No bathtub—would you buy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d never but a house without a tub. Those old cast iron tubs are so much nicer than the fiberglass ones they’re selling these days. The water stays warm so much longer. Yes, I’m including basic tubs from the 80s, not just claw-foot tubs. They don’t look nice to us because they were basic when we were kids.

Everything gets cheaper and cheaper. The sellers will really value a nice tub from the 50s. What’s the point of owning a cute older home if you don’t keep the charm?

I have a cast iron tub and it’s 14” tall. It’s a glorified shower pan to me. How anyone took a bath I’m not sure. It’s leaving this weekend.

[Anonymous]

Hard no. We have family and friends that like to take baths or have young children who take baths.

[Anonymous]

Bathtubs are overrated. My house with no tubs sold for more than a similar house in the neighborhood with tubs. A nice shower beats a bathtub all the time.

[Anonymous]

I would not turn a full bath into a half in favor of a closet. That is crazy talk.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't buy it without a tub, however, you live there and plan to be there for some time to come so you should remodel the house to suit your existing needs not mine.