Would you buy a flat with no bathtub?

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I'm looking at a flat in good nick with a good layout, good kitchen, in a good building.

Bathroom renovated attractively, but owners took out the bath. No hand shower either. I usually shower, but I'm not sure about never being able to bathe.

Big city view on a high floor, but modernist, very ugly (imo) building very visible from all rooms.

The photo is what you would see if you were reading in bed.

Price is not cheap, but fair.

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Lack of bath is ok and also not bothered about view.I would be more concerned if overlooked

Can't you just put a bath back in? With an overhead shower. I much prefer to have a bath in my home, too. It might be a deal-breaker for me if I couldn't put one in. I know baths are out of fashion these days, but they are very therapeutic, for both mind and body. The heat is good for aches and pains and it also promotes healing of certain skin complaints because the heat encourages blood flow.

Nothing better than a candlelit bath and a bath bomb from Lush.

haven't had a bath for over 20 years, did want one so wrn5 to a travel lodge

I can’t remember the last time I took a bath. I love my huge shower. When the grandchildren come a paddling pool fits in the tray!

We've got a shower over the bath but are seriously considering ripping it out. Yes it might put off future buyers but we have to live there and aren't planning to move in the near future.

I don't like your view though! But we're early 60s and I've got dodgy knees and find getting in and out of a bath impossible these days. Out shower is one that has a large overhead one (are they called rainforest showers?) and one on a rod that you can slide up and down, I just use that one when I'm not washing my hair.

Tried to edit and it came out wrong and couldn't edit it again! First sentence of second paragraph was supposed to come last!

I hate baths so it wouldn't bother me at all.

Surely the cost of remodelling the bathroom to your liking is minuscule compared to the price of a city center flat? Or are there so many flats available in your preferred location, size and price point that smaller things like bathroom design become the deciding factor?

No. My big fancy soaking tub developed a leak early in COVID so repairs were delayed. Not being able to take really decadent baths impacted my mental health. It’s my main form of relaxation.

I put in an even deeper one when we were finally able to get the repairs done.

View is hideous
Lack of bath wouldn’t bother me
You know how it will make you feel you have to weigh it up .

I personally wouldn’t no, unless I had no choice. I love having an occasional bath.
I would estimate half of the population is the same so it could reduce your market by 50% if you want to sell.

Another who wouldn't buy a property without a bath. I always have a long hot soak on either a Friday or Sunday night to wind down the week and just relax amid the bubbles, scented candle on, occasionally a glass in hand.

I love having a bath to relax on an evening so wouldn’t contemplate buying a property without one.
I’d also struggle to have a decent shower without being able to adjust the height of the sprinkler because I’m quite short and they’re always set too high.

I don’t like the bedroom view whatsoever it looks like it’s all very built up, and the aluminium bars aren’t attractive on the other building either.
but it depends on what your wants and needs are.
We all love a bath, but you could have one put in as the plumbing would be there with an over bath shower maybe even leave that shower in and just change it so it can be handheld???

Personally I can't live without a bath. Lots of my neighbours have taken their's out in favour of large walkin showers. It would put me off buying theirs if I was in the market. They look nice but don't suit my lifestyle/needs. Also if say, hot water goes off, esp if communal plumbing in a block, there's no easy way to boil a kettle/pots to have a bath. Or even wash your feet quickly when your only option is a fixed overhead shower.

If it was just me it probably wouldn’t be a show stopper (though the view might be)

I think it’s pretty normal for smaller flats not to have a bath?

As a house hunter myself, the bath would not put me off on its own, but I would want to know why the owners took it out. If it was swapped for a proper walk in shower that is one thing, but no hand shower at all makes me wonder whether it was a quick job for the sale. I would look at the waterproofing and the extraction, and check whether it was done with consent if the building has a freeholder. The resale point from ACynicalDad is the bit I keep coming back to. A lot of buyers with small children want a bath, and that could shrink the pool when you come to sell. If the price is fair for the flat as is, I would ask whether it is fair given it limits the buyers, and see if there is room to negotiate. The view though, I think matters more than the bath. You can always put a tub in, but not a different outlook, and if you would be reading in bed looking at it every day I would visit at different times and in different weather before deciding.

I’m the complete opposite, my worst nightmare is a hotel room with a shower over bath…especially if it has shower curtains. Grim.

We ripped out our bath and have 2 showers. Much more practical for several adults in the house.

Mumsnet is obssessed with bath tubs but...

Houses and flats with no baths sell fine. All our elderly relatives have got rid of batgs due to tge danger of falls for example.

We have two bathrooms. Neither has a bath in it.

Seems to be New York City!

azaniteam.com/home-search/listings/6105130408837870222-170-W-END-Avenue-25A

I rarely use my bath, but really like having the option occasionally. But having said that, I would have bought my flat without a bath quite happily.

If it's a big deal for you, don't buy it. But I wouldn't worry about resale. Lots of people aren't bothered about baths. It won't make the flat impossible to sell on.

I am currently having this conundrum/argument with my youngest DD. I bought a house with a bath fitted in a tiny bathroom and an over the bath shower. She bought a house with a walk in shower and no bath. I want to rip my bath out and have a walk in shower, she wants to have a bath fitted (no real space for one so it would have to be a half-bath).

I hate baths and very rarely take one. She loves them and prefers them to showering.

I mention all this to show that it is purely personal preference. I don't think there is a right or a wrong answer, merely what you can live with and prefer yourself.

Is this in NY? I'm American and have never seen an air conditioning system like that in the UK, but they're common at home.

If it is, I think you're fine. Most Americans shower rather than bathe, especially assuming this is a one bedroom apartment, so unlikely for next buyers to be people with small children.

I would buy a flat without a bath tub. I’d much prefer a spacious dedicated shower. In the past, when we’ve removed bathtubs from bathrooms, we’ve left the plumbing in place behind the new bathroom. We’ve taken lots of photos and had drawings so that when we sell the house, it would be easy for new purchasers to reinstate a bathtub if they wanted

Oh, I see another poster posted a link and I know that building. It's nice enough, but if you're buying in NY, you're much better off buying a condo, not a co-op. As a former co-op owner, never again.