<p>Perhaps, people do what I do. Shower in the morning and bathe at night. If I am real dirty, say from gardening then I would take a shower. The bath can be more like a spa thing rather than a place for basic cleaning.</p>
<p>What I like best of all-- taking an outdoor shower at the beach. :)</p>
<p>Our master landscaping plan has an outdoor shower for post-gardening clean-up but, realistically it’s never happening. Summers here are too short to spend that kind of money.</p>
<p>I would not take a bath after working in a chemical plant or mucking out stalls or volunteering on a landfill cleanup project. Most of the time I don’t think I am “dirty” like that, though. To each his/her own, though.</p>
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<p>It’s market dependent. I would not want my house sitting unsold for months and months. I’ve been to every home in my neighborhood as it was being built (many tear downs to new larger homes) and keep up with every house which comes on the market via the internet, and I’ve not seen even ONE home without a nice bathtub in the master bath. It just isn’t done. Also, in my neighborhood, a master bedroom on the second level is the kiss of death. In the neighborhood just to the south, space is a premium, and lot size often doesn’t allow for a master bedroom on the main floor. Having a second floor master is very common and would not be an issue at resale. In either neighborhood, a master bathtub is a given, and most bedrooms either have their own full baths or have a Jack and Jill shared bathroom with bath/shower combo. Bathtubs are very big here.</p>
<p>We’ve actually sold and are in a new neighborhood, where second floor masters are more common (to take advantage of the view). D2’s bathroom doesn’t have a bath, only a very large shower. I have my own full bathroom in the master, and DH has his own as well, but his only has a shower and no tub. Different neighborhood, different rules. Very market dependent.</p>
<p>In my neighborhood, my 1961 home is one of the oldest. If people want to walk to work (i.e., campus) and the library and restaurants, they have to trade a few amenities, like first floor MBs. Different neighborhood, different rules. (One of my neighbors has an elevator but they only use it to give the neighborhood kids a ride on Halloween.)</p>
<p>^^^^Someday I would like to live in a neighborhood like that, where you could walk to everything. There are VERY few places like that in our city. </p>
<p>In the neighborhood I previously mentioned, the public schools are HIGHLY desired, so people are happy to move there even on a small lot (but big homes) and have their masters upstairs. Also, many of these families have young children to whom they want to be geographically close, so again, that works. Our old neighborhood had young families but large lots which accommodate master bedrooms will large bathrooms downstairs.</p>
<p>I’m now in a neighborhood with a lot of empty nesters, so the houses with master bedrooms upstairs often have elevators. :o</p>
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Not so. As others here have said: we would never consider buying a house with no bathtub. Only two adults in this household</p>
<p>When we were buying, we desperately wanted a house with a big tub in the master bathroom. They are not typical in our area unless you are shopping for the houses at the priciest end of the market. Most of the houses around here were built in the 50’s and 60’s and have a VERY small master bathroom with a TINY shower stall and pedestal sink-- of course, in pink or blue since they haven’t been updated. So our large, updated master bath with jacuzzi tub was quite the find, and imho the tub is still not big enough!</p>
<p>Our only other bathroom has a large, GORGEOUS shower with a bench that I know I will deeply regret getting rid of some day, but I want to put a bath in there so we don’t have to bathe our kids in the master. It’s 90% because I don’t want to share and 10% because it would genuinely be a pain to lean over the side of a tub so deep to bathe small children.</p>
<p>I am a big fan of hot baths in the winter before going to bed. I have a lot of trouble getting to sleep at times and the bath does a great job of making me relax and get sleepy, particularly if I turn out the light and use a candle. I agree that the Jacuzzi whirlpool bath tubs are a pain and should all be ripped out but a nice deep soaking tub is heaven (and I can do without all the passive-aggressive soaking in dirty water remarks). A house in my area would simply not sell without a tub in the master bath and when discussing remodeling with a realtor, she confirmed it would be a deal-breaker.</p>
<p>For some reason, I really find hot tubs gross though. Maybe it’s just the 70’s movie association with swingers sitting naked in mixed groups, smoking weed…::shudders::</p>
<p>I had a realtor come through my home to go over what were deal breakers and what needed to be fixed before listing my house. A master tub was not on the list! A nice shower was essential, with two sinks and plenty of storage. </p>
<p>We are in middle of bathroom remodel and could not possibly have put in a tub without a major cost and changing footprint of house. Most older houses in my neighborhood simply do not have a luxury bathtub, unless in new construction.</p>
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<p>Yep…market dependent. If most of the homes in your neighborhood had a nice tub, it most certainly would have made it on your realtor’s list. Personally, I love a nice big shower.</p>
<p>If I ever remodeled my master bath at our lakehouse, I’d probably get rid of the ugly cultured marble soaking tub…except I don’t know what I’d put there. It’s on a kind of jut-out with a window above. Maybe a window seat…would that be weird in a bathroom? Or I guess I could put a claw foot tub I’d never use there. Those claw foot tubs seem to grab a lot of the female buyers, so for re-sale it might be wise.</p>
<p>We just recently visited homes in an area we are looking at for relocation. Some of these homes had two dining areas - formal and informal. The bathrooms varied, but most had a triangular tub, which is not something I have ever really seen. I guess it is a way to maximize the floor plan. </p>
<p>Most bathrooms had either travertine tile or white subway tile on walls, with either granite or stone for sink tops. We saw some steam showers. Most bathrooms were smaller than I would have liked, but that is just because I have never had a huge bathroom, in the first place! </p>
<p>Lots of greys and light browns on walls. No wallpaper. Brushed metal fixtures, either nickel or brown were big, followed by chrome. Did not see a lot of vessel sinks, which are a bigger deal in my market.</p>
<p>I would never part with my tub , but my husband would like to get rid of the other one in our house , which I think is really stupid when it comes to resale value. Ours is a family house…babies and toddlers take baths. The one in the master is too deep to use for babies since I don’t know too many women whose knuckles drag on the ground when they walk, I see it from another view.</p>
<p>We have two full baths inside the house and one in our in law apartment , and a nice outdoor shower near the pool. That’s enough shower only bathing options</p>
<p>I didn’t realize the bath tub was such a polarizing topic. Wife said she didn’t want one, we haven’t used the tub in 2 houses in 25 years, so I said fine. The bathroom is huge, with plenty of room to install a soaking tub if we need it if we ever decide to sell the house. It never entered my mind that the bathroom could not be listed as a full bathroom without a tub. It is going to be beautiful. Stone counter top (and I guess sinks) go in tomorrow.</p>
<p>I think people are either bath-people or not-bath-people. I’m a bath person, though I don’t usually have the time. When I go on business trips, I’ll take a bath in the evening, and people are always surprised by that. I also don’t get the “soaking in dirty water” thing. I’m not dirty; I don’t roll around in mud or anything.</p>
<p>We’ve never had a tub in the master bath. We are both shower people. We have three other tubs if we feel the need.</p>