House without bath - would you buy?

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We have a small bathroom that needs updating. Our house is a three bedroom home. We tend to have showers not baths and are thinking of having a new bathroom that only has walk in shower (rather than shower over bath). The only thing stopping us though is whether this would significantly affect us selling the house in the future. Would lack of bath be a huge negative for home buyers do you think?

I would not buy a house without a bath.

I'd want a bath

Personally I think it would, sorry. Maybe not so much in a flat but in a family home I think it would put a lot of people off. I know a few people who have moved into somewhere without a bath and ended up regretting it.

I would want a bath or at least enough room to put one in

They could always just put a bath in.

We did just that cost £70 in tiles, £400 labour and £270 for the actual bath. Plus a few quid for drainage parts/taps.

Hardly an amount worth losing your dream house over, is it.

I would buy it, never used ours. Do whatever makes your house lovable and liveable for now. You can always put one in if it doesn’t sell easily enough or the buyers can do the same.
Like the IKEA advert says, make your house your home not to sell on in the future.

Wouldn't bother me at all, in fact I think it is a plus point. I hate baths with a shower curtain or screen. we've lived here 23 years and I've probably had about 5 baths in that time, and can't remember when the bath was last used. We use it to store the laundry bins.
DS is looking for a house , and there seem to be quite a lot of houses with shower rooms only, admittedly mainly 2 beds

I'm going to replace my bath with a decent shower. I cant imagine it would take much to put it back if needed. We never use it in and the clingy shower curtail is horrible!

I wouldn't buy. A bath is essential for kids so rules out that kind of buyer immediately

It would definitely put me off. With two one year olds, a bath is essential!

No.

The primary market for 3 bedroom houses is families, and children’s bath time is a British thing.

I would buy. Also never used for kids - used baby bath then into the shower once walking.

Baths are cultural and it seems to be changing.

I don't like baths as soaking in your own scum. I prefer a shower and would like a large double shower but my dh loves a bath. So we compromise with shower over bath in ensuite and in family bathroom. People with children would probably want a bath. If 3 bedrooms more likely to get s buyer with children.

I suppose it depends on the family.
Those with young children would probably need a bath straight away.
Others might want a bath but could live without one for a few months, and so may be still keen to purchase the house as long as it ticks all other boxes.
Some people with reduced mobility, for example, may find it harder to use baths and so would be glad for a bigger easily accessible shower!

No, unless there was space for one and I had the money to put one in immediately.

I wouldn't buy a house where the bathroom had been recently updated and didn't have a bath. I would buy a house with an outdated bathroom, whether it had a bath or not as I could update it to my taste.

It would put me off.
I wouldn't buy it unless it was priced low enough for me to be able to re-do the bathroom and with some compensation thrown in for the disruption and hassle of having to re-do the bathroom right after the whole stress of selling / buying / moving.
Obviously if I were in the market for a 'doer-upper' then it would be fine.

However, if you aren't planning to move for 10 years of more, then do whatever suits your family. I don't understand people worrying too much about what any potential future buyer might like or not like. This is your home, make it as comfortable / practical / enjoyable for your family to live in.

If floor space is the issue, could you make the shower base much deeper, so its a smaller bath but deeper? An adult could sit and at least wet their ankles and knees and small children could have a proper bath?

I removed my bathtub for a walk in shower... but I'm in a 1 bed flat in London. Not sure if I'll have any issues with selling on, but a bathtub was wasted on me.

We were planning to go without a bath, but in the end we worked a way to fit a bath and walk-in shower in. The end of the walk-in shower is the tiled side of the bath and it works really well. We couldn't move the toilet, so had to find the best arrangement with the toilet in that position.

It wouldn't stop me buying if the house was otherwise right for us.

My DPs swapped their bath for a large shower cubicle with built in seat (due to illness). The house still sold to the first viewers but was priced accordingly.

It wasn't just the bathroom, quite a bit needed modernising. Personally though, unless you plan to sell soon, I would rather have the house convenient for you & your family.

I'd have to absolutely love the rest of the house to want to buy a house without a bath. I don't remember the last time I had a bath but I use it every day to put the baby's bath in, though I suppose that'd fit in a shower tray.

Long term, I'd want a bath, so I'd replace the bathroom eventually. To warrant the cost of a new bathroom, the rest of the house would need to be perfect.

No it would bother me. We got rid of ours and just have a shower. we never usedtbe bath when we had one.

We bought a new build in 2006 and I've counted that the bath has been used 5 times only since then.

I'd love a bathroom with a nice big shower rather than a bath. I hate baths. Planning to get rid of mine as soon as I can afford it