Shower or bath?

That's the big question isn't it? Some would say bath is best, as yiu get to relax and soak, read a book, have a glass of wine etc. Others say a bath is unhygenic, as you sit in your own dirt, and that an invigorating shower is the only way to start or end the day.
Then of course there is the green arguement. A shower takes less water - unless you spend a long time in the shower or bath in only an inch of water, like my wife. I think she's afraid of drowning or something.
But key to the question is space. no not space as in the final frontier, but available space in the bathroom. Modern houses tend to have a "family" bathroom, with the master bedroom if you are lucky, having an ensuite. My own home built in the 1990's has one of those so called family bathrooms. Why it is termed a family bathrrom is beyond me. Yes the entire family use it, but not all at once. Anyway I digress. The room has a standard suite of a close coupled toilet pan and cistern, a sink which is larger than it needs to be - who uses it for anything other than washing their hands and brushing their teeth? and a bath. The bath is 1.7 metres long, which means internally it is about 1.5 metres. I am six foot two, and whilst I donl;t know what that is in new fangled metres, what I do know is that I can't lie down in the bath easily. So I desire a shower.
Some idiot of an architect obviously decided that I would not be allowed a shower, and in order to prevent me fitting one he took the step of fitting the door exactly in the middle of one wall. Standard sizes of shower trays appear to be about 1000mm - whilst a bath is 800. Available space either side of the door? 820mm. Room in theory for a bath either side of the door, but no room for a shower. Not that I would want a bath either side of the door you understand, just one bath is enough, but I'd like a shower too. Okay, so I shopped aroud and found smaller shower trays, one which would fit behind the door if I stripped off the plaster and chiselled out some of the breeze block wall.
That worked fine for ten years, except it leaked and never really sealed, and I used to bang my elbows getting in and out through the corner entry. So now it's time to bite the bullet and go fgor one of those modern shower bath suites, which promise the perfect compromise for those who desire a shower but don't have the room. Now some would scoff at the idea and just fit a shower over a standard bath and have a shower curtain. It was good enough for mum and dad after all.
But no, I want the B & Q Barcelona suite which is 850 mm wide, exactly 30 mm wider than the space available.
Damned architect wins again - or does he? Right, as I see it, "all" I need to do is move the door at least 30mm to the right, right? And rewire the socket that has to me noved to facilitate this, and reposition the lightswitch for the landing light, oh yeah, and the pull cord for the bathroom light. Rip off the old tiles, replace with new. Install the new flooring, new suite, replumb, new lighting, portion of Mr Kiplings, yes?
Well the door has moved almost two foot to the right as that was the nearest stud upright and kept things fairly simple. As I type I now have an open plan bathroom, which technically does have a door, although it doesn't close (needs shaving) but the door is pointless as it has no walls, just a lot of timber framing, allowing a perfect view into the hallway and landing area - not the best image for a bathroom, I'm sure you'll agree. Watch this space, things can only get better as the project continues.