Bath or no bath?

We put a bath in the ensuite for our guest bedroom - it had a roof window so you could lie in the bath and look up to the stars!

Not having a bath puts many families off buying a house. If potential resale value is of no interest to you then have what you will use.

I use a shower now it is difficult to get out of a bath - there are times I would like a bath but now I find them too hard to get out - might be better if a bath had handles each side of course. I am not keen on the over the bath shower as you still have to step into the bath and could slip - besides which we have big shower heads in our showers and also a hand held hose.
I prefer the look of glass screens but curtains are safer if you fall and it is much easier to clean the tray etc than with the screens which are often hard where it meets the tray.

Personally wouldn’t buy a house without a bath! Looks like GNers are split down the middle on this issue.
I hate showers - awful to clean, really difficult to wash certain parts of your body and you always feel cold when you get out.
No contest here!

We have an enormous suite walk in showered that DH uses. I use the family bathroom which has an over bath shower but I liked to have a big bath in winter when's its very cold and its great for my achy limbs. Takes lots of water though so I don't do it often

Well I miss my bath, having had a shower only for the last fifteen years.

Sometimes I block the plug hole, and fill the shower tray . Have a pretend bath

I miss my bath, but space is tight, so I thought a corner bath might be an option?

HATE HATE HATE baths. such a waste of water . if people like baths then they have to keep refreshing the water as it goes cold. We have an inherited bath - never used it. I find showers over baths very difficult to use as stepping over all of the time-

We got rid of our bath and are pleased we did. We don't miss it at all and have a much nicer shower because of it. I don't worry one bit what prospective buyers might think at some future date, we please ourselves.

I've been thinking about exactly the same thing! We have a mixer shower over the bath at the moment, but hardly ever have a bath. I am favouring a walk-in shower for the sake of future-proofing. I've spoken to a couple of estate agents (we have two living either side of us!) and they have advised that as long as the plumbing isn't altered too much to accommodate the walk-in shower, it is easy and not too expensive for a family to re-instate a bath with a shower over if they want to on buying the property in the future.

I love a walk in shower, I always request that instead of a bath if we are staying in a hotel. A shower over the bath isn't good enough, I want to walk into it rather than climb in. However, we do have a bath in the family bathroom, and realise some prefer that to a shower so wouldn't take it out, but our ensuite is shower only.

Our grandchildren liked to have a bath when they were little, and a bath is quite essential for babies but now ours are junior school ages both happy to shower.

We had our bathroom/bedrooms re done about 15 years ago and I insisted we have a bath as I couldn't imagine not having one! Fast forward to the present day and I think I've used it a handful of times! Both sons used it rarely and my husband has never used it at all! Like a previous poster said it just gathers dust. I wish we had opted for no bath and made the adjoining bedroom a little larger. I LOVE my shower! To be honest I dont think I could get in and out very easily now anyway!

Walk in shower for me every time , love mine.

I also love a bath. I don't have them often, but they're for relaxation, not for getting clean.

As far as a house without a bath... hard to sell.

We have two identical baths with very good showers over, but bathrooms are pretty ancient now! Dh never has a bath, but I like one now and then, and so do guests sometimes.

We do have small grandchildren, so I’d always want a bath for them anyway.

I don't think it's quite the case so much now about not selling a house without a bath. Generally people prefer showers these days.
As you already have a shower oldcroc I would go for the shower over the bath option.

Same as MOMB! I’d hate to be without a bath. A five minute shower just wouldn’t cut it with me and tbh, I’ve had more slipping incidents in showers than I’ve had a bath.

mumofmadboys

I love baths! I would hate to be without one!

Ditto

I love baths! I would hate to be without one!

You and me both AGA! I haven’t had a bath in years, shower only, but you always need to think about the impact on selling the property when making big changes. As OP seems to have an en suite shower I’d opt for a bath with shower over in the ‘spare’ bathroom.

As Charleygirl has posted, the only consideration is would it make it harder for you to sell your home to a family when the time comes, if it doesn't have a bath Oldcroc.

I know of a friend who was advised against removing their bath for this reason as they only have one bathroom, but they now have a fabulous shower which suits their needs.

I haven't had a bath for years. I have to remember to give it a swill round every week as it collects dust.
My daily shower is over in 5 minutes. Takes ages to fill the bath.

Do a really nice walk in shower. Most children are used to showering these days

I'm about to have the bath removed from my bathroom, it has a good shower but I have nearly slipped on a couple of occasions and as I am not getting any younger I want to be safe. tbh I'd put your safety ahead of everything.

I must admit, that although I don’t use the bath very often, preferring to shower, there are times when I’m glad it’s there - if I’ve got chilled through or my feet feel crampy or I generally feel achy, for example, then the ability to have a good soak in the bath is an advantage that I wouldn’t like to be without.

Neither of us bathe so it was a walk-in shower for us in the bathroom and ensuite, His and hers. I love having my own bathroom, especially the loo?

The very few times I’ve had a baby here she was bathed in the big sink and the toddler had a paddling pool in the shower tray, which he loved!

The five year old preferred to shower.