IMO neither show a good psace around the tub so maybe just post an actual floor plan of your bathroom. I think free standing tubs are a PITA to get in and out of and require a huge bathroom withat least 12-18” all around the tub for proper cleaning and IMO even more for the visual .

It doesn't fit. If I had to use that tub in that space, I'd place it along the wall opposite the showerhead.

Also, if you live in a cold climate, placing the tub against the window will create plumbing problems in protecting the plumbing from freezing - you will need a great deal of insulation for the plumbing lines to the tub. When plumbing is on an exterior wall, you have to insulate the pipes themselves, and insulate the cavity between the pipes and the exterior wall. Those windows better be high quality double-pane or triple-pane; otherwise as you are sitting in the tub, you will get cold fast.

The tub looks kind of jammed in there. Maybe a tub whose sides were more vertical would look better:

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Frankly neither as they both look as if they are crammed into a space. But if a gun were held to my head I would opt for the straight one because the angled one looks ridiculous and - at least from the pictures - protrudes into the space.

But I reiterate other posters in not understanding why you want a free standing tub in that space at all. It is less functional than a "built in" and either one of your choices looks odd in that space. A free standing tub is meant to be exactly that - FREE STANDING - with lots of space around it both for function (to clean) as well as aesthetically to give a sense of a sculptural look within a space. So you plan to climb into the tub when you want to wash the window?

Agree with what others have said that this tub just seems ill-fitting given the space, would opt for something with steeper, straighter sides if possible. This would make better use of the space and avoid making cleaning a nightmare.

None of those. No wetroom. It’s a bad concept.

Probably not a popular point of view, but as a tub lover and architect I have never liked the free-standing vessel tubs at all and would instead opt for a clean-lined no-frills rectangular tub. They remind me of the popular vessel sinks from a few years ago that were supposed to look like big salad bowls or relflecting old-tImey wash basins sitting on top of furniture with tapered residual space around them before running water. It isn’t the “but how to clean?” criticisms (cleaning is cleaning it gets done just fine), it’s the designs with residual spaces that look wrong or forced. Yes I can appreciate the idea of a sculptural objects with interesting negative space around it, but IMHO save those for independent artwork and not so much for plumbing fixtures. There are exceptions - I have a big antique cast iron clawfoot tub in a guest bath with a nice “object/sillouette“ quality surrounded by empty residual space, not too different from the more contemporary vessel tubs, it doesn’t appear to be a problem to clean for practical purposes at all, but that was 20 years ago, not so interested in quasi-historic reproduction bathrooms any longer.

The good part I guess about the freestanding tub is that even 20 years later, guests still go gaga (I guess for the “ye-olde” appeal, and from a practical point of view they are very skinny and don’t take up much room.

Being a tub lover I would not reject a house or based on a style of tub, but would check to see if it could be easily replaced.

There are major waterproofing logistics issues with this concept. Which is why it’s incredibly expensive to do where it lasts. Lots of low budget hacks out there are creating a leaking nightmare. This is major home surgery, and major risks. Do due diligence on the structural and waterproofing. Of it will cost you way more down the road.

Every time you'll want to open/close the window or open/close the blinds, you'll have to climb into the bathtub, climb out of the bathtub, make the adjustment, climb back into the bathtub and climb out of the bathtub again.

The cost isn't the tub itself.

The cost for a wet room properly done is what is expensive since you need waterproofing done correct and the floor needs to be sloped properly. As others have posted, that is the significant cost as well as the fixtures and plumbing needed for a freestanding tub.

If you want to take out the tub, you would have to redo all of the waterproofing since waterproofing needs to be seamless and it would most likely be disrupted if tub was taken out.

Good point about the waterproofing aspect of wet rooms in general. It’s a concern always. It’s a new build and isn‘t retrofit so that side has been taken care of with modern materials & no hacks or cost cutting (not as painful as a retrofit for cost on this anyway) on that side.

(It's all done now anyway so that ship has sailed. It's just the final fitting of the bath and lights left and glass shower door to put in)

Underfloor heating too will help reduce moisture issues.

Time will tell though I guess!

Regarding the blinds they are external motor driven & managed via a switch on the wall that we can lean over to access & are Wi-Fi enabled too if we can’t manage the stretch.

Window has no need to be opened due to the extractor ventilation system. It was more for light and view (just opted for an opening as an emergency escape as am anxious about that stuff!) Plenty of wetrooms have no opening windows to speak of.

We did actually think about SOME of this LOL :-)

Final result.

The glass doors go all the way to the ceiling, blocking inside air between the shower room and the rest of the house. Does the little fan at the top of the rear wall actually remove all the steam from the room while showering?

Shame. Thought the angled position looked way more stylish and opened up the room. Still helped make my decision. Anyway, it's what you personally prefer. Enjoy your bath tub!