If you plan to sell your home in the future, most buyers will expect a (nice) tub in the master bath. Good luck with your decision.

This is one of those dilemmas I encounter all of the time. For some reason everyone believes that a Master Bath 'needs' a tub and two sinks. Whenever I have a client who is remodeling a Master Bath, I ask how often the tub and second sink are used. The majority of the time the answer is 'not often' or 'never'.

If you don't use the tub and see benefit in taking that space for another purpose that will benefit you, then you already have your answer.

I believe some locales will require at least one tub in a residence (my local building codes no longer require it) - might be something to keep in mind for some people.

I think as long as there is one somewhere else make the master how you want it. I love a tub but don't have one in my master but I use the one in the other bathroom, no big deal.

Put in a great shower- bench, rainhead, steam, bodysprays, speakers, etc. Make it a place of escape. Post your plan on here and let's see what we can do with the space too.

I have gone back and forth on this myself. Conventional wisdom is that you should have one tub in the house. But if you are not going to sell for a long time, who cares?

That said, I changed my mind and went with the deep soaker and a single sink in the master, and a larger curbless shower in the other bathroom.

I noticed in my parents house they only used one sink, and the other one looked brand new while the one they used looked well used. So basically that second sink was totally unnecessary.

A house should have at least one 'proper' bathtub.

I agree with you @Dytecture, but I don't think it necessarily needs to be in the Master Bath.

Thanks so much for all the input! I will try and figure out how to post pictures and the layout

We took out a large corner tub in our master bath, we never used it. The space eaten up by the tub gave us a larger shower and another closet. If removing your tub gives you something else you need I would do it.

Here our some pictures of our bathroom. We are thinking of taking the tub out and replacing with a shower in its place. Putting the toilet where the shower was, double sink with open shelving where single sink is

I like your plan...I think your current tub space would make a beautiful shower, and moving the toilet gives a bit of privacy. Do you really need 2 sinks? A single sink offset to the left of the vanity would give you a lot of counter space. Getting rid of the pedestal sink will give you more storage as well.

As long as there is a tub somewhere in the house, then eliminate the tub. Def need 2 sinks. Do you plan on filling in the window if you put the shower there? how will that affect the outside visual of the house?

This is something that can go either way--when you go to sell the house...
There are many people who because of aging in place design prefer to have a large, walk/roll-in shower in master...so that they don't need to step in/out of a tub if they get more unsteady...

As long as there is a tub available for someone to use in another bathroom--preferably a "nice" tub...I think buyers can see the purpose behind a large, lovely shower-only master bath...

That would be my preference--
I haven't taken a tub bath in more years than I can count---
but my daughter in law covets the spa-type tub in our master bedroom...which I haven't turned on in the 5 yrs we have lived in the house...

Whatever you decide--get someone who knows what they are doing to check the design...and ensure you aren't creating problems you might not be aware of initially...
Like where to have the controls for the shower and do you really need 18 shower heads/water points because of what that does to your water/heating bill...

We have two large walk/roll in showers in house we bought about 5 yrs ago--they look great but the one in the master that is on a north outside wall is COLD...no matter how hot the water is because the ceiling in the show is same height as rest of the room and they decided to save money and not add a glass door--
easier access and having a door to open and close could be a hassle because of its location in the room--not lot of swing room...

WAY too tall for a big double-sz shower because all the hot air goes to the ceiling and you are cold as soon as you leave the hot water stream...
Ceiling could have been lowered w/o really sacrificing anything.
We had a much smaller shower stall in house we moved from and lived in for 20+ yrs--but it was like a steam shower--and you never got cold in the winter taking a shower...

IF you decide to improve the bathroom by only having a shower w/o a tub----make sure you HAVE improved the appearance/desirability/functionality and haven't just installed new stuff...

Plus the vacation house we bought in FL a couple of years ago had a remodeled kitchen but two original bathrooms from the 70s--
the master has a corner soaker tub and small shower stall--

The space where the tub is could be turned into nice sz shower stall and we could move the toilet over a little into where the shower is now and have a window in that toilet---
would be nicer and offer some degree of privacy that even a long-married couple appreciates...

The guest/front bath is totally vintage down to the green toilet sink, tub, and toilet---definitely not our colors, but my daughter says "you have to respect the vintage, Mom" so I don't know if we will change this as long as stuff works...

As long as you have another tub in the house, you can eliminate the tub in the master bath.