No bath

bouicca21

I'm going to view a house that (on paper at least) ticks almost all my boxes. It is priced higher than other houses on the street have sold for but in general looks better cared for and far more attractive. This isn't just about decor, it's also about a nicely landscaped garden and double glazing that is in keeping with the original style of the house (one of my pet peeves is hideous double glazing).

Two slight worries.

The house has a shower room with no bath. Is that a significant detraction from value/potential for re-sale? There is a separate wc and it might be possible to knock the two together into a family bathroom but given that the shower room is rather nice and probably recently installed, I doubt I'd want the hassle.

It also has a conservatory. What on earth do I need to know about conservatories? It has a flattish roof, presumably glass of some kind - how on earth do you clean such a thing and how often does it need doing?

G_M

Do you like baths?

If so, budget for installing one.

If not, forget it.

McKneff

Personally, I would leave the loo separate from the shower room.

Are you bothered about having a bath, if not I wouldn't let it worry you.
Youre going to live in it for a number of years. I like a bath now and again but I can live without one.

As for the conservatory, its a bonus shut yourself away if you want to or use it as a kids play room.

Cleaning, do it when ever it needs doing, ours gets a spring clearn 2 times a year, The window cleaner does the windows and roof outside about every 3 months.

If I moved, its the first thing I would think about building if it didn't have one.

comeandgo

I would not care whether there is a bath in a house or not, cant remember the last time I used ours and my husband certainly does not. We have two shower rooms as it is and I'm thinking of pulling out the bath and making it a wet room. Sorry cant answer on conservatory, I would like one though!

ian103

We are having the same debate - the bungalow we are buying has a conventional bathroom but in poor condition, the room is small so as we don't use a bath it makes more sense to us to have a nice shower. The installer keeps double checking we are happy with this decision - its all down to personal taste in our veiw. We'd pick a nice shower over a bath any time so for us the decision is easy.

Weve had 3 properties with conservatories - 2 with obscure poly sheet roofing and now one with a glass roof, the glass roof is the hardest to keep clean but its only done about every 3 months using a telescopic brush. The poly carb sheet was cleaned at most twice a year (normally just in spring). They are nice to have but can get extremely hot to the point they can be un-useable in the summer and too cold in the winter.

ryecatcher_2

I'm buying a house where the owner put in a walk in shower to replace the bath due to mobility issues. It's newly fitted but frankly I want it gone - with a baby on the way I'd vastly prefer a bath with a shower over it. In my case though the rest of the bathroom is dated so it needs to be refurbed anyway, if it was all shiny and new I'd be far more tempted to learn to live with it.

houseimprover

bouicca21 wrote: »

I'm going to view a house that (on paper at least) ticks almost all my boxes. It is priced higher than other houses on the street have sold for but in general looks better cared for and far more attractive. This isn't just about decor, it's also about a nicely landscaped garden and double glazing that is in keeping with the original style of the house (one of my pet peeves is hideous double glazing).

Two slight worries.

The house has a shower room with no bath. Is that a significant detraction from value/potential for re-sale? There is a separate wc and it might be possible to knock the two together into a family bathroom but given that the shower room is rather nice and probably recently installed, I doubt I'd want the hassle.

It also has a conservatory. What on earth do I need to know about conservatories? It has a flattish roof, presumably glass of some kind - how on earth do you clean such a thing and how often does it need doing?

I wouldn't worry about the shower only option, alot of people prefer this anyway.

As for conservatories....they leak!

mail2z

Just a suggestion - if you are installing bath tub (if there is none already) you need to make sure that the floor joist are sufficiently supported as baths are usually one of the heaviest items that you might fit

phoebe1989seb

I totally agree agree with you about the double glazing OP - plastic stuff is a huge no-no for me too

Regarding the bathroom, I personally much prefer a bath (DH prefers a shower) and for my own requirements would be trying to squeeze one in if I were you. I get your point about the recently installed shower room though - it's a toughie, but I would hate to be completely bath-less

Regarding resale etc - last year we had to sell my elderly parents' house. They had a very small bathroom (in an otherwise good-sized 1920s semi) with separate, completely unconnected loo so no way the two could be combined. In 2006/7 they had had the bathroom converted to a wetroom with shower as they could no longer negotiate a bath. We were concerned both at the time and later when we came to sell, that the lack of bath would deter some buyers, especially as this was an area popular with young families looking for a long-term home.

As it happened it didn't seem to make a difference - there was lots of interest and four/five offers within a few weeks. The youngish couple that purchased were planning to start a family in a few years, but weren't bothered by lack of a bath, although perhaps they intended to do a loft conversion with additional bathroom as many neighbours had done.....either way the house went SSTC within two months at a price no different to those in the road that still had a bath and there was no adverse feedback concerning the shower room/lack of bath.....

Good luck OP

Edited to add - in our last house we had a glass roofed conservatory with a relatively shallow pitch. We used to hose the roof down every few months and this did the job ok!

meg72

As others have said I woldnt worry about it, we recently put my late Mums house on market and worried that the bath had been taken out and a walk in shower fitted,due to mobility problems.

No one that viewed had a problem with this most people saying they prefered a shower.

Strapped

If you prefer a shower, no worries. For resale purposes though, if it's a family-sized house then people with kids generally want a bath.