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should i replace bath before sale!
bunnydrumming
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Although i had a new bathroom suite 18 months ago i dropped the shower head which has punched a hole through the bath! It has been sealed with a very visible but clear paddling pool patch for 12 months - my question is should i replace the bath now? It is tiled in around the walled edge (I have spare tiles) and has fitted tongue and groove around the outerf edge so it will be a bit of a job. I will have to but the bath and pay someone to do the work for me so my question is should i pay and get it done or leave it up to the buyer to do it. How will this affect my house price do you think?
Thanks for any advice received!
Thanks for any advice received!
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YES..................
People will want you to knock the price of a new bathroom off if you don't
I think it will save you much more on the sale price than it will cost you too do.0 -
My goodness that must of been an extremely heavy shower head....:rotfl:
On a serious note though I think I would be put off if I was a buyer , it would make me wonder about the rest of the property if you left a bath with a hole in it for over a year and didn't repair it.... a bath won't be that expensive...#6 of the SKI-ers Club :j
"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke0 -
I say change it aswell, it will put alot of people off buying your property..0
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It would also put off as well if I was buying and knew it needed replacing.
I managed to do the same to my bath but got a bath repair kit from screw fix. This is a permanent fix and now you can hardly seen it. I'll still be telling the potential new buyers when I come to selling.Regards,
Dave
If only I had a pound for every time I used the thanks button
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Could you find a white anti slip mat which would hide it - a bit risky but if you're short of cash it might work.0
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I'd definitely change the bath.
You can probably buy a bath and get someone to fit it for under £500 - a purchaser would want at least £1,500 knocked off the asking price if it was left - and you'd be limiting yourself to a purchaser who wouldn't mind getting the work done. Speculate to accumulate would be prudent in this case.
Just a thought - have you not got accidental damage cover on your household insurance policy?0 -
Could you find a white anti slip mat which would hide it - a bit risky but if you're short of cash it might work.
That's the quick-fix answer right there! It is an issue which people will make more of that they need to, but a crack in the bath is really 'small fry' when you consider the entire house.
My conscience would replace the bath but, oh, I'd be sooooo tempted!
The amount of problems I've uncovered and subsequently seen badly patched up by a vendor (do I look stupid?!) but no-one, not even me is going to look under a bath mat
Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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I agree with you Doozer - although my conscience is good at nagging me too!0
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Tiger_greeneyes wrote: »I agree with you Doozer - although my conscience is good at nagging me too!
I wonder what the OP will do!Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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A virtual fiver says the bath mat :rotfl:Doozergirl wrote: »I wonder what the OP will do!0
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