Guest Bathroom remodel. Tub or Walk in Shower?
 

Which is better for resale value?

The Villages left a note on my door a while back that the water was to be shut off the next day for water main repairs. Fill your bathtub so you will have water to flush the toilet. Future value is quite diminished when your life is flashing before your eyes today.

Personally, would rather have the walk in shower. Only use a tub when I had cast on my arm and hard to keep it dry in a shower. Probably makes very little difference. Realtor might help you.

Good question - I would prefer to turn guest bathroom into shower only - but concerned about resale if my house has no bath tub.

Think of old age and not being able to get into a tub.
Guess bath- then if the guest wants a tub they can use their own when they go home.
Ans walk in shower

I would not own a home without a bathtub. My master bathroom has only a shower. That leaves the guest bathroom for a tub. There are a few reasons that a home should have a tub. I won't go into that now.

I would never buy a house without a tub.

dump the tub

We had the tub removed from the guest bath. We never ever used the tub.

We remodeled our master to have both a jacuzzi and a Roman shower. Took the tub out of the guest and put in another Roman shower.
Nothing better than soaking in a tub with the TV on in the master :)

Should have one tub.

Needed for younger grandchildren also.

:thumbup: :agree:

Even if you don't have younger grandchildren, a potential buyer might. In terms of resale, not having a tub might be a sticking point for some, where as, it is doubtful (IMHO) that someone would balk at buying a house because the guest bath has a tub.

GCM.

For resale a tub is better than a walk in Shower. For seniors a walk in shower is the best. It's your choice take from a master plumber of 6o years in the business..

Interesting that most say they wouldn't buy a house without a tub. We wouldn't buy a house with a tub. For us, they've always been nothing more than big dust catchers that were never used and just took up room.

I don't use it often, but I still need to take an epsom salt bath at times. I wouldn't want to buy a house that had no bath.

If you ever want to reenact the tub scene from Pillow Talk with Doris Day and Rock Hudson.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYVgQwvziTA

You have two bathrooms. Best of both worlds: one shower and one tub. That is standard and what (imo) most house hunters want. Just upgrade them both. Your question had to do with resale, right??? Now if you personally don’t want bathtubs and are not interested in resale then do whatever you want to do with your house

Must have really limited your search for the right 2 bathroom house. I would guess that maybe 5 or 10% at best would have only showers.

Same thought I had - I had to make my own decision and live with it - go for it!!

I try to imagine myself at my age now, attempting to get up in a wet bathtub, to stand up and get out safely, with no grab bar there to give me an extra handhold.........

Since my guest bath is little used by either of us for bathing, I like having a tub for an occasional soak. In some states, one tub is required by law in any house.

Can you name one state?

I have heard of that in Canada, but not in the U.S.

kjagia
 

We would never buy a house without a tub!

I would not buy a house without a tub. Between guests preferring baths, small grandchildren needing a bath, possibly needing to soak for medical reasons, and filling up with water for emergencies, etc. It's also easier to clean and maintain than shower floor tile.

From a realtor's perspective, there is no difference in resale value here in the Villages, as they mainly add value to a family neighborhoods where buyers have little kids. It's a personal preference here - I prefer the shower - much easier and much better aesthetics. I also never liked the thought of sitting in dirty water.

Tub for sure

That depends on what type of bath or shower you will put in and if you have a bath or walk-in shower currently?

I have a bath and walk in shower in my master, so best investment for me was a walk in shower in the guest bath. Nice ceramic tile with corner bench and shelves.

I choose Roberto's to do all my work, they are on price and quality job and get the job done when they say. All in all I use them all the time for all my clients and myself.

I’d stick with two showers, never use a bathtub anymore. The amount of times my grandkids needed to use a bathtub I could count on one hand and I have 9. I can’t see this being an issue for the majority of possible buyers.

Absolutely ! Not going to list all, most know intuitively of all the reasons. We went with tub and shower (nothing fancy) both in master (000ps, meant "primary") bedroom, and shower only for the guest bath. Not a R.E. agent, so would not know for sure, but personally I would not buy a home with no bath tub at all, guest or primary !

You decide
 

We were able to design our house and decided to eliminate the tubs as we have never used one. We thought we'd actually get a credit for eliminating the tub but since the shower uses more tile, it actually cost more to not have a tub. Grandkids can be showered or when infants, use a plastic baby tub. You may want to compare the cost for each option if that is an issue for you. If you are preparing to sell, I'd go with a tub for resale purposes. If you plan on staying for awhile, do what you personally prefer. If someone wants to buy a house, I don't see changing a shower to a tub as a major remodel project. It would not stop a lot of people from buying. I guess it would depend on the market and how desperate people are to get a house here.

Can’t go wrong with a tub/shower combination for a guest bathroom

I agree that you should have one tub in the house. If family or friends come with children you kinda need a tub.

We are about to remodel a bathroom. We thought about resale value if we removed the tub. Bottom line who cares about resale, it's only my wife and I, we have no children or grandchildren. When we are gone a cousin will inherit the home unless we wind up in nursing homes or assisted living. Next owner can put a tub in if they desire if not there are plenty of homes with them. Neither my wife nor I can remember the last time we took a bath. Going back to the 1990s we built a custom home with a 2 person Jacuzzi in that bathroom along with a separate shower. After using the Jacuzzi about a couple of dozen times we never used it again.

Keep at least one tub in the house for resale. Villagers are not that old and may have young guests visit. The tub is good for pets also. We had to wash our comforter and heated mattress pad. Advised to use the tub and gently. It is good for protection during a tornado and stores water for hurricanes. We are in a state where new buyers are concerned about things like that.

Agree, somewhere in the home should have a tub.

I agree with this poster. I've just completed a remodel on my (non TV) home. I prefer showers as well, but you seem concerned about resale. Our contractor made a pitch to keep the guest bath tub, arguing that most people would want one of each and that, in any event, any family with young kids would want at least one tub. My wife made the argument that she wanted all showers, and no tubs. Her position was that we never use a tub, so why waste a bathroom? I am wise beyond my years, and did it the way my wife wanted it :). For resale purposes, however, I think the contractor was right. No potential buyer will turn down a house because it has one of each. As you can see, many posters said they would balk if the house had no tub. If the ONLY consideration is resale, keep the tub.

Tub. Walk-in shower is more practical but without a tub some with the need for it when young grandkids are visiting etc will object; and there's no way to store up water if it's needed during a potential water interruption.

This is just one of the reasons I must have a tub in our home. Another use if for a sitz bath if and when someone develops a reason to soak the "bum". I don't want to get more graphic than that but boy oh boy, does it help!!!!! BTW.....the sitz bath gizmo that you use on the toilet made things worse. Laying down in the tub of warm water with a nice trickle of water to create a "whirlpool" did wonders.