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no bath would you buy the house?

laurence_2
laurence_2 Posts: 47 Forumite
edited 29 September 2010 at 9:34PM in House buying, renting & selling
Would you buy a house without a bath.

The previous owner, now gone, :A (is this an angel smilie?) had the bath taken out and a walk in shower installed, the same size as the bath.

Also it is an electric shower.


The house is a 2 bed retirement type bungalow.

Suggestions?
:jstill retired and loving it:j
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  • Person_one
    Person_one Posts: 28,884 Forumite
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    I adore baths, hate electric showers, but if it was the right house for the right price and the bath was the only downside, I could put up with it for a few months, even a year if need be until I had the money to put a bath and a decent shower in. Bathrooms are pretty cheap from B & Q these days anyway.

    If there wasn't room for a bath at all, ruled out instantly!
  • themull1
    themull1 Posts: 4,299 Forumite
    i would buy it and put a cheap bath in. why wouldn't you buy it?
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,080 Forumite
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    the plumbing for a bath is easier than for a shower so if there is a shower in there now, it will be easy to change it over if you want one.

    Hardly a dealbreaker.
    Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
  • N79
    N79 Posts: 2,615 Forumite
    edited 29 September 2010 at 10:17PM
    Fitting a cheapish bath will cost less than GBP500 (probably only a couple of hundred) and can be done in a day. Compared with the cost of the property this is probably not enough to really influence your decision.
  • slosher
    slosher Posts: 83 Forumite
    Sound perfect, it wouldn't stop me buying a house.
  • Sooler
    Sooler Posts: 3,113 Forumite
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    laurence wrote: »
    Would you buy a house without a bath.

    Suggestions?

    Yes. :D

    Fit a bath if you want one. :D
  • zzzLazyDaisy
    zzzLazyDaisy Posts: 12,497 Forumite
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    I prefer a shower anyway, and as long as there is room to install a bath should some future buyer wish to do so, I would be happy to buy it.
    I'm a retired employment solicitor. Hopefully some of my comments might be useful, but they are only my opinion and not intended as legal advice.
  • firstaspect
    firstaspect Posts: 487 Forumite
    You can get a bath from argos for £89.99 (we have it and it's great for the money) and if the space is already there would be pretty easy to fit into place. Could even leave the electric shower unit to supply an over-bath shower.
  • margaretclare
    margaretclare Posts: 10,789 Forumite
    Yes.

    Put it this way, I'd be more likely to buy a 'retirement-type property' if it had a walk-in shower than if it had a bath.

    We got rid of our bath some years ago - what with his knees and my hips a bath was dangerous - in favour of a proper shower unit with low step-in. It's not an electric shower though, it's a Triton from the main hot water supply. Triton and Mira are good.
    [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Æ[/FONT]r ic wisdom funde, [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]æ[/FONT]r wear[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]ð[/FONT] ic eald.
    Before I found wisdom, I became old.
  • Mum_of_3_3
    Mum_of_3_3 Posts: 658 Forumite
    I never, ever have a bath, I hate wallowing in my own dirt! So in fact I would never buy a house that doesn't have a separate shower (or at least room for one).

    Like others have said if there's room to fit a bath and that's what you want then remodel the bathroom once the house is yours.

    M_o_3
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