Would you buy a house that has two showers and no bath?

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I'd like to get rid of our bath and install a shower cubicle which would free up some much needed storage space in our small family bathroom.

No one in our household has had a bath in years and I feel a shower cubicle would work better for us (me and two adult DC).

The master bedroom already has a small en-suite shower room which DH uses.

But I'm concerned no bath could put people off buying when we sell up in a few years time (5+ years).

Would you be happy buying a house with no bath?

Sure. I costs very little to redo a bathroom and I think I'd want to in any house I moved into.

Now my kids are older no, I think they’re a magnificent waste of water but I think young families would find it tough so as others have said if you’re selling I’d keep it

We built a house that has three showers and no bathtubs. It suits us perfectly - in four years of living here, there hasn’t been one single occasion where someone has wished for a bath.

Our bathrooms are all large enough to put a bath in. If we ever decide to sell, we can replace a shower with a bath without much hassle. But the showers are all bloody lovely - massive space in all of them, nice lighting, lots of alcove space for products, lovely tiles and shower heads. Our ensuite has a built in bench, perfect for shaving my legs. I don’t ever regret not having a bath. The downstairs shower is useful for washing dogs.

I find baths very tedious and time consuming - to each their own but we live in an expensive area and I’ve decided we would make the best use of our limited space with what suits our family.

Bathroom fashion changes pretty fast, so bathrooms don’t last forever. I think our bathrooms are probably good for ten years, then we may want to remodel. We can think of a bath then if we want to.

PS I have had so many compliments on our bathrooms, including neighbours asking for the exact specs of what we did so they could do the same. The sink units are made from Ikea kitchen cabinets, with made to order fronts. They look great, give tons of storage, and cost very little.

Not having a bath in the bathroom would definitely never put me off buying the house, if everything else is just right. The most important things are the location and the house’s structure, everything else can be changed easily.
Converting a shower to bath is such a minor thing compare to other.
If the garden was massively overlooked, well that would be an issue because that's not something we could change.
Location, the size of the house and privacy are major. Everything changeable is so minor.

Personally I’m a not but that’s due to me liking a bath. More and more people though prefer the shower I’ve found. I’d go for whey works for your family

Yes . We have a shower and a bath and never use the bath. When the time comes to replace the bathroom , the bath is going. I would like the space back.

I like a bath.
If you remove it and replace with a shower, leave the plumbing easy to reconnnect behind the wall for any future family.
Or spend more and redesign the space to fit both walk in shower and a bath.

I love baths so wouldn't buy a house without one. There's nothing better than relaxing in a bath if you've pulled a muscle or are frozen to the bone. Mind you I am the only one in the family who uses the bath. It might put people off with very young children though.

Why not put a shower over the bath?
I know it would put me off and I only have an occasional bath, but if I had small chores still at home it would really put me off having no bath.

If removing bath, make sure it's a lovely large shower with decent pressure (luxury). I got a tray/screen exactly the same size as the bath so it doesn't feel cramped. Really pleased ten years on and no bath in the house (thats what hotels are for).

If youre going to sell anyway keep the bath. Id understand somewhat 1 bathroom no bath but if i was buying a 2 bathroom house and 0 baths id not even consider it. Im currently looking as hoping to move soon and saw some beautiful houses but no bath i wouldnt even consider it personally.

I’d want a bath. They are also handy for things such as soaking house plants. I use mine for lots of things aside from bathing.

No. I’d want shower over bath. Or separate bath and shower cubicle

An ex boyfriend of mine got his council flat changed from a bath bathroom into a wet room
(shower room) with no bath. About a year after it was done and he had sports injuries he said he wished he’d never had it done and had a bath to soak in!

Yes, I’d buy it.

No one uses a bath in my household.

If I was planning a family or had young children I’d want a bath. But not sure it’d be a dealbreaker. If I loved the house I’d put one in.

Could you compromise and use a small, shallow bath as a shower tray? Enough to bath kids in? I get the impression these days most people shower, even though I know some people still love baths.

Everybody is going to say, don't take out the bath. But we just ripped out the bath that didn't really fit in our small family bathroom and I don't regret a thing. It is a much nicer room, and quite frankly, is a lot more accessible if an older or less mobile person wanted to live here.

I'm willing to take the hit and houses aren't selling at the moment anyway.

There are also small Japanese-style bath tubs, which can be used as shower trays.

And in southern Spain and Morocco I’ve encountered places where the shower ‘tray’ is tiled, high-sided and can be plugged. So can be used as a sit-in bath (e.g. for kids) rather than a lie-down bath. They can look beautiful.

We have definitely set our sights on a nice sized walk in shower, the dc like the idea too.

Our house is a perfect sized family home for our area which is commuter belt and popular so hopefully the lack of bath won't put people off when we do go to sell.

If any of us were to ever need an emergency bath for what ever reason I'll just purchase one of these and pop it in the shower lol

This one is even better, has a lid. That's the one thing I don't like about baths, how quickly they become cold, the constant topping up is a bore to me.

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I've been wondering the same thing, interesting that this thread has filled 13 pages! A lot of opinions on it clearly. We have one small bathroom with a shower over the bath and I'd like to replace it with a walk in shower when the kids are older (currently only the youngest uses it) so I guess if I was looking to buy I would prioritise a decent shower. I can't imagine writing off an otherwise great house over something fairly easy to change.

Slight aside, l have a friend in Portugal who has a working bathtub and shower in her (totally secluded) garden. It’s lovely.

The children of the family I sold my home to were 2 and 5 so young children.

To me if I’m buying a long term house IF I did want a bath and there’s space for it I’d put one in at some point. Surely people aren’t really ruling out houses they like over something that can be solved. I know a bathroom is expensive but if you otherwise loved the house.

I removed our bath and had a large walk in shower installed when I bought my house. I sold it last year, no one was bothered about there not being a bath!