Does no bath affect value

Gilly665 · 26 January 2019 at 5:34PM

I have a four bedroom house with a main bathroom and an en-suite. Can anyone tell me whether my houses valuation or resale ability be affected if I took out the bath and replaced it with just a shower?

middleclassbutpoor · 26 January 2019 at 5:36PM

You may limit your market if you want families with children to buy it. May not impact value as such though.

p00hsticks · 26 January 2019 at 5:40PM

I'm not sure if it would affect the value but it might reduce the number of viewings, as some people would rule it out straight away.

PasturesNew · 26 January 2019 at 5:44PM

It won't affect the value, just the number of people interested in viewing it... which will mean it'll take longer to sell and, as such, you might "get bored" waiting and believe it's "worth less" and reduce the price yourself...

Bossypants · 26 January 2019 at 5:45PM

So long as there is space to put a bath in (which I assume there is, since it sounds like you've already got one there), I don't think it'll be too big a deal. You might get a few people knocking the cost of putting the bath back in off their offers, though.

Thrugelmir · 26 January 2019 at 6:32PM

4 bed properties are primarily family homes. No bath would detract from the interest. Less interest lower price. As people would be factoring in refurbishing the bathroom.

Marvel1 · 26 January 2019 at 6:35PM

Personally if you don't want a bath there just take it out, you are living there. I took mine out, and replaced with a shower, i got fed up climbing into the bath for a shower and taking up the space.

davidmcn · 26 January 2019 at 6:57PM

Bossypants wrote: »

So long as there is space to put a bath in (which I assume there is, since it sounds like you've already got one there), I don't think it'll be too big a deal. You might get a few people knocking the cost of putting the bath back in off their offers, though.

I would concur with this. Assuming you're living there and that's what you want, why not? It's hardly rocket science to put a bath back in if somebody wants to do so in the future.

happyandcontented · 26 January 2019 at 7:02PM

I wouldn't remove it from a house with 4 beds which is definitely aimed at the family market. My OH loves baths and won't view a house without one.

tori.k · 26 January 2019 at 7:10PM

We are taking the bath out in our 3 bed for a decent shower room but keeping the layout the same so it will be easy job to reinstate a cheap bath if we decided to sell.