Should we add a bath to sell? Your thoughts please!

Clearlier

Who do you expect to sell your house to? What do similar houses to yours have? If the market is slow, the house doesn't 'need' any other work, there's a decent chance that you'll sell to a family with young kids and your competition has a bath then you need to go get one.

Others may disagree but I don't think that you need to get anything fancy. The whole point will be to have a functional one that buyers can use straight away and replace if they want a particular style. I wouldn't hesitate to get one from B&Q for a couple of hundred pounds or less.

If on the other hand you're in something that needs renovating, is a unique kind of house or not something that is likely to appeal to a family with young kids e.g. 1 bed apartment then I wouldn't bother.

Salz

Yes

I agree with the above - if you are selling at as a family house then yes a bath is needed - there is no way my 4 year old would have a shower - she enjoys her bath time too much, but if it is a smaller house, then I wouldn't bother

nearlyrich

I hate roll top baths personally would much prefer a walk in shower and I wouldn't spend money on putting in any bath until you see how much it affects your viewers.

Izz

It's a bungalow with a loft conversion - bedroom, study and shower room upstairs, 2 bedrooms and ex-bath room downstairs, with an open spiral staircase. Although the house is family sized (big rooms and garden) and there are lots of families on the same road, we think that familes with young children won't like it. Most similar houses are occupied by older people or families with older children. The families with babies/toddlers are in traditional houses. So although the poll shows a strong majority in favour of replacing the bath, the comments seem to suggest leaving it as is - though of course pointing out that there is plenty of room for a bath if desired.

Thanks for your ideas - it's helped with the thinking. Now, back to the painting...

Cheeky_Monkey

Yes

So you've got 2 shower rooms and no bath. Surely, if you want to attract the most number of potential buyers, changing the main shower cubicle to a bath covers all the bases.

Besides, what's the point of having a poll and then completely disregarding the 72% who voted yes.

Maybe the vast majority of people who voted yes didn't feel the need to justify or explain their vote.

Hailstorm

If I saw two properties that ticked my boxes, one had a bath and a shower and the other only had a shower, I would offer on the one that had both. If I couldn't come to an agreement on that property I would then offer on the one without a bath.

I don't think the lack of a bath would make much difference in terms of what I would be ultimately prepared to pay but I would use it as a negotiation tactic to try to lower the price.

POPPYOSCAR

No

I do like to have baths but it would not put me off from buying a house without one.

We once viewed a beautiful house that did not need a thing doing to it, we could not fault it, other than none of it was to our taste.

We could not see ourselves ripping out everything because it was all newly done so we passed it over.

I think most people like to be able to have some things to change to make the place their own.

I would put the house on the market and see what response you get, you could always ask for feedback and then put it in if necessary.

Bufger

No

I've got an 18 month old and another one on the way in August. A bath is an absolute must have for us as it will be for many parents of young children.

We never use it ourselves and wouldnt have bothered us before having kids and wont when they grow up.

Mrs_Imp

No

To be honest, I think that a family with young children would be more put off by the open spiral staircase than the lack of bath! My 15 month old loves having a shower, so it certainly wouldn't put us off.

Get some viewings and some feedback. Most people like to make changes to kitchens and bathrooms when they move in anyway.

hazyjo

Just another moan about roll top baths. You can't put anything on the sides. If it's near enough to the wall, you can just about manage it, but I did used to lose a few things down the back of mine. I also used to have one of those bath rack things running across it, but didn't really like it. Nothing stands up how you want it to, you have to open the shower curtains to reach anything (water everywhere again).

Gawd - shudder - never again. Lovely for a soak if not washing hair, but a pain for anything else.

Jx