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flameshouse
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I have a small 2 bed house with a tiny bathroom, like tiny, the sink overhangs the bath. I'm having the bathroom ripped back to brick and done from scratch, but i'm considering removing the bath and having a large shower cubicle instead... as this is a "first time buyers" kind of house, and thinking about young kids, would removing the bath completely put anyone off/lower the value?
Would you buy a house without a bath? 357 votes
YES
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184 votes
NO
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I’m single looking for a two bed property as a first time buyer. I like showers but I dismiss all properties without a bath. Much easier to add a shower over a bath than put a bath into a shower room.0
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Personally we prefer a nice large shower cubicle to a bath with shower over but we're in the minority. For most people with young kids it would would probably be a deal breaker to not have a bath.0
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We have a tiny downstairs bathroom. When we had it refitted we kept the bath but had: mini handbasin sink (no overhang), a deeper strong bottom bath shorter than standard length (suitable for showering or occasional bath) and a toilet that has a smaller cistern.
People with v young kids and possibly older people who cannot stand long may be put off if no bath, but can fit a shower seat in to solve latter. We decided to make ours as trad as possible to appeal to everyone but not spend too much because in our house it's the disappointing feature. It still sold despite that!0 -
A shower screams "TINY HOUSE". A small/tight bathroom doesn't.
I'd not buy one without a bath. A bath is what you have in a "proper house".0 -
On the other hand - speaking as someone that has a tiny bathroom in current house:( - and I have one of those huge walk-in shower cubicles and would say that just as many people (maybe more) would be put off by there being a bath as by there not being a bath.
eg Those who have (or fear in the future) having problems in accessing a bath
Those who cba to clean baths and/or are worried about leaning over to clean baths (because they've done their back in before and are worried it might happen again).
Horses for courses I would say.
EDIT; A friend of mine recently ripped out one of those huge walk-in showers (not long after she'd had it done!!!!!) from one of her bathrooms to allow for bathing young grandchildren. Personally - I was astonished and thought how it's always possible to get one of those HUGE garden trug things that are multi-purpose and bathe a very small child in one of them temporarily.
The other possibility, of course, is to have a shower slider rail that allows for the shortest to the tallest people (dependant on where the showerhead is set on this rail). It slides up for tall people and right down for those of 2 year old or so height. Job done.0 -
Single person, no kids. If I had to choose I'd choose bath over a shower every time. Can't beat a long relaxing soak with a book. And I have the shower attachment over the bath if I just want to hose myself down.All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.0 -
Bath over shower here too.
If there wasn't a bath I'd deduct the cost of refitting the bathroom from any offer.
If there was some randomly short bath I'd be recosting that too. Even as a shorty a bath needs to be a proper size.
No room for a bath would be an absolute deal breaker.0 -
Whoops, the question in the poll is worded opposite to the thread title so I voted wrongly. For clarification, yes not having a bath would put me off a house or flat, and no I wouldn't buy a home that didn't have a bath.
I haven't bogged off yet, and I ain't no babe
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No young kids here either. I think I can speak for DH when I say that if we had to choose, we would both always opt for a bath instead of a shower. You can't relax with wine/book etc in a shower, lol!
No space for a bath would be a dealbreaker for us.
We're fortunate to have both in this house and I can honestly say the shower only gets used for dog washing or when DS & GF visit
Last house was the same. We had three bath/shower rooms and tbh the showers were a waste of money.
Regarding older/infirm users, my parents had their decent-sized bathroom in their 1920s house converted to a wetroom when they were in their late seventies. When we had to sell their house the young couple that bought it weren't remotely put off by the lack of bath.......Mortgage-free for fourteen years!
Over £40,000 mis-sold PPI reclaimed0 -
I voted in answer to the thread title as I assumed the poll question would be the same rather than the opposite so my 'yes' vote should have been a no :rotfl:0
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