Get rid of the bath?

[SouthMumof2]

We have decided to replace our bathroom as ours is now looking a bit old / dated and tatty. We currently have a shower over the bath. We are currently leaning towards getting rid of the bath altogether and having a walk in shower. My partner hasn’t had a bath since childhood. I haven’t had a bath in 6 years and the kids have grown out of baths and have had showers for the last 4 years. We are not too worried about reducing house price as this is our forever home. Has anyone else got rid of their bath and regretted it later?

We read all about it you ever sell a bathroom without one is a disadvantage , so we put one in .
Dh has never been in it and I've not used it much and probably only used it for the first 6 months or so as a novelty .
To fit the style of the bathroom it was free standing and bloody expensive .
Would I do it again ? No

Just get rid of it.

If you sell and the buyers want a bath, they can put one in. It's not a huge job for them. In the meantime, make your home suitable for you.

I think people focus too much on resale and not on the fact that it is their home and how they want to live in it. It is a home, not just an asset.

My parents got rid of their bath for similar reasons but also because they were getting older so having a walk in shower instead of climbing over the bath is safer and easier. If you plan to live in the house forever, you might find this is another good reason to get rid of the bath.

Why should you have to buy or clean a bath you don’t even want? So no, future buyers can put one in if they need it.

If it’s forever home take it out, however be aware things change

when we did ours I wanted to take it out, my husband and daughter felt keep it in as it’s a family home, so we did keep it, it’s a lovely roll top bath, and is simply an expensive ornament in the main, but on balance I feel it’s th4 right decision, especially as we will likely move in ghe next couple of years now. We were lucky though the bathroom is large enough to have a seperate shower.

i also find it quite useful when im hand washing clothes, as the taps have a shower attachment which is great for rinsing stuff 😂

If you're not planning to move imminently, why would you not have what you want in your own home?

I'm anther saying get rid of the bath. I had a lovely walk in shower installed plus some dramatic tiling. When I came to sell the property, I got full asking price, no mention of a bath or lack thereof.

I'm so glad to see several people make comments about making your house suitable for you and not worry about what the next owner might want. Make a house the home you want to live in.

I for one never use a bath (unless I'm staying in a hotel for some strange reason) My last rental had one shoehorned in making the room look cramped and the actual shower was smaller than it could have been. Our new home has a huge shower and no bath and when we get around to getting it redone we'll be sticking with it.

Walk in shower is much more convenient/ of course get rid of the bath

If you don’t plan on selling your house in the lifetime of the bathroom (or at least 10 years) fine but if you have a thought to sell I would suggest keeping the bath as it’s really off putting - I don’t take baths but most people with dc want them

I had this discussion with my parents- my mother had at least one bath a day but was adamant she could cope with just a shower. On the plus side the shower they ended up with was super sized with room for a bench seat and had a massive shower head - but it was a bit of a shock to the system to start with. However we have a bath that someone uses once every 18 months and is just used for a clothes airer the rest of the time!

I think as long as you aren't moving everything else around in the bathroom - so swapping the shower for a bath later can be done easily - do what suits you, now.

We got rid of ours, we did have issues when 3rd child was born, but we bought a huge baby bath. We recently went on holiday, the Lodge we stayed at had a bath. Older two were excited to have a bubble bath. They'd brought bath bombs and alsorts with them. They sat in it for 10 minutes and quickly realised they hadn't missed much. Youngest wasnt interested at all.

Definitely don't do it for future owners of the house!
But depending on your life stage, might you want one in future? Baths are great for aching bones and muscles, and age or increased exercise can cause these. Baths are also the easiest way to wash young children; if grandchildren might be on the horizon.

It is becoming so common for baths to be replaced with showers that I wouldn’t worry that future buyers would be put off.

I’ve just bought a house and am replacing the bath with a walk in shower. It would have been nice to find a house that was as good as this one that already had a shower and no bath, but it didn’t occur to me to discount this one because of it.

You’re living in YOUR house, not caretaking a property for future buyers.

Thanks all, I think we will go ahead and have a lovely walk in shower. Both our older mothers (70’s) raised an eyebrow but now my mum (who hasn’t had a bath for 40+ years has said she is not sure how long she can continue climbing in and out of her bath for her shower) so think we will just go ahead and do what’s right for us now. Now to find a reliable bathroom company!

We did this very recently-got rid of the bath and now have a lovely walk in shower.
I will never regret it - the bath we had was huge, took ages to fill to a decent level and we both found it difficult to get in and out due to hip issues.

I love a bath and wouldn’t buy a house without the space for one, but I wouldn’t mind if it didn’t actually have one as it’s an easy job to switch back. If you’re not planning to move soon then definitely replace it.

I use a walk in shower all the time, I often find I can relieve my aches and pains in there just as easily as a bath. The enclosed space with the warm water does the same effect, and I don't need to worry about getting in and out. Plus I don't find baths very comfortable to sit in.

Op, I bet your mother will replace her bath with a lovely walk in shower when she sees yours!
It's risky to be climbing in and out of baths for a shower when you're older and so unnecessary, especially if you never actually have a bath.

this, and for washing clothes. where else do you hand wash easily?

No other bath in the house? My friend just put one back in after taking it out 20 years ago.
You have to have your house as you use it. While the absence of a bath may put people off in a slow market (as it is now), it wouldn’t in a fast one. But if it’s your forever home suit yourself.

We took the bath out of our family bathroom about 2 years ago and don’t regret it at all.
Neither my husband or I like baths and our two teenagers much prefer showers too.

It’s so much easier when my parents come and stay. We’d been giving them our bedroom with the en-suite shower as they were struggling to climb into the shower over the bath. Now they can stay in the spare room and use the family bathroom.

We have no plans on moving and I look at my parents’ bath which is just a dust trap and hasn’t been used since our kids were small as they have a separate shower.

I figure if we ever have grandchildren (a long way off I’d imagine!) then we can just bath them camping style with a plastic tub in the shower!

In your kitchen sink?

Unless you have daughters who are approaching teenage years, I’d get rid of it. Personally the bath was the only thing that helped my period pains as a teenager.

Took ours out 5 years ago and dont regret it. Just me and two teens living here and none of us had used the bath in years. So much easier to clean and so much nicer to shower in as much more spacious. I'd make the same descion again.