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Anyone had their bath taken out in favour of a shower?

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Eggybreadwithnuts · 12/10/2025 18:15

We have a tiny bathroom... its literally a square...as you look in...
Sink directly in front
Toilet to left
Bath to the right

Thinking of taking bath out and having a walk in shower.

We love having showers when in hotels or on holiday. Love having a bath at home in the cooler weather for a long soak.

Dont really want an overshower.

Will we regret it taking our bath out. 😵‍💫

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Chewbecca · 13/10/2025 09:59

I will only use a walk in shower (baths are too difficult now) and DH loves bathing and wouldn't want to give that up so we wouldn't be without both. You just have to do what is right for your own family.

GentleSheep · 13/10/2025 10:07

Like you OP I also have a very tiny bathroom with only a bath, no shower. However the bath is beautiful enamel and I wouldn't take it out just to put a walk-in shower. As I get older, I can see why it might one day be too hard for me to get in the bath but at that point the stairs would also be too hard as well as all the outdoor steps. So I decided that a move would be better at that point and to leave things as they are, since I enjoy having baths.

Nourishinghandcream · 13/10/2025 10:16

At the end of the day it is you living there, not any future buyer so if you want a shower instead of a bath then get rid. No point living your life for what a future owner "may" want.
Also there is a big difference in a bathroom that does not have a bath but can take one and a bathroom that cannot take a bath. In the scheme of things, refitting a bath is no big deal as long as there is room to do so.

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Lynz301 · 13/10/2025 10:24

We did! I don’t like baths and my husband is tall so didn’t really fit comfortably in a standard bath. Did it ten years ago and have never regretted it - we’ll just take the hit if/when we move!

Turnerskies · 13/10/2025 12:30

I think having no shower is much more limiting than having no bath. Most people now have a daily shower and occasional bath. I never have a bath and would not consider a house without a shower.

AnAudacityofinlaws · 13/10/2025 12:38

Talltreesbythelake · 12/10/2025 18:27

We had the bath replaced with a long shower tray that sits in the bath's footprint. It means that putting a bath back will not be too hard. It was a godsend when I fell down and ended up in plaster.

We did the same. Two bathrooms, both with large walk-in showers, both with enough space for a bath. We realised when we came to update the bathrooms that we had lived here for five years and neither of us had had a bath in that time, so that was an easy decision to make. Couldn’t care less what an imaginary buyer in the unknown future might want.

Papyrophile · 13/10/2025 12:39

I would do it without hesitation. If we have a shower over the bath as the only option in an otherwise perfect house when we move, the bath will go immediately.

TypeyMcTypeface · 13/10/2025 12:39

I rule out buying any house that does not have a bath in it.

Nourishinghandcream · 13/10/2025 14:20

TypeyMcTypeface · 13/10/2025 12:39

I rule out buying any house that does not have a bath in it.

That could mean rejecting an otherwise ideal home that could easily be reconfigured at minimal cost.

As long as the space exists for a bath, removing a shower and replacing with a bath/over bath shower is relatively easy and does not need to cost the earth.

If there is no space for a bath without moving walls etc, that could be a different matter.

TypeyMcTypeface · 13/10/2025 17:55

Nourishinghandcream · 13/10/2025 14:20

That could mean rejecting an otherwise ideal home that could easily be reconfigured at minimal cost.

As long as the space exists for a bath, removing a shower and replacing with a bath/over bath shower is relatively easy and does not need to cost the earth.

If there is no space for a bath without moving walls etc, that could be a different matter.

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Well, if it was completely perfect in every other respect I might consider reconfiguration if it didn't need structural alterations, but I've never yet found a house (in my price range) that ticks every single box. It's always a case of weighing up the pros and cons, and no bath would outweigh any other pros.

HoppityBun · 13/10/2025 18:17

Yes. Years ago and I’ve never regretted it

SquashPenguin · 13/10/2025 18:21

People carry on on mumsnet like a house could be crumbling all around you but as long as it has a bath it’ll sell.

We got rid of our bath and never looked back. Give me a big walk in shower any day.

purplecorkheart · 13/10/2025 18:25

Yes in my older house I took out the bath and installed a large shower instead and in my new build I did not install a bath in the main bathroom but again put in a large shower. I have never regretted it. The bath was used maybe once a year if that. I have used the bath the very odd time in hotels but request rooms with showers.

triplechoc · 13/10/2025 18:31

We had our bathroom gutted last year, with the bath taken out and a large walk-in shower fitted that is in the footprint of where the bath was previously with a shower over it.

The bath had barely been used since my now-16 yr old hit double figures, I could count on my fingers how many times DH or I had had baths in the last 20 years here.

Best thing we’ve ever done house-wise, it’s so much nicer not clambering in and out of the bath, much easier to keep clean (we have ridiculously hard water), and if/when we do decide to sell, the bathroom is now a positive feature, instead of dank and limescale-ridden, and if someone wants to put a bath back in, they still could do, the space and pipe work are still there, the room is just configured in a way that works for us living here now.

MayaPinion · 13/10/2025 19:48

Cursula · 12/10/2025 18:20

I was just thinking the same, but worried about the future sale if people need a bathtub. It’s a tricky one!

Unless you only intend to stay in a house a few years, configure your home to suit you and your needs, not the imaginary needs of some unnamed buyer at some as yet undermined point in the future. If the estate agent feels strongly that the lack of a bath would impact the sellability of a home 10 years hence then spend some money putting it back in before you put it in the market. I think the dial on just having a shower has shifted as people have become more environmentally conscious over the last 15 years or so, not to mention the cost savings from heating and using less water (unless you have a teenage boy who thinks 45 minutes is a ‘quick’ shower 😁).

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