Would replacing a tiny bath with a shower affect resale value?

[Wellington2027]

Hi, I have a very small bathroom (200cm x 140cm). The door is on one of the shorter ends. Currently there’s a very small freestanding bath on the back wall.

I’m going to be redoing the bathroom and would like opinions on just having a shower rather than a shower over bath, as the max size bath I can fit is 130cm which is tiny.

I live in a small terraced house (72 sqm) over three floors. The second bedroom is a converted loft and really only suitable for children. It can just about fit a small double but has no cupboard space. The previous owners had two young children sharing it and moved for more space.

I live by myself, so wondering if having no bath but a beautiful shower room would be a dealbreaker when I come to sell. There is only one bathroom and no downstairs loo.

thanks in advance

@Tigerbalmshark for me, it's about having my whole body immersed in warm/hot water so a Japanese bath is as good as a traditional one. In fact, better in some ways. I've seriously thought about taking our bath out and replacing with a Japanese soaking bath. DH isn't keen though.

Yep, I was saying a deep Japanese-style bath would be the only way a bath would work in that small a space.

You can also get normal depth half sized baths like the one below, where you cannot get your shoulders under the water. I was suggesting OP NOT get one of those, because it is the worst of all worlds.

If you are a shower person, a shower over a bath is a bad compromise.

I would prefer to buy a house with a really good shower space.

So with very mixed buyer views, go with how you like to live your life now in a home you are paying big money for!

It doesn’t sound as though it’s a type of house that would necessarily attract a family anyway go for a shower
you can get practically full size pop bath to go in shower anyway for a few years to bathe kids ( if you were selling you could get in so or could see a solution to the issue)
if they wanted the house in the first place don’t think a bath/ shower would be a deal breaker if your spending hundreds if thousands what an extra £1000 to sort it

This will all be down to preference so do what is best for you.

I personally would prefer a bath, my husband a shower!

We have two young kids and we purchased a house with smaller bathrooms and both only had showers. In an ideal world I would have preferred one with a bath but it didn't stop us buying the house as it was one of very few negatives about it. The house had been sold several times before we got it (chain fell through) so there obviously was demand.

We did think about putting in a small bath if needed but the kids having never used a shower love it and we prefer the spacious shower over one in a bath.

Some people aren't bath people so I do agree it may limit some people but you will still find plenty that wouldn't say no based on that alone. I really do think unless you are selling in the next year that you should put in what you want to use as otherwise it's going to annoy you while you live there!