walk in shower

Mojisola

incorrect wrote: »

We have moved home 2 weeks ago from private rented to council house, we had the bathroom changed to a wet room with the help of a grant at the previous property we didn't have to pay towards it as the grant covered the whole cost.

Would we be able to pay for help again as hubby can't use bath at New place?

jazzy wrote: »

When my mother had a walk in shower installed by the local authority one of the conditions was that she would be liable to pay for the work if she moved out of the property within 5 years. Maybe the same for you? worth checking first..

Definitely check this. My parents had the same condition placed on them when their bathroom was made into a wet room.

You may find that you have to repay a large proportion of the money spent on the previous work.

kingfisherblue

If there is already an over the bath shower, the council might recommend a bathboard or something similar, if suitable. DLA alone does not mean that the work is carried out for free - it is usually a financial assessment that decides this.

As it is such a short time since the council paid in full for a wetroom, I would expect them to be reluctant to put another one in for you. As others have said, there is usually a condition stating that if you move within five years, a proportion has to be paid back to the council.

There is only a limited amount of money in the pot, and it seems unfair that you receive two wetrooms, just over a year apart, whilst others may have to wait longer or do without.

margaretclare

RainbowBlue wrote: »

My neighbour just got a wet room done, it was a 3 year wait for him. Each council area is different in terms of priority. My dad waited almost 3 years, in the end he moved to a flat with a wet room already in. I once lived in a bungalow and the whole 46 properties on the close got wet rooms put in at once as part of a general upgrade to the bungalows.

This is interesting. We are just about to have our present bathroom converted to 'mobility friendly' i.e. wet room, walk-in shower, non-slip floor, easy-clean wall tiles, new loo, hand-basin, vanity unit with cupboards under, the lot. It's not a council property. Cost: just over £13K. It will take approx 4 days during which time we'll be staying in a local Premier Inn.

I've been given dire warning that 'the property will be unsaleable if there's no bath'. But it does sound as if this kind of idea is becoming more widespread and maybe therefore more acceptable. We've often stayed in hotels where there was a wet-room as standard.

This will be the last major work that this 1930s 2-bed bungalow will have done to it.

I know some of our local councillors - I stood myself a few years ago. And I know that our local council has NO money beyond that which is already allocated and spent.

WillowCat

I think baths are popular with young families so the kids can splash in the bath.

I have also heard the dire warnings, but am about to rip out my bath to replace it with a shower as my OH finds it difficult due to spine injury to get into the bath even when using a step.

I don't particularly care if it makes the house more difficult to sell, I don't intend to sell but if we ever have to I shall just say the space still exists and any future buyer is welcome to rip out the shower and fit another bath.

Mojisola

WillowCat wrote: »

I don't particularly care if it makes the house more difficult to sell, I don't intend to sell but if we ever have to I shall just say the space still exists and any future buyer is welcome to rip out the shower and fit another bath.

We took out our bath when we revamped the room because none of us could remember when it was last used. We now have a really nice big shower.

It may put some people off buying the house but the chances are another revamp will be needed by the time we sell and the new owners can reinstate a bath.

margaretclare

When my husband was so ill back in 2008/9 I had a new shower cabinet installed. It has the lowest step-in that was possible to do/could be afforded, with the short time available - I wanted him home ASAP - and because of drains, wooden floor, it couldn't have a level step-in.

We now want something a bit more modern and, because we're not getting any younger or more agile (LOL) we've decided to go the whole hog and have the whole thing re-done. Choice of tiles, colours, you name it.

I'm about to have a revision of R hip replacement, and in the helpful little booklet supplied by the hospital, I'm informed that 'if you don't have a walk-in shower at home you'll need to have a daily strip-wash for the first 3 months'. !

Incidentally, I do know of a few people locally who had wet-rooms installed by the council en masse who have refused to use them. Or used them as a junk-hole.

seven-day-weekend

We took the bath out in our previous house and replaced it with a showr, the bathroom was also downstairs. Sold it with no problem to a couple with a young family.

Our bungalow had a double shower when we bought it, we won't be replacing it with a bath, although there is room.

Showers do not put everyone off.

kingfisherblue

I can't remember when any of us last had a bath - myself and my two sons always use the shower.

teddysmum

kingfisherblue wrote: »

I can't remember when any of us last had a bath - myself and my two sons always use the shower.

I'm the opposite and would hate having a shower. I don't like water falling down on me or the thought of being boxed in; probably a result of forced communal showers after school PE lessons, over 50 years ago.

Finefoot

I recommend you try your OT, as the first port of call.