Small bathroom with large ensuite

[Hellesbelles2]

About to buy a house with very small bathroom. It currently only has a 130 bath with no shower. The master bedroom however is quite long so is ideal for adding an ensuite.

We can't decide whether to add a full length bath to the ensuite (in addition to a double shower cubicle) as we know we won't be able to fit a full length bath in the main bathroom. But that gets me thinking is it worth just taking the bath out of the bathroom and having a big shower in there instead. That way we'd have 2 showers should we have visitors plus DS could use the bath in the ensuite for bathtime.

I know a bath is a absolute requirement for a family house but must it be in the bathroom - would this put you off buying a house (given that we will only ever fit a short bath in the main bathroom)??

Could you put a shower over the bath in the bathroom ?.
We have a smallish family bathroom, but it does have a full size bath, toilet and sink. Our master en suite is much bigger, with two sinks, a loo, a double shower and full bath. The family bathroom is the kids bathroom and we can shut the door on the clutter. Our en suite is an adult bathroom.
Personally I would like a bath in the room the kids would use iyswim

As you are buying it to live in just do what you want - unless you plan to sell within next 10 years.
Baths do seem to be essential - but I certainly wouldn't want one - it just gathers dust! I'd go for a couple of big showers.
And when i comes to the shower - make it as big a space as possible not as tiny as an old telephone box.

Don't see it as my forever house (although perfect location) so would prob want to sell in 5-10 years. Maybe we'll go for the short bath with shower for children/visitors and then have full length bath in ensuite for me to relax in (eventually when all the house renovation is complete...).

As long as it's not strange to have a bath in an ensuite as I always assume they're more for showers etc?

We have a small bath in the small family bathroom (room size is about the same size as the ensuite). I think you have to keep a bath in the family bathroom to maximise your selling chances - if someone had recently upgraded a bathroom without a bath I'd struggle to buy it (different story if the bathroom needs doing anyway), and in case you end up moving closer to 5 years, its not worth it.

Baths in ensuites are not strange. IMHO they are essential as well. Its one of the factors that we considered buying our house - the ensuite was big enough to fit a bath in (which is rare!).

Since, you are renovating the house anyway it seems, can you not steal some space and make the main bathroom bigger in order to fit a standard size bath? It's not your forever house so the lack of a full sized bath in the main bathroom will definitely limit your market i.e it will put many people off when the time comes to sell. Knocking down a wall is not as scary nor is it as expensive as it seems even if it requires an additional RSJ put in.

The estate agent who came to chat to me about our planned house renovation was really insistent that we put a bath in the master bedroom en suite. We are having a family bathroom with a mahousive bath and then a teeny tiny separate shower room next to it. Then the en suite next to our room has a bath with a shower over it. This is our preferred form of shower anyway, neither of us are fans of the cubicle. But the thinking is that you could replace the bath with a really nice big shower cubicle easily enough if you were so minded. Mind you, when I think of small baths I think of 1500mm ones (we are putting in a 1600mm slipper bath) rather than 1300mm ones. That's SMALL. Although would save a lot on bath water for toddlers.

It wouldn't put me off with pre schoolers as I dress my toddler / do story time in my room anyway.

It might put me off if I had teenage girls inclined to wallow in the bath when I want an early night.

Lots of people have sacrificed a bath for a nice shower.

Disclaimer: I don't have teenage girls so may be unfair in my impression of them!