Current house buying trend - bath or shower?

A nice large walk in shower. The bath is only used if the grandkids come. They love splashing about in the bath..

Both if possible.

Just had a big shower put in, lovely. When we were house hunting almost every house we saw had at least one shower, some had two!!

Depends. People with young kids (or who may be planning them) prefer baths, I think, but would want, ideally, at least an over bath shower too.

Walk in-showers seem to be more trendy, and are probably more Ora to al for older people - but, having lived with one and no bath, I’d never do it again.

Oh, for goodness sake: not Ora, obviously, but easier. My auto-correct is having a field day.

I had to have my bath removed to make room for a shower as I could no longer get out of the bath and an over the bath shower, for me, was unsafe.

I am aware it may be more difficult to sell the house but I am hoping that will not be my problem! I will either be dead or ga-ga and the latter is more feasible.

For me: a shower every time. More economical, more environmentally friendly, easier to use as you get older and, personally, I don't feel as clean getting out of a bath as I do a shower.

I hate a shower but to future proof my house when redoing the downstairs bathroom I changed it to a shower room. Upstairs is a proper bathroom.

If either of us eventually can't cope physically then the downstairs guestroom will become our bedroom and we will live downstairs full time.

Both. I wouldn’t buy a house that didn’t have the two. Shower for every day and in the mornings before you go out, bath to relax in. We have a small spa bath which we’ve had for years now and it is nice to read a book whilst relaxing in there. To get out of the bath these days I turn onto my knees first , stops you slipping over when you get old !

Both preferably However you can. Personally I have a downstairs shower room with large walk in shower. Upstairs we have an over bath shower with a power shower and bath to keep bathers happy.

Showers for us, when we eventually get our new bathroom the bath is coming out and a huge walk in shower will be installed.

It would be very easy to rip out and install a bath if a new owner wanted too.

Rip out and reinstall a bath if the new owner wanted to.

New builds locally still tend to have both. We have an ensuite with a shower, family bathroom with bath and shower over. I use the bath sometimes, more in the winter, I can get out fine without turning, MrJ never uses it.

Always both.

Both. I wouldn’t buy a house without a bath.

We’ve just sold our house, which had a bath in both the main bathroom and the en suite, with showers over. So many people commented favourably on that, they loved it. I hadn’t even considered it to be a selling point but it was!

As has been said, preferably both. I have an en-suite shower an in my guest bathroom a bath with a good shower in it.

That is a flat. Think it is even more important in a house. Anyone with young children really does need a bath for them. Nothing like playtime in the bath as part of the getting ready for bed process.

I see many flat where both en-suite and guest bathroom have been turned into shower rooms. When I was flat hunting and saw one of these, I automatically added on the cost of having to have a bath re-installed. I need one for medical reasons.

Both ideally. I've lived without a bath and am now living without a shower (ongoing issues with leakage in the bathroom).

If I can only have one, I'd rather have a bath. I miss a shower but not hugely. Whereas when I've only had a shower, I really having a bath.

Both.We have two shower rooms and one bathroom with bath and shower. However we very rarely use the bath, but shower every day.

We have an ensuite shower plus a family bathroom with a shower attached to it . When having my house valued with selling in mind we asked the agent if it would be a bad idea to remove the bath and she said as it was a bungalow which would attract older buyers it would be fine . A family want a bath. I always proudly say that nobody has a bath in our house .

In the country where I live, baths are not popular. My daughter's flat has two bathrooms, both with shower only.

Whenever my grandchildren come to me, the first thing they say is "Can I have a bath, please!"

My neighbour had her bath removed and just has a shower because of her husbands mobility problems but she says she really misses having a bath. I know I would too. I can’t reach down to clean my feet in the shower for one thing. And the grandchildren love having a bath and playing with their boats. What I don’t understand is this fashion for having baths in bedrooms.

Both. Shower in the ensuite but bath with shower over in the family bathroom, which I use when my muscles are a bit achy. Estate agent told us not to get rid of the bath when I was thinking of changing it into a walk in shower as it's a house that is likely to be bought by a family.

Both, we wouldn’t buy a house that didn’t have both in,

I only ever have a shower when there is no alternative such as when on holiday. I was shortsighted for most of my life and couldn’t see well without my glasses. Thank goodness I see much better nowadays but still feel very uncomfortable in a shower. If it doesn’t have a flexible hose but only an overhead fitting then I won’t use it at all. I know I’m not getting any younger but hope that I’ll be able to continue using a bath.