinavian and in my home country baths are deemed rather impractical. I reckon something like 90% of households have just a shower. They just use a plastic bath tub when kids are babies and then showers soon after once they can stand. For them the ideal bathroom set up is a two shower heads side by side which means less waiting to have a rinse after sauna Grin

Pic attached for an example of this set up.

So the insistence that families with young children must have a bath in not true. They obviously manage fine in many other countries

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