We moved into this house in January and have loved having an en suite for the first time. However, it has a lot of things that we don't like about it. It has wall to wall artex, which looks awful. It doesn't have a door, instead it has a badly fitted archway, lower than a normal doorway. There is also an arch built into a wall with a shelf under it.
To make matters worse, there was a leak under the bath and I managed to tear the lion when lifting it to let the floor dry. One of the bath taps doesn't work so we can't use the bath, and the shower was removed before we moved in, leaving two pipes sticking out of the wall.
God, it sounds horrible writing it all down! The suite itself is fine, and the tiles are only a year or so old, immaculate. We could replace taps on bath and basin, fit a shower valve, new floor and re plaster, oh, and fit a door. We reckon on about £1000 to do that.
Or, if you are still reading.... We went to bath store yesterday for ideas (wouldn't buy from there) and saw a lovely shower bath suite which would be about £1800 all in. Plus fitting. Plus plastering/doorway.
We could afford to do it, but had earmarked that money to pay down the mortgage. It feels extravagant to do the bathroom properly, but would it be worth it to have a fantastic room, instead of a functioning one?
The rest of the house is in need of a coat of paint at some stage, but the kitchen was already done, which would have been a higher priority. We are also planning a new boiler/upgrade heating and have earmarked money for that.
Has anyone fitted an amazing bathroom that they don't regret? Any advice on this first world problem welcome!