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Will not having a bathroom devalue my house?
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I would very more than likely discount a property that had no bath unless it was fantastic. I like laying in the bath reading and the pages get a bit soggy in the shower :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:. And, I agree with Pasturesnew, shaving is nigh on impossible in the shower!!0
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Another one in the "bath" camp! Not having a bath would be (and has been) a definite deal breaker for me, even though I don't have many! But sometimes after a long day at work sinking into a hot bath undoing all my knotty muscles is heaven!
If this thread is an accurate representation of buyers in general, you'd reduce your market by about 60% by not having a bath! (which is really weird, given most people seem to not have baths very often!) Fill 2011/2012 ISA - £4010.83/ £5340 (75.1%)
Pension Fund - £1348.30 - gotta start from somewhere!
:jSaving for the big life changing things - £9514.89/ £15000 (63.4%):j0 -
If the purpose of not having a bath is to make the bedrooms bigger, then a shower room + WC is usually pokily tiny.
That's okay for an en-suite where you're going directly to/from the bedroom but for the only shower room in the house the room needs to be bigger - you need floorspace to get dried and dressed in, more space for toiletries and towels in the room, etc.A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.0 -
I'm sure my OH wouldn't be bothered, he only ever has a shower. But our 6 year old loves baths, and so do I, so we wouldn't buy a house without one, unless the price was knocked down enough for us to put one back in....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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It restricts the market, but less than many people assume. My parents pulled out their bath, its just a liability for older people0
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We have a shower room downstairs and and a full bathroom upstairs, we moved in to the cottage in April this year, and I have never used the bath!
We are on a water meter, and I think baths are a waste of money, I prefer a shower and a house without a bath would not put me off at all - 1 less thing to clean (or in my case dust!)0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »I am single and wouldn't buy somewhere that didn't have a bath. You'd be reducing your market of potential buyers.
The same for me. I take showers more than I do baths. I do enjoy at least one long soak in the bath per week.
A couple with children will expect a bath.Generation Rent0 -
we have a bath, and i never use it...for all those who would be put off buying, others will be put on!Target Savings by end 2009: 20,000
current savings: 20,500 (target hit yippee!)
Debts: 8000 (student loan so doesnt count)
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Wow - thanks for all your replies! Such a great forum this.
You've made my mind up - I'm going to get the smallest bath I can and put a shower in it. My next question is obviously going to be where's a good place to buy a bathroom suite! ;-p0 -
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