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DH keeps banging on about getting rid of the bath.

127 replies

MrsMaxwell · 05/03/2018 18:16

Ok not a third world issue here.

Have a 4 bed house (4th bed is attic conversion with en suite shower room and toilet).

Have tiny main bathroom (Victorian house semi) where most of us shower none of us have baths on a regular basis.

OH gets quite worked up and anxious about stuff and the bathroom gets really steamed up we have tried various things to overcome this but OH is paranoid the ceiling is going to come down (the paint keeps peeling off).

He wants to get rid of the bath and I guess turn it into a wet room with the extractor directly above the shower.

I don’t have baths but I just think this is a really bad idea as it’s handy for washing things out by hand, will devalue the house and in the past I have had back problems (major surgery) where baths helped, and occasionally people (we have 3 kids living here and two have partners regularly staying and 3 step kids stay a lot) just want a bath.

OH reckons we’ll be here at least another 10 years (I do not) and I just feel especially from a resale POV this is a really shit idea?

OP posts:
NotSuchASmugMarriedNow1 · 05/03/2018 18:17

Not a shit idea . It's quite a good idea. Saves water. Why would it devalue the house?

Original poster
MrsMaxwell · 05/03/2018 18:19

I just think a family home with two bathrooms should have at least one bath.

OP posts:
GreenTulips · 05/03/2018 18:20

I wouldn't look at a house without a bath .... so limits the market

Shower rooms get wetter that using baths due to lack of heat to take the water away and they end in mouldy!

The extractor is a good idea but the bath should stay

Bluelady · 05/03/2018 18:20

I wouldn't consider a house without a bath. I know someone who rerplaced theirs with a very swanky shower and it took them for ever to sell the house.

MsHomeSlice · 05/03/2018 18:20

you could make sure the plumbing is there and accessible for a bath if you are worried about devaluing the place...then all you need is to plan it with a space and reinstall a cheapy bath when you put the house on the market.

Original poster
MrsMaxwell · 05/03/2018 18:21

We have an extractor but it is clearly not working well Sad

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ChameleonsInCarsGettingCoffee · 05/03/2018 18:21

I would never buy a house without a bath. I ruled one out for exactly that when we were house searching a few years ago.

A shower room isn't suitable for bathing small children, so you're ruling a lot of families out as possible buyers.

Onedaynamechange · 05/03/2018 18:21

I'd keep the bath and get a better extractor. Baths are great when you have young kids staying/feel ill and want a nice hot bath/when you get cold and wet/have aches and pains. I'm with you on this...and having worked in estate agency would say although it wouldn't devalue the house as such, it would put off potential buyers with young children.

Believeitornot · 05/03/2018 18:21

Maybe you need better extraction and bathroom paint? You should have an extractor in there anyway.

Buglife · 05/03/2018 18:22

I couldn’t live without a bath. Also with little children I’d need a bath too.

NapQueen · 05/03/2018 18:22

If you dont or rarely use the bath then it cant be the bath causing the steam and damp. Seems daft then to remove something that isnt the cause.

Oysterbabe · 05/03/2018 18:22

Yep keep the bath and better extractor.

OutsideContextProblem · 05/03/2018 18:23

It’s a terrible idea. Getting rid of a bath doesn’t save water if you almost always have showers - it just removes flexibility for all the reasons you said.

Can you not get the extractor fan moved without getting rid of the bath?

And not having a bath reduces your selling pool for a 4 bedroom house significantly so may indeed restrict your selling price.

Tink2007 · 05/03/2018 18:25

I wouldn’t look at a house without a bath in so I am in agreement with you OP.

SpiritedLondon · 05/03/2018 18:25

I might buy a house without a bath if I really, really loved the rest of the house but I’d be looking to reduce the price to account for the cost of having one put in. Obviously if there was an equal property nearby with a bath I would go for that instead. I don’t really see how a wet room would solve the problem?

Eliza9917 · 05/03/2018 18:26

MrsMaxwell

I just think a family home with two bathrooms should have at least one bath.

It should. I wouldn't look at a house without a bath.

FizzyGreenWater · 05/03/2018 18:26

Terrible idea!

Four bed family home you say? Yup, you can scratch off your list of potential buyers most folk with young children who don't fancy having to refit the bathroom.

SusannahD · 05/03/2018 18:26

In my house I find that the bathroom steams up more with showers rather than the bath. I would definitely look at getting a better extractor fan and open the window after shower.

FuzzyCustard · 05/03/2018 18:27

I wouldn't buy a house without a bath either. It certainly limits your resale market and may affect the price.

I don't like wet rooms either...IMO water ought to be contained!

Foxyloxy1plus1 · 05/03/2018 18:29

I think most people with young families wouldn’t buy a four bed house without a bath.

A better extractor fan is a better option in my opinion.

LeighaJ · 05/03/2018 18:29

I wouldn't buy a house without a bath either but neither would my husband because he takes more baths then me. It's just too hard for me to get out of a bath at my advanced stage of knocked up.

lynmilne65 · 05/03/2018 18:30

I would get rid of a child rather than lose my bath !!!!

Eliza9917 · 05/03/2018 18:30

Dies the bathroom have a window? Why don't you open the window in there?

Gatehouse77 · 05/03/2018 18:30

I'm afraid we wouldn't consider a family home without a bath.

Sciurus83 · 05/03/2018 18:32

Also wouldn't buy a house without a bath