Would you buy house without a bath?

[StuckInARug]

We’re planning a bathroom renovation for a house we’re buying. House has a small toilet / shower room on ground floor (which we will eventually turn into toilet only), and a bathroom (separate toilet / bath room) on first floor. Long term plan is to convert loft and have a big bathroom there. For day one, we will only renovate the bathroom on the first floor. I think it’s too small for a separate bath & walk in shower so I’m planning on ditching the bath and just having shower. My concern is making the house unsellable, we don’t plan on ever selling but who knows what the future holds, eh?

would the lack of a bath put you off buying a house?

When we were looking at a bigger house when DS was born, I would not even have considered a house which had no bath regardless of how much I loved it. We did see one that had a weird half bath and I wouldn’t have considered that an option either.

Now both my kids are teens it wouldn’t put me off in the same way, as we all shower and the bath rarely gets used, so if I absolutely loved the rest of the house I wouldn’t automatically rule it out. However, if the choice was between two houses where one had a bath and the other didn’t, I would go with the bath.

Having a bath will put off people like the OP, who need to spend money ripping them out as they don't like them.

Lots of things put people off. People buy houses with features that put them off. Any property you buy will have numerous features you want to change. Some cost lots (extending, knocking down walls), some cost less (painting, carpet, laminate).

I would, we never use our bath other than to wash the dog or the blinds and it is a waste of valuable space.

But if I was younger with a young family, or planning a family a bath would be essential.

I would buy a house without a bath, not having used one in years, however we had an estate agent around to value ours a month ago and he advised that it still reduces your possible buyers hugely.

No, I wouldn’t buy one without a shower either, I like both.

Wouldn't put me off but people with children tend to like to have baths.

No.

I wouldn't buy a house without a bath or room to put one in.

I love a bath, I cba with showers.

No - I'd be putting one in. Why not have a bath with shower over?
If the future converted loft is the master, then having a shower only up there is fine. Most people want a bath for kids (or like a bath themselves).

Yes. I’d rather not have a shower. But if I liked the house and there was space to put one in I’d still consider it.

We are in a similar situation and going to install a shower over a low bath, which is sufficient for bathing a small child but won’t be so high as to feel uncomfortable stepping in and out of it as a shower. That way, if future owners don’t like it (or if we’d prefer a higher bath when DC is older) it can just be swapped over.

No, we never have a bath, we all shower.

However, they are needed for small kids.

But replacing a walk in shower with a bath is not a big job if there is space, in a future hypothetical house sale.

Live your life for NOW, model your house for the way YOU want to live in your home.

You are planning for life as you live it, not for a Rightmove photo gallery.

What about something like this?

Before you get your heart set on it,, find out how well it'll work!

@StuckInARug I had my heart set on taking out the bath & putting a big walk in shower in instead. I wasn't planning on staying here long term, so selling on was a consideration,, but decided as long as there was still space to fit a bath in (removing the shower & putting a shower over the bath) it would be fine. But then found out for plumbing reasons I'd have to have the shower base raised quite high (8-10 inches I think?!?!) at which point it wasn't the sleek look I had in my mind. And if I was going to have a big (&in my mind ugly) step up I might as well just put a shower over the bath, so I bought a wide, long bath (800 x 1800 I think) bath with fairly straight sides (to maximise shower space).

it's not what I wanted, at all, but for other reasons it's worked out for the best in the end.

After my accident last year, there's no way I'd take out a downstairs shower. Being able to live on one level was the only way I could go home from hospital.

@HeidiWhole that looks very cool! Though my husband has categorically said we must have a shower tray as it’s an old Victorian house and otherwise it will leak forever! 🤣

Im going to ask the estate agent if we can go in again before exchange and completion to take measurements etc - will try to measure the bathroom exactly to see what’s possible in terms of fitting in both bath and shower. I’m not a fan of a shower over a bath but maybe could get used to it.

on the downstairs loo I hadn’t even considered leaving the shower. But it’s a good idea specially as we want a dog one day. So will try to work that into my hypothetical plans (at this stage) 😁

We bought our house nearly 5 years ago and it didn't have a bath. The shower was very small though so DH has put in a big walk in shower which I love.

Both me and DH hate baths. Such a waste of water. Neither of us have had a bath for about 30 years.

Personally I absolutely hate showers over baths.

My neighbours have 4 children - 11, 6, 4 and 6 months. They don't have a bath only a shower and they seem to manage fine

I hate baths so it wouldn't put me off. We took our bath out and have no regrets.
Someone will buy the house if we ever sell, we've bought a house that had no bathroom and no kitchen before.