Getting rid of my bath-good/bad idea?

Vems

Hi, we are redoing our bathroom as it is necessary to add a toilet to the existing bathroom (we have another separate toilet). In the room is bath, recessed shower and a sink. We will renew the shower and sink and are seriously thinking of getting rid of the bath to give more room. No one in the house uses it - we all shower. All I do is clean the dust off. The bathroom is fairy small, if we add a loo and keep the bath it would be cramped.

The only thing I can think of against it is from the selling point of view. We are not planning to sell in the foreseeable future. Has anyone seriously regretted getting rid of their bath?
Many thanks.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Bad ...........

iamcornholio

I think baths are becoming less and less a selling point, but families with very young kids tend to look for a bath. A well laid out bathroom will be normally be enough though

An over bath shower is always a compromise, but is the least preferred option

If you are going to remove the bath, then a bigger shower tray area is essential rather than a small pokey 750mm cubical, but this may not be possible with your inset shower. Unless the toilet pan can go where the inset shower is?

The alternative is to take out the bath but leave it so as a bath can be put in with minimal fuss if needed in the future. But TBH, if you're living there, design the bathroom how you want and not on the basis of what some buyer may or may not want many years down the line

diable

If you ever want to sell your property then you would need to put the bath back as it does put people off.

I personally just shower but every so often when you've had a hard day, your muscles ache its nice to have soak in the bath to unwind.

viv0147

The older you get the less lightly you will want to bath I only shower now I find getting in and out of the bath too difficult

seven-day-weekend

We have just after much discussion, removed our bath.

We only have one bathroom (and one toilet) in the house and it is no bigger than many ensuites. We have had installed a 900mm corner shower, and moved the basin.

There is SO much more room and are really pleased with the result.

As regards selling the house, this will almost certainly not happen, so we did it to suit us, not some buyer who may come along in twenty year's time.

We don't have a bath in our Spanish house either,(the bathroom is even smaller) so that's it, showers for us from now on!

I think if not having a bath is going to make your bathroom more useable and you are not going to be selling in the next couple of years, then have a shower.

Mojisola

We've removed our bath too. We were redoing the bathroom and we couldn't remember the last time anyone had used the bath. We have no plans to sell and are much happier with the new shower.

Errata

If you want to sell in the not too distant future not having a bath will exclude all those prosepective buyers that want one. Families with children like baths, as do some females. Do you want to reduce the size of your prospective market by possibly 50% ?

1984ReturnsForReal_2

viv0147 wrote: »

The older you get the less lightly you will want to bath I only shower now I find getting in and out of the bath too difficult

Until you get to the age you cant stand up for more than 30 seconds.

Canucklehead

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

Until you get to the age you cant stand up for more than 30 seconds.

Then get one of these

Canucklehead

Vems wrote: »

Hi, we are redoing our bathroom as it is necessary to add a toilet to the existing bathroom (we have another separate toilet). In the room is bath, recessed shower and a sink. We will renew the shower and sink and are seriously thinking of getting rid of the bath to give more room. No one in the house uses it - we all shower. All I do is clean the dust off. The bathroom is fairy small, if we add a loo and keep the bath it would be cramped.

The only thing I can think of against it is from the selling point of view. We are not planning to sell in the foreseeable future. Has anyone seriously regretted getting rid of their bath?
Many thanks.

Good morning: replacement of a bath with a walk-in shower is becoming a very popular option with the OH's customers. For many, it has been a quality of life issue and for others, they prefer showering in a large enclosure over doing the same in a bath.

It is your home...do what you want.;)

HTH

Canucklehead