[Closed] Bath/shower or walk in shower enclosure?

For resale, a house needs a bath.

No Bath ,spend the savings on a tattoo.

For resale, a house needs a bath.

+1

We sold our last house with just a shower (same as it was when we bought it). Most prospective buyers were mentally budgeting for a bath (full bathroon re-fit) and adjusting their offer accordingly.

We are re-doing ours with a walk in shower and no bath. I don't see the point of a bath that is rarely used and think the house needs one to sell is a bit dated now.

Oh hang on,that second child will enjoy a bath,ditch the idea of a tattoo.

One of those shower baths with the bigger bit at one end.

I don't see the point of a bath that is rarely used and think the house needs one to sell is a bit dated now

rarely used by you... but why would it be rarely used by anyone else ?

Ours is used on average 10 times per week as a bath.

If its a 'family' home then most people will want a bath for young kids etc.

Can't beat a decent walk in shower though. Much more pratical than a wet room.

I probably wouldnt buy a house without a bath, or knock price dow to put one in

Kids like baths (in general). If it's a family home, I think the main bathroom needs one. I'd expect to fit one if it wasn't there.

When we redid our bathroom some 4 or 5 years ago I wanted to have a nice big shower enclosure and no bath. I even asked on here for some opinions.
I was shouted down by wife and daughter who insisted that we have a bath "cos they both use it lots". 2 Years later I had to remove and unseize the hot bath tap because it hadn't been used since I did the work - everybody just showered.
Resale is only worth considering if you're actually going to move at some point in the nearish future.

Resale is only worth considering if you're actually going to move at some point in the nearish future.

Within circa 1-2yrs. If people knock down a price by say 1k I don't think its that much to worry/bother about.

I just think a dedicated shower looks better in a small-to-mid sized bathroom too.

[i]Hes the bind- I think a walk in shower would look great for resale time.[/i]

It wouldn't, most people would think "ah, there's no bath". As mot people here have told you.

[i]However mrshora pointed out ONLY I use the bath and it'd affect resale of the house if we just have a shower?[/i]

She's right (about the resale bit, if she's also right bout the fact that it's you that uses the bath, then, well, we have a classic Horaism).

The bathroom really needs doing. Bought the house 5yrs ago and basically did the whole house EXCEPT the bathroom. We kept the original 1920's toilet and sink which I really like but both developed cracks so we had to replace them.

Got to agree with the Bath thing, we're house hunting at the moment - been to a few that have fancy shower units that look fantastic, but you can't bathe a baby in a shower, so no used to us.

They also tend to be the ones that have been on the market the longest, and are most keenly priced - hence me looking at them.

We're planning on getting rid of the bath and installing a walk in shower as part of a full bathroom refit in the next 6 months or so.

In our view

Resale is only worth considering if you're actually going to move at some point in the nearish future.

Our bath has been used twice in the last 5 years, everyone (Me, Mrs Wombat and 2 teenageers) just shower.

I doubt there's any other item in the house that would be retained with an average usage rate of once every 2.5 years.

However mrshora pointed out ONLY I use the bath and it'd affect resale of the house if we just have a shower?

Are you planning the sell any time soon? If your thinking maybe in 5 years (or more) time, then it'll need a new bathroom no matter what... so just get the shower room sorted. Baths are nice, I love them but I have about 2 a year now.

A bath isn't just about having a bath or even just bathing the children. A bathroom without a bath says "look at this pokey little bath room, there's not even room for a bath."

jfletch +1

We got rid of the bath when we redid the bathroom a few years ago - it never even crossed my mind that it would lower the value of the house, but then as I'm not planning on moving anytime soon it's academic. A walk in shower is a lot nicer to use and far more practical. I think my youngest was 5 when we got rid of the bath, it's never been a problem.

Put a showerbath in. More room at one end for showering and it's still a bath. Also, +1 to what everyone else has said about a bath being good for resale. This is ours (apologies for appalling panorama shot)

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I would expect a bath in a bathroom in a family house too. I think it would be crazy not to do it.

But you won't be able to do this any more....

Within circa 1-2yrs. If people knock down a price by say 1k I don't think its that much to worry/bother about.

But you could fit a bath now and keep the 1K for porn and Wotsits.

It'll probably be a cheaper job than a walk in shower too.

And you appear to have missed the main point - your mrs has told you to fit a bath 🙂

A post-ride bath with a beer or two is one of lifes joys.

If you do get a shower bath its worth paying extra for a proper, fully enclosed screen as otherwise you'll be constantly wiping up water with anything like a decent shower.

I don't think the shower baths are all they're cropped up to be and they are cooler - an enclosed space keeps the heat in better.

When kids are grown up we'll probably take the bath out and replace with a walk in shower.

With regards to resale, if you do it smartly it shouldn't be too much hassle to replace the enclosure with a bath, maybe £500 tops? Are you thinking of selling it again in the next few years?

You can only make use of the extra space in the shower bath if your shower stack is offset from your plug hole, or your plug hole is not in the central line of the bath otherwise you just end up with it in the same place. Whatever happens, it will spin your OCD like a mad un.

Better off getting a slightly wider conventional bath as manufacturers seem to charge a premium for fully enclosed curved screens for very little extra useful space.

If it's the only bathroom in a family house it needs it. As someone else says it points to it being small if nothing else, and ends up looking like an ensuite.

It's just something thats expected, even if it's not used much. Kids like baths as already said, especially when young. But the most common use for baths in our house is hair washing/conditioning/whatever other potions you need if you have long hair, as it's easier to lean over a bath than poke your head in a shower, or dunk your head in a sync. Not something I would have ever thought of, but there we go.