Another excellent reason to have a tub in the house.......store water in the event water is turned off for whatever reason. You can use that water to flush the toilets. My BIL took out the tub in his guest bathroom and when I brought up this possibility, he said he can get water from his backyard pool to flush toilets. That's a bit of a haul if you ask me..

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During a hurricane.

Me. My bubble baths are a must.

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The gender is wrong and the imagination is a bit limited … but…

Better? :D

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Except for the Sono sound bar with Tom Petty of course, the lavender scented bubbles, and Napa cab not too bad.

Just built a 3 bath house, all showers, no tub. Since 2010 in TV haven’t ever used a bathtub. Have looked at plenty of resales, not one time did I find concern of no tub. But several that had walk-in tubs, wanted to know the cost to remove

But of course... ;)

I would ask a realtor that question, but in my opinion I wold think a walk in shower without a tube. We are old folks here and shower are the way to go; still ask a realtor.

Outside The Villages I might agree. But resale around here is for 55+ for the most part and that age group, usually have a hard time with a regular tub.

Do what makes you happy new owner can change as needed
 

Do what makes you happy new owner will change to what they like

You can store water without a tub
 

You can store water without a tub. We just converted our tub to a walk-in shower and love it. For storing water we will simply buy some of those 5 gallon jugs of water at the grocery store and put them in a closet or in the garage somewhere. That gives us plenty of clean drinking water, or for any purpose.

Also, we just changed out our divided kitchen sink for a single basin. It’s so much easier to wash the larger items that don’t fit in the dishwasher. And it occurred to me that if someone visits that has an infant, it would be very simple to bathe the child in that single basin in the kitchen, or insert a baby bathtub there.

Tub
 

My tub is great for storage!

But those "few reasons" are exactly why the OP posted this thread - to help them decide on which of the two options. Your "few reasons" could be very helpful here.

For those that had the tub taken out and shower put in, who did you use and are you happy with them.

I would not own a home without a bathtub.

LA Flooring on 301 in Wildwood. They had excellent tile choices and installers. Completely happy the tub is gone. Bathroom looks larger and brighter. We never once used the tub. When we had guests, I was not comfortable with them having to step over a tub to shower.

If you are thinking about resale, then a tub and a shower would be the way to go.

Tub or walk-in shower
 

What about a walk-in tub. You get both tub and shower features without climbing into a tub.

Keep reading this thread. I did give more reasons. Believe me, that tub in our guest bathroom came in VERY handy.

If I ever have guests that I would be uncomfortable with them having to step over a tub, I would offer for them to shower in our master bath shower. No problem there.

WE have a guest bathroom for guests. I don't want guests in my bedroom and bathroom. I am very happy we had the tub pulled out. It was never used since we moved here over 0 years ago.

We built our home in Wisconsin in 1996. Raised three kids there, and only used one of the 2 tubs when the kids were little. Once they could stand safely, they preferred to shower instead of taking a bath. We never used either tub after that. Now that we are in TV, I don’t see the point in having a bath tub for when we might sell the house, or we might have grandchildren, or when those possible grandchildren might visit for a week twice a year.
We are closer now more than ever to getting rid of the tub and going with a walk-in shower.

Hope you don't ever need to soak in a tub for medical reasons.When you need it, it's great to have a tub..

When you need a tub, you need a tub.