Bath, or no bath?

DRP

Ruby_Hepburn wrote: »

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?

but you might want to sell the house to someone with/wanting children...

Tigsteroonie

If it's going to be your 'forever' home then have a shower. You'll be refitting the bathroom again in 10-20 years - at that point, review whether it is still your 'forever' home, and ask yourself the bath/shower question again.

Bogof_Babe

I almost always shower, for quickness as much as anything, but I recently had a bad bout of 'flu, and I get vertigo quite badly when I have any sort of virus these days.

After two days of sleeping solidly, being able to take a bath was a godsend. I could not have balanced upright to shower. This continued for several days.

I'm the wrong side of 60, but you never know when health issues might cause unexpected problems.

I'd never contemplate a home without a bath. You can get some quite small ones if you're stuck for space.

EssexExile

3card wrote: »

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??

Got me beat too, my dad's 94 & has trouble getting out the bath. Having a little door isn't going to help, it's the getting up from sitting position that's the hard bit.

Sorry Ruby, back to the subject.

jellie

I never have baths.

However, I recently had a temporary skin condition. I couldn't bear the feel of the water from a shower, so had to have baths.

I'd have been totally stuck if the bath wasn't there, so I wouldn't remove the only bath in the house.

Ruby_Hepburn

DRP as I did mention in my OP, it will hopefully be out forever home. Should a change in circumstances change we would of course put a bath in if we needed to sell.

Mojisola

Ruby_Hepburn wrote: »

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?

When we redid our bathroom a few years ago, we took out the bath and put in a lovely big shower and have been very happy with it.

None of us could remember when we last had a bath so it seemed pointless to continue stepping into a bath in order to shower.

We have no intention of moving for some years but do realise that EAs always say that buyers expect a family house to have a bath. My parents' house had a disabled wet room and it had to be priced to allow the re-installation of a bath.

ToriP

Just get a bath

You never know what is in store. Kids, quick sale etc

elsien

You can't read a book in the shower - that's all you need to know.

balletshoes

elsien wrote: »

You can't read a book in the shower - that's all you need to know.

and bubbles! that is all .