Would this devalue the house/make it harder to resell?

[YellowEllis]

Four bed house - one family bathroom, one en-suite, one WC.

We want to swap out the bath shower combo in the family bathroom and put a more luxurious fancier free standing bath in. It won't have an overhead shower or screen

There is a nice rainfall shower in the en-suite. We only have young kids and rare guests so we have no issues with guests just using the en-suite if they need a shower it'll only be our closest family but would it affect resale value?

@Mummyoflittledragon

To fit an enclosure in and not have it look awful I think we'd have to go for a corner one like the one I've linked. I prefer the look of a low profile tray with just a side screen but do think we'd end up with water everywhere.

Do corner showers look dated? I can't make a decision and keep going back to thinking we'll just not add a shower but it would be more practical to put one in.

@YellowEllis

We have freestanding taps with a shower attachment and it's fine fir a quick shower down but have to sit in bath if you want to wash your hair.

There is no way we could add any sort of screen to our slipper bath, the water would still go over the other sides. I hate the look of shower curtains with a freestanding bath.

I aleays wonder how people wash a bath when there is no shower head attached to the bath? I really like my bath squiqy clean and always use shower head to wash it.

@YellowEllis
Honestly if I'm letting anyone sleep in my house I'd have no issue in them using my shower! But I've taken it on board, will have a look at other options
You are missing the point being made here. It's not about your issues with others using your ensuite it's about them possibly being uncomfortable.

Dh is saying you can get freestanding bath taps with shower attachments so there would be no need to tear out the bathroom at a later date we'd just need to add a screen? This changes things!

The kind where you have to hold the shower head the entire time if you want to use it as a shower and somehow do everything one handed? No thanks.

No but you could wall mount it, one side is very near a wall anyway and fit a screen the other? Am I being thick?

@YellowEllis
These are our taps, the shower head couldn't be wall mounted and as there's a gap right around the bath the water would go everywhere anyway.

I suppose if you're getting one of those kind of semi freestanding baths you could just fit a shower as well but tbh I think then you may as well just install a shower bath.

[quote Honeyhoops]@YellowEllis
These are our taps, the shower head couldn't be wall mounted and as there's a gap right around the bath the water would go everywhere anyway.

I suppose if you're getting one of those kind of semi freestanding baths you could just fit a shower as well but tbh I think then you may as well just install a shower bath. [/quote]
This is the bath we're looking at. We just didn't like the flimsy side on all the bath/showers we were shown.

https://www.ukbathroomstore.co.uk/bc-designs-senator-hand-finished-freestanding-bath-optional-bun-feet-bab045?dfwtracker=34263-BAB045&gclid=CjwKCAiAzNj9BRBDEiwAPsL0d2SsdCAZ2aoloo5FFUhiU7muNIZFdDifsZJwjVMlU-vvPj65aqtESBoCKhAQAvDD_BwE

Look at the link I've posted. You wouldn't have to put the shower rail and shower curtain up.

@YellowEllis

Dh is saying you can get freestanding bath taps with shower attachments so there would be no need to tear out the bathroom at a later date we'd just need to add a screen? This changes things!

I don’t understand this. Don’t you have a bathroom designer? You said it was high spec, this sounds like diy if you have no one advising you?

Bluntness We're buying a new build. It's still being built so we're in the process of designing the kitchen and bathroom. As standard you get a bath with a shower but all the ones we viewed had those flimsy side panels. We want a solid bath. Everything is high spec as we've upgraded most things. This is the bath I want to upgrade too

Of course we can get opinions just the builders merchants the developers use are shut at this hour and it was only tonight I started wobbling about the lack of shower so just posted on here quickly

Our family bathroom only has a huge bath.

We have a shower in the en-suite and then another shower room downstairs. Works fine.

I don't think. I use less water when I shower than when I bathe, unless it's hot and I'm having a second shower of the day to get rid of the sweat.

In our house:

Me: love a bath, though mostly shower due to mobility. Rinse off under the shower after a bath, anyhow, mostly wash my hair with the shower hose, over the side of the bath.

DH bathes or showers. Prefers a soak in the bath after dirty manual work.

Ds1 hates showers and baths but has a combined shower and bath, sitting down for comfort.

Ds2 terrified of the shower. Takes several baths a day.

Have you looked at the free standing shower baths? They are Victorian design but the top end is squared to allow a shower

Best of both worlds

And I detest rainfall showers. We have one that we've never used. I want control. Over whether water continually lands on my head or not.

On that bath you’ve pictured OP, you would be able to add a shower and screen later if one end is up against the wall, but not if both ends are open as pictured. Where would you attach the shower? And the water would just splash out the open end.

If you want the option to add a shower and screen later then you really need a bath where one end is against a wall.

I hate showers and am having a new bathroom fitted with bath only. Those funny shaped baths which allow for a shower at one end look terrible IMO, and have drawbacks for both bathing and for showering.
We have a shower in the en suite which is used by anyone who wants a shower, including our lodger at one point. Friends & family staying overnight use it happily.

@minipie

On that bath you’ve pictured OP, you would be able to add a shower and screen later if one end is up against the wall, but not if both ends are open as pictured. Where would you attach the shower? And the water would just splash out the open end.

If you want the option to add a shower and screen later then you really need a bath where one end is against a wall.

Very bad photo as zoomed in but this is the gap on the design, it's equal on both ends as the bath is almost same length as that wall. So would that work? I just hate shower curtains and would only want a screen. I don't want to go for a shower bath if they all have flimsy side panels which is why I chose this one, it just feels a bit fancier!

You say you don't want to clean shower screens.
Getting a water softener revolutionises bathroom cleaning.

The shower screen would work although would look like a bit of a fudge as it would sit across the small gap. But the big problem is the shower water will all go down that small gap between bath and wall!! Really you would have to have the bath right up against the wall and even then with this style of bath you’d be relying on just the sealant to stop water running onto the floor.

I have to say, even leaving aside the shower issue, that design is going to be a complete bugger to clean as it’ll be very hard to clean in the small gap to the side of the bath... are you sure you want freestanding?

You absolutely don’t have to have a flimsy plastic side panel with a bath/shower combination by the way. You’d just get a good quality built in bath with good internal space for showering (I recommend the Bette Ocean which is great quality) then get your builders to make a tiled side panel for it matching your wall or floor tiles.

I don’t suppose you have space for both shower and bath do you? Could you post a plan? Unless you’re sure there isn’t space.

I love my stand alone tub. I spent a whole lot of money to get it and I use it regularly.

I don’t know what I would do if having that only left us with one shower in an en-suite. Dd switched to showers at 5 so you could be looking at many years of sharing.

Oh I don't know what to do now it's a small bathroom. No chance of a separate shower

If this is the bath your young kids will be using, I would really go for a built in bath that’s attached to the wall at (at least) one end and one side. First as it works for a shower, whereas a freestanding bath doesn’t. Second you’ll get water/bubbles etc splashing into the gaps with young kids and it will be a pain to clean up. IMHO freestanding baths are lovely for adult only bathrooms but not so great for family bathrooms, and don’t work so well if they are being squeezed in very near walls. Built in baths can be made to look very stylish with tiled panels.