Replace downstairs shower with storage?

[harrietm87]

We’ve got a typical Victorian terrace with narrow hallway and nowhere really to store coats and shoes (other than a row of coat pegs just inside front door)

We have a small utility room on the ground floor that has a toilet and shower cubicle (and washing machine and tumble drier).

We are converting the loft and will add a shower room up there, and already have a first floor bathroom.

Would it make sense to remove the ground floor shower and replace it with some kind of large wardrobe or cupboard for storage? Or is it useful to have a ground floor shower even though we will have 2 other showers in the house? We will probably sell in about 4 years (need to move for schools).

I don’t think you need a ground floor shower if you have two bathrooms elsewhere. I do think a lot of buyers would prefer a toilet on the ground floor. Personally, unless there was very limited choice (i.e. no other properties with ground floor loos) and I had to move to the area, I would rule out your property based on there not being one.

Other people might not care.

If you were staying in the house long term, I’d say change it anyway but if you are looking to sell fairly soon, it’s something to bear in mind.

Edited to say: I read this as you changing the bathroom space to a cupboard. On looking again, you may just mean the literal shower. If so, two showers plus a separate toilet should be plenty.

We have a ground floor shower and I'd never get rid of it but that's because we only have one other bathroom. As you have two other shower, I'd be quite tempted to do what you're suggesting

Hang the coats in the shower cubicle and put storage for shoes in the shower tray!

Downstairs loo is always handy but I don’t get the downstairs shower thing, not if a house has one elsewhere. I would get rid personally.

I like having a downstairs toilet, but I hate downstairs showers. I would get rid of the shower and keep the toilet.

We've just done this. Got rid of the shower and put storage in. Far more useful. We still have a toilet and a shower upstairs. Not enough water pressure to run 2 showers at the same time so what was the point in it

I wouldn’t take it out permanently, but repurpose it as is for coats and shoes.

This. By all means remove the shower tray, head etc, but leave the capped off plumbing behind the walls. If it’s your forever home, or becomes someone else’s , that plumbing will be handy

Thank you - yes, we would leave the toilet in but just remove the shower cubicle and replace it with a cupboard.

Good idea to leave the plumbing there (I guess we would anyway).

I don’t personally see the need for a ground floor shower but I guess some people might like it for dogs?! Or for guests with mobility issues.

Downstairs showers are very useful to certain people e.g. muddy mountain bikers, other sportspeople, manual workers, even extreme gardeners, (less risk of mud, sweat, plaster dust etc being distributed upstairs). It might be more attractive to prospective buyers it was kept in working condition.