Would having a nice shower and no bath put you off?

[philv]

Victorian terrace bathroom.

Can't stand showers standing in a bath.

If there was a nice shower but no bath, would this be a problem for you?

See poll.

Thanks.

[krisdelta]

I've voted "would not buy" - but if there was space, I would simply budget to fit one. If it's your house for you to live in - then make it yours and either budget to put a bath in before you sell or expect to have the conversation with any interested buyers about why there isn't one, but there is space for one - but you didn't want one.

[PurpleTurtle]

We use our bath maybe once a year, wife and I shower every day.

Would not put me off at all, but it does slightly limit your target market when coming to sell, anyone with young kids might want a bath. They can always install one.

Our 6yo has finally decided that nightly baths take too long and is happy with a quick dive under the shower. Much elation all round!

[Ambleton]

Not for me.

I'm 6ft5 so baths are fairly useless to me. Legs get wet or torso gets wet.

My wife likes a bath occasionally so she sees it as a requirement.

I'd much rather have a decent shower area.

Suppose the answer is a freestanding bath and a seperate a shower area.

[Digger]

Renting? Not a problem but I am partial to a very occasional bath purely for relaxation . . .

[Hub]

Not an issue for me personally - never use the bath myself, but would be an issue with kids.

[Bill]

It depends. Is it a family house? If so no bath could be an issue.

Personally I'd be less bothered than in the past, but have always had both bath and separate shower.

[LooneyTunes]

Surprising how many 3-bedders have no bath too!

I wouldn’t buy one without if there wasn’t space to easily fit a bath too. Too limiting and I think holds back price/demand when you come to sell.

[timeism0ney]

No issue for me personally - it's families with young kids that really need a bath.

[K50 DEL]

I refitted the bathroom in my first house (a small back-to-back one bed place) ripping out the bath in favour of a decent shower as that's all I ever used.

When I sold the house a few years later (to another single man) the lack of a bath wasn't even mentioned but when he came to sell up a few years after that he had re-fitted a bath in its original location and used the spare tiles that I left behind to make good.

Current place has an en-suite shower cubicle and decent shower over the bath in the main bathroom so I (and guests) have the best of both Worlds

[Frenchda]

Bizarrely I had a bath last night, the first time in 3 years! Could live without one but not when the kids were younger.

[philv]

It would be a small victorian terrace.

So maybe a smaller victorian style sit up bath .

Or keep plenty of tiles in reserve to retro fit come sale time.

[Origin Unknown]

Wouldn't be a deal-breaker for me, would be for my wife.

[cb31]

Origin Unknown said:

Wouldn't be a deal-breaker for me, would be for my wife.

Same here, I have no interest in baths but we wouldn't be buying a house without one.

[Herdwick]

We are just in the process of selling my mothers bungalow where she had the bath removed and a nice large shower cubicle in its place.

Most of the viewings we have had have expressed concern that there is no bath, and they would want to put the bath back in again,

We are surprised, we thought that a bungalow would appeal to the 'older' generation, and they would prefer a shower. Cant remember the last time I had a bath, much prefer a shower.

[cmvtec]

My other half has removed the bath from her 3 bed flat and replaced it with a gigantic shower enclosure.

I am fond of a bath, but not often. I have lived in a couple of places with only a shower.

It depends on the property, for me.

[yellowbentines]

Not a problem for me, but we are in a similar position and opted for shower over bath, despite it not being what we'd prefer...

The reason being resale - our house is ideal for a family with kids (just the 2 of us), and 90% of houses nearby are owned by families with kids, and I know from speaking to friends and family that those with very young kids like or need a bath.

We went for the widest, longest bath we could fit in, to the point of looking at how the internal ends and sides slope, and the width of the area you would stand in to shower to ensure its not compromised.

[surveyor]

timeism0ney said:

No issue for me personally - it's families with young kids that really need a bath.

Back when I was a youngster my parents had ripped out the bath. They put one back in when they found my brother and I had dammed the shower tray plughole so we could play with our bath toys...

Lovely snot green bathroom suite I think it was. It was a while ago!

[Jamescrs]

cb31 said:

Same here, I have no interest in baths but we wouldn't be buying a house without one.

Same for me, the wife wouldn't buy a house without one but it wouldn't bother me. I think also families with young kids would want a bath (speaking from personal experience)

[Muzzer79]

I never use the bath but I wouldn't buy a 'family home' without one, purely for re-sale reasons.

Families want a bath.