Love the tub! When I renovate my 10-year-old bath, this is what I want to do.

You do not have space for a free standing tuband the picture above is a really good example of how not to place a free standing tub, how will you ever clen around that tub.

Cleaning has not been a problem with this config at my own house and two client houses. A little more work, sure. But don't waste bath waste space just for cleaning.

Are you sure that doing a freestanding tub instead of a simple soaking tub with a quartz deck is going to actually save you money? Although I haven't priced it out, I think those faucet apparatuses are probably expensive, and the tubs themselves, as well, and probably more so than just a simple decking.

I agree the freestanding tubs are beautiful looking, but like Patricia, I fear they aren't practical, unless you have a lot of space around them. Not only the cleaning issue, but, will you have a place to set your soap and shampoo?

Hanover, do you see the small inch-wide gap between the faucet structure and the tub in your picture? How are you going to clean the water stains that travel between the faucet and the tub in the image? I would like to see images of someone on the floor cleaning behind the tub in the picture.

No water stain there since it's always dry with correct install.

Tub is smaller at the bottom, providing enough space to slide a swifter pad.

Getting in and out of a tub in a wide deck is a lot easier than for one of those free standing ones. I grew up with one of those contraptions and vowed never again. The water splashout from getting in and out ruined the floors and joists under the tub. Major structural repair was needed about the time I left home.

And I was the captive house maid whose impossible job was to try to clean it. It was not possible to actually clean or paint the wall along the long side. It was 3” from the wall. Sure, nowadays a Swiffer can fit there. But your arm and a sponge can’t when you spill bubble bath over the edge off the tub and need to clean it off the side. And if you ever want to change paint colors in the room, even a mini roller can’t reach the wall behind the tub.

For an expensive work of art, go buy an original painting. For a tub that you want to use, get a nice drop in with a deck that is waterproofed properly, and tiled.

Truly form over function to have a free standing tub especially one that isn't actually "free standing" but has to be close to walls because otherwise it wouldn't fit.

I had a "free standing" cast iron tub with legs years ago and it certainly was a nightmare to clean. While I am willing to put up with certain maintenance issues for aesthetic purposes, there is no way that I would deliberately place an obstacle in a bathroom that required me to attempt to clean around it. Frankly it's difficult enough to clean the back of the toilet floor and if feasible I would have loved to get a wall hung model - as it is I had to settle with one that was skirted and one piece to absolutely minimize any nooks or crannies.

Instead of $2500 for quartz, why not rectified tile, custom cut to minimize grout lines, with really nice matching grout.