If you would miss a bath in a house?

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We are redoing our downstairs bathroom currently has a standing separate shower cubicle and a small _not full size adult bath. It's not a big bathroom, we have a shower room upstairs.

I was thinking of removing the bath and putting in a larger walk in shower. We don't use the bath and environmentally i think the shower is better but conscious if we sell the house it would put people off there being no bath.

I might look at a house without a bath if there was space to fit on a d redo or create a new bathroom - so I'd be looking at spending £10k less to factor in getting that done.

Ripped out our bath and put in a large walk in shower. We're in our 60s and don't want to climb in and out of a bath. Don't miss it at all.

I absolutely would never buy a house that didn't either have a bath already, or have an obvious easy space for a full bath to be added.

There's no way the size of our bathroom would ever cost 10k to redo

We got rid of ours. I love the extra space. It's easier to keep clean and our kids didn't mind showers, even as toddlers. The only very occasional annoyance is that we have nowhere to soak large items, eg pillows and duvets.

I do not like those very posh baths which are standalone in the middle of the bathroom. Difficult to get in and out. Difficult to clean.

One hotel i stayed at had shower over bath like the example above. It took me an age to get in and out. Had to use the chair in room to grab hold to.

Everyone I know who has got rid of a bath or bought a house without a bath has regretted it.

Lots of people who dont regularly have a bath sometimes have the odd moment where they've got back from camping or a long walk and have wanted a bit of a soak.

Everyone I know who has got rid of a bath or bought a house without a bath has regretted it.

I haven’t and I’ve lived without a bath for two decades now. I’ve never once wanted to soak in one. Besides they can be fitted if you so desire.

Everyone I know who has got rid of a bath or bought a house without a bath has regretted it.
Really??

It's fine as long as you know when you sell it will put a % of buyers off.

Our bath is prob used 3 x a year so no 😆

We redid our bathroom a few months ago and removed the bath. We now just have a shower. The only think I miss the bath for is shaving my legs. I used to put my legs up on the edge of the bath while in the shower to shave them and now I have to bend down in the shower cubicle.

I wouldn’t buy house that didn’t have room for a bath. I could probably overlook there not being one when we viewed as long as there was somewhere to put one. A bath is one of life’s luxuries imo.

We were in your situation and ripped out the shower cubicle, replacing that and the small bath with an extra large bathtub and a really good shower over it. I don't think we'd want not to have a bath, although I do more often have a shower. We have another shower in the ensuite so figured we still had two places for people to wash.

We had to make this call a few months ago and after much agonising decided to get rid of the bath completely.We now have a fully accessible walk-in shower,with seating and space for a carer to gain access to assist with showering when that time comes.It looks really good and with careful choice of handrails,etc.doesn't look at all as though it's specialised.It's also so much easier for DH,especially as stepping in and out of the bath to use the overhead shower was getting more and more risky.
I've always enjoyed the occasional soak in a bath and we really did try to think of ways of keeping it,but space-wise it just wasn't feasible.
In our area,houses sell quickly as we live v.close to two oversubscribed schools,so it's very much a family district and families =children=the need for a bathtub.We are aware that the lack of a bath could very much be a deal-breaker but this house has to work for us for as long as possible and the alternative of a ground floor extension to accommodate a shower/wetroom is not feasible.

We actually talked our decision over with our next of kin,as they'll be the ones directly dealing with the house sale when that comes and they said that they'd be happy to get a bath installed if they feel that the house is not selling quickly enough and people are being put off.

Oh,and edited to answer the actual question😄I occasionally miss a bath but it really is great and I'm glad that we've done it.I can sit in the shower too and much easier to keep clean than the bath!

Renting and we have a shower room as well as a bathroom. The bathroom is currently being much more useful as a store room (neither of us has wanted a bath since about a year ago).
Always thought that if I built or bought a place, I'd prefer to install a Japanese-style bath - similar to the deep bath a PP mentioned - something deep enough that you can sit upright in it and have hot water on to your neck, instead of a long bath that isn't quite big enough to be properly comfortable. They take up a much smaller footprint of floor-space so might be a good option.

We haven't used the bath in our house for at least ten years since DTs were toddlers. None of us like baths so it wouldn't put me off at all.

Further to above PP - so long as there is space to put a bath back in (and you supply an estate agent with a few estimates as to how much it would cost to install one), you are fine to dispense with a bath. Bathrooms are one of the first rooms people replace when buying anyway (for hygiene reasons) and ‘bathing’ is a very British thing these days.

In Europe people don’t bother - they put babies in a ‘baby bath’ in the shower and use the hand shower until they are old enough to stand. None of my european friends have a bath in the Uk or back home, and my Asian relatives find the idea of them revolting - all that sitting in dirty water so that you have to have a shower afterwards anyway.

If someone won’t buy a house because it doesn’t have a bath (when it costs very little to swap out a shower), then they weren’t in love with it in the first place.

We refitted a 1970s bathroom (not UK) and the plumber tried to persuade me to replace the bath with a walk in shower, but there’s no way I would sacrifice it. We have a very good shower over it so best of both worlds.

It wouldn’t bother me at all. We have a separate shower cubicle and so the bath has never been used since we moved in

Only time it is touched is when it is being cleaned

Now a house without a shower that is something I would never consider…

I hate showers. All that water running down your face, nowhere to put your wine glass. Much too stressful. I wouldn’t want a house without a nice big bath.

You would rule out families with small children when selling. I don’t think it’s a good idea.

This. When viewing houses, if there was no bath, I mentally accounted for putting one on when thinking about what I would be prepared to pay. Tbh, I would have discounted anywhere with no space for a full size bath. The places all sold though! People have different priorities, best to suit yourself unless an imminent move is on the cards.

Although we rarely use the bath (the kids prefer the shower), I wouldn't consider a house that didn't have one and I would assume the bathroom wasnt big enough to accomodate one if we were looking at a house.
We redid our bathroom and kept the bath (although smaller size) for this exact reason.

I love baths, I wouldn't be without one. If you plan to sell anytime, and it's a family sized house, not having a bath could be off putting.