RedSquirrelUK
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Jan 23, 2023 14:23:32 GMT
Our house has a master bedroom with ensuite shower, a bedroom with attached toilet, another bedroom that we use as a study, and a tiny room just big enough for a cot and a dresser. So technically it's a 4 bedroom house.
It has a family bathroom with a shower over the bathtub. DH only ever showers. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of baths I've had in the 22 years we've owned the house. We have no children or pets, and we're not planning on moving, although who knows what life might throw at us?
We've been talking about re-doing the bathroom, and DH wants to change the bathtub for a nice big walk-in shower. I'm concerned that might devalue the house, as even a small house with 3 1/2 bedrooms would attract families.
I suppose we could always take the shower out and put a bathtub back if we had to sell, but if the reason for moving was if one of us was left alone, that would be a hassle that the remaining person would not want. We're only in our 50s but my cancer has made me re-evaluate things like this.
So I thought I'd ask the Peas... would you consider buying a 3+ bedroom house without a bathtub? Would you just put one in if you wanted one, or would it put you off even viewing? Thoughts?
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Post by tealpaperowl on Jan 23, 2023 14:28:32 GMT
Nope. I love a good bath, one of first renovations was putting in a soaking tub instead of the regular sized one.
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Anita
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Post by Anita on Jan 23, 2023 14:28:39 GMT
It would make a house more appealing to me. I hate baths. We ripped out a huge garden tub at our last house and put in a large walk-in shower. It helped sell our house.
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Post by sueg on Jan 23, 2023 14:32:22 GMT
Our current apartment doesn’t have a bath. I find baths very difficult these days - I just don’t have the flexibility to easily get out of a tub - so it isn’t a problem for us. But it is just the two of us, early 60s, so no kids in the house ( and our grands live too far away to visit) When we had younger children I’d have wanted a bath.
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Post by milocat on Jan 23, 2023 14:33:24 GMT
I would want a bathtub but if I knew a bathroom could be fairly easily renovated to put one in and I loved the house I'd buy it without one. Do what makes you happy and works for you, rip out the tub.
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Post by Linda on Jan 23, 2023 14:35:32 GMT
It would be a plus for me at this point in my life but even when I had small children, we often took them into the shower rather than running a tub (that's not to say they didn't get baths - just that the lack of a tub wouldn't have been a deal breaker for me)
A nice walk-in shower, especially one that is accessible for people with mobility challenges sounds like a selling point to be honest. And no house is perfect for every buyer ... make the house work for you/the people living in and when the time comes to sell, it'll be fine
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Post by pantsonfire on Jan 23, 2023 14:37:53 GMT
No. Due to medical needs as well as sensory needs 3 of the 4 of us take baths.
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Post by wellway on Jan 23, 2023 14:41:18 GMT
For every person who might want a bath, you will find people who would love a wet room type arrangement. Elderly people who sit on a stool, people with mobility issues etc.
If, in the future, you had to sell the house, and the only buyer wants a bath, adjust the price accordingly or not. You don't need to get involved in rebuilding the bathroom, your issue then will be colours, style etc.
Set your home up for your own comfort.
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Post by smartypants71 on Jan 23, 2023 14:42:00 GMT
I would not. I take a bath almost every night. It's the only thing that helps me fall asleep faster.
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Post by purplebee on Jan 23, 2023 14:54:10 GMT
Nope. I love a good bath, one of first renovations was putting in a soaking tub instead of the regular sized one. Me too! I love to soak my weary bones in my soaking tub (though we do have 2 showers). |
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Post by Nink on Jan 23, 2023 14:59:37 GMT
That would actually be a selling point for me. I have a tub/shower combo right now and so badly want to change it to a walk-in shower. I was recently diagnosed with a neurological disorder, it affects my legs the most, so stepping in and out of the tub is a chore now. I pretty much have a permanent bruise on the top of my right foot as I always “think” I’ve cleared the top of the tub, but nope, and bang it on the tracks for the door.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2023 15:07:21 GMT
Almost finished on our new build that has zero tubs. Our master bath is a big walk-in, no-door, no-curtain shower (it is pure heaven) the guest bath has a lovely shower surround (made intentionally sized that if a subsequent owner wanted to re-do it with a tub, they can), and a toilet closet off the laundry. I like a hot tub occasionally where there are hot tubs, I absolutely adore hot springs, but sitting in a home bathtub is my idea of hell. Cleaning it is worse than hell.
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Post by christinec68 on Jan 23, 2023 15:20:39 GMT
It would be a plus for me at this point in my life but even when I had small children, we often took them into the shower rather than running a tub (that's not to say they didn't get baths - just that the lack of a tub wouldn't have been a deal breaker for me) A nice walk-in shower, especially one that is accessible for people with mobility challenges sounds like a selling point to be honest. And no house is perfect for every buyer ... make the house work for you/the people living in and when the time comes to sell, it'll be fineFor every person who might want a bath, you will find people who would love a wet room type arrangement. Elderly people who sit on a stool, people with mobility issues etc. If, in the future, you had to sell the house, and the only buyer wants a bath, adjust the price accordingly or not. You don't need to get involved in rebuilding the bathroom, your issue then will be colours, style etc.
Set your home up for your own comfort. I whole heartedly agree with these two posts. Make your home comfortable for you and your husband. |
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jan 23, 2023 15:22:06 GMT
You might want to change your title to bathtub. I wondered if there was an outhouse.  |
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Post by workingclassdog on Jan 23, 2023 15:24:23 GMT
I do love a bath but it would not be a deal breaker.. Our current tubs are just the run of the mill small no frills tubs. I can't even really take a comfortable bath. At this point I would rather have showers.
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Post by ~summer~ on Jan 23, 2023 15:27:05 GMT
It would probably give me pause but yes I would.
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Post by leannec on Jan 23, 2023 15:27:34 GMT
As a realtor's ex wife I know that people want at least one tub in a house for kids and dogs to be bathed if not themselves ... I love having a tub to soak in but only because I pay my housecleaner to clean the stupid thing!  If you have no plans to move and want to put in your dream shower than do it! |
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Post by monklady123 on Jan 23, 2023 15:30:13 GMT
I would, definitely. I haven't used our tub for a bath since I had little kids taking baths. As soon as they graduated to showers we never looked back.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jan 23, 2023 15:31:19 GMT
It would be a big selling point for me. I’m not, nor have I ever been, a bath person. I don’t like hot tubs either. Our current house has a large walk in shower and also big soaking tub in our master which IMO is a huge waste of space. When my DD was little she liked to take a swim in the big tub, but not anymore. If this house didn’t have a tub it wouldn’t have been a deterrent for me at all, I would have just put my kid in the shower instead. When the kids are really small don’t most people use one of those small plastic bathtubs that goes inside the tub anyway? That’s what we did until she was over a year old, and you could do that just as easily or even easier in a large shower vs. leaning over the side of the tub.
The only reason why we still have a tub at our lake cabin that we rebuilt in 2019 is because the lower level bathroom was in the only part of the cabin that was saved when we basically razed the place. His sister wanted a tub there if she ever needed to give her kids a bath, which was stupid because her family never spent any time there when their mom was alive, so it was a totally moot point. If we ever need to give our dogs a bath we do that in the walk in shower with the hand held sprayer that we put in.
In all honesty, for the United States anyway, with the average age of the population in general going up due to a huge number of baby boomers hitting or well into retirement age, I would think homes with handicap accessible zero entry showers would be a huge selling point for a lot of buyers, especially if there’s one on the main floor of the home.
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Post by janeliz on Jan 23, 2023 15:32:14 GMT
The lack of a tub wouldn’t keep me from viewing the home, but I would probably be thinking about where I could add one if I loved the rest of the house.
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Jan 23, 2023 15:32:22 GMT
You might want to change your title to bathtub. I wondered if there was an outhouse. I don't understand what you mean! A bath IS a bathtub. And a room with a bath in it is a bathroom. Well, it is in the UK. But I'll change it if that makes things clearer, of course.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2023 15:36:52 GMT
When the kids were little, I would've said no. Now we're empty nesters, I would say yes.
I feel like if a house has two full bathrooms, at least one of them should have a tub. This is coming from someone who can't wait to add a second bathroom with a walk in shower and redo the current bathroom with a deeper tub.
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Post by gar on Jan 23, 2023 15:40:32 GMT
For every person who might want a bath, you will find people who would love a wet room type arrangement. Elderly people who sit on a stool, people with mobility issues etc. If, in the future, you had to sell the house, and the only buyer wants a bath, adjust the price accordingly or not. You don't need to get involved in rebuilding the bathroom, your issue then will be colours, style etc. Set your home up for your own comfort. Yeah that. A buyer can factor in the cost of replacing a bath if they want it that badly. As long as it’s obvious a bath could fit into the space - go for it. I want to get rid of ours really too, I’d much rather have a nicer shower in that space. |
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Post by Jamie on Jan 23, 2023 15:46:22 GMT
I haven't taken a bath since I was a kid. My husband on the other hand likes to take them a few times a week. I could do without one just fine. My parents actually took theirs out and put in a walk in shower a few years ago because it was getting too hard for my mom to step over the tub to safely get in. They will be in their house for the rest of their lives, so it made sense for them to do that.
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Post by myshelly on Jan 23, 2023 15:59:29 GMT
You might want to change your title to bathtub. I wondered if there was an outhouse. I don't understand what you mean! A bath IS a bathtub. And a room with a bath in it is a bathroom. Well, it is in the UK. But I'll change it if that makes things clearer, of course. In the US, especially in real estate listings, but also just in conversation, we describe the number of bedrooms and bathrooms in a house by saying “3 bed/3 bath” or “2 bed/1 bath” and so on. A house without a bath would be no bathrooms. We would say “I am taking a bath,” but we would not call a bathtub a bath. |
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RedSquirrelUK
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Jan 23, 2023 16:09:38 GMT
I don't understand what you mean! A bath IS a bathtub. And a room with a bath in it is a bathroom. Well, it is in the UK. But I'll change it if that makes things clearer, of course. In the US, especially in real estate listings, but also just in conversation, we describe the number of bedrooms and bathrooms in a house by saying “3 bed/3 bath” or “2 bed/1 bath” and so on. A house without a bath would be no bathrooms. We would say “I am taking a bath,” but we would not call a bathtub a bath. We don't say that at all in the UK. We have baths in a bath, and the bath is found in the bathroom. Thank you for explaining. I've also wondered what on earth a half bath is. In British English, a half bath wouldn't be much use as all the water would fall out! Does a half bath mean a room containing just a toilet and basin? Or does it have a shower instead of a bathtub? |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jan 23, 2023 16:11:59 GMT
In the US, especially in real estate listings, but also just in conversation, we describe the number of bedrooms and bathrooms in a house by saying “3 bed/3 bath” or “2 bed/1 bath” and so on. A house without a bath would be no bathrooms. We would say “I am taking a bath,” but we would not call a bathtub a bath. We don't say that at all in the UK. We have baths in a bath, and the bath is found in the bathroom. Thank you for explaining. I've also wondered what on earth a half bath is. In British English, a half bath wouldn't be much use as all the water would fall out!  Does a half bath mean a room containing just a toilet and basin? Or does it have a shower instead of a bathtub? A half bath is just a toilet and a sink, also sometimes called a powder room. A 3/4 bath has a toilet, sink and shower with no tub. |
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Post by Linda on Jan 23, 2023 16:14:19 GMT
Does a half bath mean a room containing just a toilet and basin? Or does it have a shower instead of a bathtub? half bath in US - toilet and washbasin technically a full bath is toilet, washbasin, and either bathtub or shower but many people call one that just has a shower no bathtub a 3/4 bath |
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Post by littlemama on Jan 23, 2023 16:16:09 GMT
I think for resale, not having a tub would be an issue.
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Post by lainey on Jan 23, 2023 16:20:21 GMT
We don't have a bath as neither of us would use it, there is zero appeal to sitting in a bath of hot water and bubbles to me. So yes we would buy a house without a tub.
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Does a half bath mean a room containing just a toilet and basin? Or does it have a shower instead of a bathtub?
