Is a bath necessary in a holiday let?
 

just interested in people's opinions (although I know the majority on here actually live in Spain) as we are hoping to revamp the bathroom in our new apartment in torremolinos when we get the money together and I think a bath with shower over is the way to go whereas my partner thinks an oversized walk-in shower is the way to go. I love these as well but with only one bathroom I feel a bath is an essential for renting out. he says he hates the shower-curtain sticking to him which i do too. Also I have never seen a bath showroom in this part of spain - where are they all?

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Depends who your market is. I would think that Spaniards would prefer a good shower to a bath, ditto for young Brits, but older Brits may still take baths, I dont know

Showers are much more practical when coming back from the beach

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lol as an "older Brit" I much prefer a shower, anyway domt buy curtains go for a glass panel. Older Brit indeed we aint fuddy duddys you know lolol

Chortle of the day for me:lol:

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thanks for your reply. I know when my kids were little i wouldn't have rented anywhere without a bath as it was much the most convenient way of washing them (usually both together!) but we were also thinking that with one of these long walk-in showers there would be room for parents to bathe little ones as there would be plenty of room. the cubicle in there at the moment is so small that if you drop the soap you have to do a squat to be able to pick it up!!!!

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Walk in showers are getter than baths as they will also appeal to people with mobility problems who are unable to get down into and up out of a bath. We had our Spanish bathroom modified in that way when we lived there..

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I have a small child and not having a bath wouldnt put me off in any way. Indeed, we dont even have one in the flat we live in!

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As a professional renter ;), shower every time for me, and a power shower even better.:thumbup:

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Nice big power shower for me too - who wants to sit wallowing in their own bathwater? Make sure you have a bidet as well though!

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Essential for washing your feet and keeping the wine cool!:D Are there any other uses?

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Is your water heater large enough to fill a bath? Nothing worse than a shallow bath.

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Not at your age dear. :p

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Firstly, remember to get a licence to do the work.

Building regs in most provinces (but certainly Valencia) insist that there is a bidet in the bathroom - don't ask me why .....


Personally, I would just put in a very good walk in shower (two-person:nod:). This then appeals to the disabled and elderly who may have difficulty with a bath.

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thanks for all the replies - all very helpful. didn't know about getting permission - will leave that to the builders. Please does anyone know where we can look for the bathroom furniture - they're coming out of our ears here in Leeds but haven't noticed any locally. maybe we need to hire a car are they all out of town?

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Are you sure you can trust the builders to sort permiso, you wouldnt be the first, or last to be told it had been gained and in fact not.

All work in Spain needs permiso, painting the outside inside any work you can think of.

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thanks - will have to make sure when it comes to it

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If you are dependent on rental income, I would suggest you think again.

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i would go for a decent shower, people don't really bath nowadays... maybe the older people, our 4 year old showers...

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:rofl:
As one of the "older people" I can tell you that we and everyone here that we know thats "older" prefer a shower.

The best place to find bathroom/shower room furniture is in the large DIY stores such as Leroy Merlin or Akí, you will find all you need there.
I would buy a glass shower cubicle, the plastic ones are cheaper but don't cope too well with the high lime content of the water here, they are very bad to remove the limescale from.

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As another 'older person' I also am a shower person, though not those Battery powered on the wall jobbies that you tend to get in UK. I mean the real deal, plumbed in version with hot and cold supply connected.

When my wife and check out possible accommodation a bath with shower over is a big 'no no' and we move on to the next prospect. Stepping over the side of a bath to use the shower and stepping out again with wet feet is an invitation to an accident.

As for a bath for the kiddies which is a good point, a half bath and a shower cubical might be the best of both worlds.

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In an apartment a shower is fine for most people I would have thought.

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Bidet - a marvellous invention - so too is the shower !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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They will probably be out of town or on polígonos. Here's a couple I found on google for you:
Manara Baños
Sanemientos Salgueros
Just search for baños saneamientos torremolinos

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Looks like us oldies have it :thumbup:

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Our current rental originally had a nice big tiled shower cubicle ( half a room ) obviously to appease the last tenants they had a bath put in over the shower base. Nightmare, dangerous or what, my OH has already slipped once even with a silly mat in the bottom of the bath, you have to use a step to step into the bath & waddle up to the shower, landlord is a nice chap so I will have to butter him up into removing the bath, and neither of us are OAP's.

Suzi

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Just having a shower limits the range of clients and also resale value. Most upmarket hotels and spas are advertising massage baths and special oils. Showers are ok. in the morning but for relaxing in the evening, especially before a special occasion, nothing beats a good soak, exfoliation and a couple of candles with a glass of wine. You can always finish with a good power shower to rinse of the oil and grime:thumbup:

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I disagree!

The first thing that many people do when buying a house here in Spain is to remove the bath....they are very dangerous things for both the elderly and for the young!
Having a bath rather than a shower in this hot climate... where water conservation is paramount, is in my opinion extremely wasteful and irresponsible!

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Another good point +1