Bath or no bath

6 years ago

We are renovating our tiny cottage and revamping our only bathroom which is as you guessed- tiny. My husband wants to take out the bath and only have a shower. I think for resale value it would be better to keep a bath and have a bath/shower. There is no space for both. and obviously it is a pain to get in and out of the bath to shower everyday. Is a bath still necessary these days?

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Trislynn Home Improvements

6 years ago

I find that the bath generally plays as more of an ornament and gets little use

It's only when the bath is gone most people miss it and some get it refitted and use it more regular in the beginning

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Kluk Construction Ltd
6 years ago
Depends on your preference to be honest, and fact do you have children's
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6 years ago
We have no children but I don't want our decision to affect if we resell the property or decide to rent it out in future.
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The comments above are helpful. As a generalisation, I would add that a family home retains its bath for young children (and, indeed young grandchildren); most adults opt for a shower these days. So great that you have a bath somewhere, albeit any young children would need to walk through the bedroom to get to it. Depending on how big your bathroom is actually, and your budget, we had a similar challenge and fitted a shower space with hinged shower door in a wet room style design so that the family bathroom had both bath and shower. The hinged door opens up the floor space and prevents the room being sprayed; in fact only the bath itself gets wet, and even then not significantly. This may be of interest. The room footprint in this case was 1.9m by 2.1m. Other things to consider include opening the bathroom door outwards to create better use of the floor space you have. We also moved the door in this case to fit the sink comfortably, and fitted a small bath (which is fine for children). Hope this helps in some way. Nick
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Persona Abode
6 years ago
If your focus is on resale or rental potential then keep the bath, as people like the option. However, if you plan on remaining there for the foreseeable future, go with what is most comfortable for your needs. What do you prefer?
Danielle H
6 years ago
I had the same issue. I ended up keeping the bath with a shower over it. I've lived with it 3 years no issues whatsoever. You get used to it! Also I've recently had mine valued and the agent immediately said 'oh good you have a bath' I'd say worth keeping!
lisa77226
6 years ago
Truth is people with small children want a bath so if your buyer is likely to have kids or your home is where a family might begin, install one. Most people are not turned off by showering over a bath so if you're concerned about resale, put a bath in with a shower overhead. I personally am one of those buyers who would pass on a shower only home. I hate sitting on the floor of the shower to shave my legs because there's no lip on the bath to rest my foot!
GJ Dee
6 years ago
I am surprised that the consensus is to keep the bath. We are having a similar dilemma as we are turning a bedroom into a bathroom and neither of us have used a bath in years so we are considering having a nice spacious bathroom with just a shower. I thought most people these days took showers but am also aware that if we needed to sell, a bath might be better (with a shower).

Someone also said that a shower upstairs will always leak and cause problems? What do others think?
GJ Dee
6 years ago
If you have a seat in the shower you can prop your leg on it to shave...
Heidi Cullen
6 years ago
If you love your home and intend on staying there for 5yrs plus, then go with what you want. If you are intending to move in +/- 1yr then go with over the bath shower.

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