Bath, or no bath?

Ruby_Hepburn

Hi all.

Myself and my other half are in the process of buying a house which will need a new bathroom (when funds allow) We had previously contemplated purchasing his parents house (which is considerably larger than the one we are actually buying) and In that time I kind of set my heart on having a large walk in shower, which is feasible to fit in his parents bathroom, along with a free standing bath, loo and probably even a double sink unit!

However, in the house we are purchasing, the bathroom is on the small side. It currently has a three piece (salmon pink) bathroom suit. But we cannot decide on whether to remove the bath and put a walk in shower in its place. My OH doesn't have baths (only showers) and I prefer showers myself. However, i'm thinking that if we don't have a bath I will want a bath

In terms of saleability/resale, we are hoping this will be our forever home. So it's more a case of making it work for us. Has anyone had any experience of replacing their bath for a shower and ultimately regretting it down the line?

PasturesNew

If you put a bath in you can still fit a shower over it.

If you install a shower, your only option is to get a big washing up bowl and try to fit your 4rse into it ....

The only difference between them is really stepping over the side (of a bath) ... and your own dreamlike aspirations picked up from glossy magazines.

I'd go for a bath

Ruby_Hepburn

You've reminded me of a third option. Get one of those old people baths you open the side of the bath to get in and can sit in. Walk in shower and bath combined

LEJC

personally I like a bath....but I can see the attraction of walk in shower...if its your forever home then you want whats best for you but if you do plan to sell then a bath is quite handy to have especially if the property is going to be marketed as a family home.

having said all that a lot of empahasis is also put on water conservation especially if you are on metered water so a good water saving shower might also be worth its weight too.

I guess it depends on the size of the property and just how long you expect your forever home to last you

gemmaj

I'd be happy never having a bath again. If you were planning on having kids, a bath is an almost-essential (*awaits a million people telling me they showered their babies)

Dan-Dan

gemmaj wrote: »

I'd be happy never having a bath again. If you were planning on having kids, a bath is an almost-essential (*awaits a million people telling me they showered their babies)

I agree , if you have children , your going to need a bath , if I could get away with it , I would rip our bath out as showers only for me , but my kids and wife would probably see me out the door before the bath!

phoenix_w

Wot gemmaj says. If you're planning on having/borrowing/cleaning up children, a bath is essential.

Ruby_Hepburn

Nope no children on the horizon (something I should have mention in the OP, but that's how far from my mind they are!)

Isn't that what kitchen sinks are for anyway?

EssexExile

We never use the baths, a big spacious walk-in shower is much better, with a powerful pump too. Heaven. If you do go down the shower-over-bath route get a bath with a wide flat bottom, nothing worse than trying to stand up in a curvy bath.

We're with you on the children matter, horrible things, can't think what people see in them.

Infidel

PasturesNew wrote: »

If you install a shower, your only option is to get a big washing up bowl and try to fit your 4rse into it ....

Though you could bath a baby in a big washing up bowl.

3card

Ruby_Hepburn wrote: »

You've reminded me of a third option. Get one of those old people baths you open the side of the bath to get in and can sit in. Walk in shower and bath combined

I have never really understood these type of baths
if I understand them correctly for someone that cannot 'climb' in and out the bath surely to have a bath you have to sit in the bath and then fill it while you sit there and when you have finished you have to drain the bath before you can get out??


Or am I wrong??