Does our house need a bath

I shower most days but there are occasions when I like a bath. If I were to move [roll on the day!] I would welcome the choice - but not one of those fancy baths that make it a feat to get in and out of nice though they look. My bath has integral handrails and DH put one on the wall too as I've got temporary problems with my legs - and also though I hate to admit it I'm getting older!

Thank you all for your thoughts. We are likely to stay in our dormer for the foreseeable future but may be planning for the day when the stairs won't be as easy and we sleep downstairs. At the moment the washing machine and dryer are in the outhouse as there isn't room in the kitchen and wondered if the whole bathroom is going to be refurbished the electrics would allow for that. I would love someone to come along with a magic wand and decide for us.

Only an issue IMO if and when you want to sell - if it's a family home likely to attract people with young children.
Speaking from experience, trying to 'bath' small children in a shower is a major PITA!

Just had a quick Google and there is a mumsnet thread about washing machine in bathroom. However a building website indicates a washing machine in a bathroom must be 3 meters from bath basin etc even if socket outside the room. So unless your room is very big it won't be possible. What's the difference from having it in a kitchen? We weren't allowed a kitchen socket within a certain distance of the sink.

Skimming the headings, I wondered, why on earth someone's house needed a bath. Who would do it and how? Nice kind window cleaner, with sudsy water . Apologies for the daft 5 minutes.

I thought the same, Auntieflo - had a puzzled couple of moments imagining a house up to its chimneys in hot water with a giant loofah...

If you do replace the bath with a shower, try to make sure you retain enough space for a future occupier to install a bath either upstairs or downstairs.

Do whatever works for you, the people who live full time n the house. Make it work for you. If you sell, baths can easily be replaced or removed. My late fathers house sold within 3 days despite being a large 3 bedroom family detached house with a shower room and no bathroom.

I would never buy a house with no bath! I hate showers!

Do what you want to make your life easier, when the day comes to sell the house there is still the room and plumbing for a bath, which in the scale of the costs of a house purchase is very small. Most people seem to want to change kitchens and bathrooms when they move in anyway.

My sister lives abroad but has a three bedroom property in the UK, she updated the bathroom and took out the bath. I suggested that it would make selling the property difficult especially as the bathroom was big enough for a bath as well as a shower. I think she believes it is not her problem, someone else will be trying to sell the property after she has gone.