Bath or no bath?

My guest bathroom has a shower , if you don’t use a bath just fit a shower , leaves more space

I like having a bubble bath soak sometimes, as well as giving my feet a good pampering! Given the choice I'd have one.

My bath was removed 10+ years ago and I have a fabulous shower. Possibly my house would be difficult to sell to a family as it does not have a bath but at present I am looking after number 1 and it is a shower for me.

When my house is on the market I will be either dead or ga-ga so it will not worry me.

We are moving in the next few weeks and have decided to keep one bathroom with a bath and turn the other into a shower room. I do enjoy a warm bath every now and then. Hadn’t thought it would be easier for bathing our toddler grandchildren which will be an added bonus. The teenagers now prefer the shower cubicle.

We fitted a new bathroom when we moved here 7 years ago ( I was 68)
We both recognised that there might come a time when a bath would be unsuitable. We are both still very fit and healthy but you never know. So it was a walk in shower.

As it is a second bathroom and you already have a shower in the en-suite I would go for a bath with shower personally.
Gives a choice for you , guests of any age and any future owners of the property.

Exactly what Charleygirl5 said ?

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

mumofmadboys

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

Ditto

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.

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.

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 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.

Walk in shower for me every time , love mine.

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!

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.

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.