How many bedrooms is adequate?

lostinrates

Dippychick wrote: »

On the floor next to the bed, like I had to when I moved out

Oh, I have done it short term and would again, but longer term I'd want something there. :o

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

totally agree about kitchen cupboards. Too small, too deep.

But bedroom furniture: where will you put you bedside lamp/book/glasses/glass of water if you don't have something by your bed?

Not thought that one through yet ... probably a nifty folding table that can be taken from room to room.... after all I can only really be using it in one place at a time.

I currently have a nifty laptop table, that would do. It could be used in the living room, in the bedroom and even outside in the garden when I sit out there.

I'm a proper minimalist ... the rest of you are fakes

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20078234

In fact, I am using this right now.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Not thought that one through yet ... probably a nifty folding table that can be taken from room to room.... after all I can only really be using it in one place at a time.

I currently have a nifty laptop table, that would do. It could be used in the living room, in the bedroom and even outside in the garden when I sit out there.

I'm a proper minimalist ... the rest of you are fakes

I'm a long way from a minimalist...:eek: but, really, a folding table, fine now, but what about later in life, do you really want to lug a table about, taking a lamp of it, putting it on the floor, gathering all your stuff in one hand and the table in the other?

chinagirl

Chance would be a fine thing. We have live in a large 2 bedroom house, with our 3 sons. We split the largest bedroom into 2 and Dh and myself now sleep in what was the 2nd biggest room, so DS1 gets a newly created small room to himself and DS2 and DS3 share the other 'half' of the room. Yes, a larger 4 bedroom house would be great, but we can't afford to sell up and spend £x thousands extra just to get another bedroom and an extra toilet (we only have the 1 family bathroom, too:o).

My cousin is in a worse situation, as they live in a modest 3 bed semi with their 5 children!! :eek:

We both think it would be nice to have larger houses, but we both realise there are more important things in life, like being happy and content, and living within our means.

We both have made alterations to our respective houses to meet the needs of our growing families - I have also added a large conservatory, which is in constant use as a family room/music room, as an alternative to our living room, and my cousin has had her garage converted into a play room, the MPV is happily parked on their drive. So we are quite proud of the homes we have created. Our children are happy and accept they regularly have to share space in the house, so hopefully will grow up more rounded and balanced as a result. (My children will grow up with excellent bladder control also :rotfl:)

pipkin71

andykn wrote: »

Reading the Fife brochure, I think those numbers include living/reception rooms.

It is quite poorly written.

I think it is quite likely they do, andy. I haven't looked at the Fife document though.

When filling in forms recently, I was asked how many bedrooms + how many rooms could be used as a bedroom, in my house.

pipkin71

MrsE wrote: »

We have two (large) nedrooms & its just fine;)

No space for guests:D

:rotfl::rotfl:

Will you be pushing the coffee table to the side, and blowing up an air bed when we come to stay then?

pipkin71

sjaypink wrote: »

much easier than altering homes like that, just give old people one of them grabby/ pointy stick things, solves a variety of problems! my nan loved hers, bless her- great for her to swipe my kids round the head if they got in front of the telly

I'm waiting for an adapted property, as we wont be able to stay in this one long term. I have a grabby / pointy stick thing

They have raised the plug sockets actually so now I don't have to reach down to put plugs in / pull them out ect. No problems with the light switches.

I believe hallways / doors are wider in new builds. I need a wider hallway and front door, and they can't do that here.

baileysbattlebus

Graham_Devon wrote: »

I have to admit, I'm slightly confused now.

I don't know of many social houses that have seperate dining rooms.

Therefore, what would a 4 apartment actually be? I'm guessing 3 bedrooms and a living room.

From what you have said above, if you needed 4 bedrooms, you'd get a 3 bed but then be expected to use the dining room if it had one. What if it did not have a dining room, as I doubt any being built do now?

I thought you meant you would be expected to use the lounge as a bedroom when you first posted, or that the lounge counted as part of the "bedrooms".

Apartments are habitable rooms in Scotland -and do not include kitchens or bathrooms or toilets - you wouldn't be expected to sleep in anyone of those. They didn't expect you to sleep in the lounge, but they might now. But they could be any permutation of bedroom, living room, dining room infact any room that is classed as habitable.

A 4 apartment house could be a 3 bed house with one living room (3+1=4) or a 2 bed house with one living room and one dining room (2+1+1=4)- if you needed 4 bedrooms, which would be a 5 apartment house - you could end up with a 3 bed house with a living room and dining room. (3+1+1=5) or 4 bedrooms and 1 living room (4+1=5) Which means for either of those you would have 4 rooms you could sleep in.



You would use the dining room as a bedroom - that along with the 3 beds would give you the 4 beds you need.

baileysbattlebus

Graham_Devon wrote: »

I'm only saying I was confused, as the person who told me I didnt understand, then talked about using a 4 room apartment consisting of 3 bedrooms and a dining room.

The lounge was not included, nor the kitchen or bathroom.

On the first explanation, I would have called that house a 5 room apartment. 3 beds, dining room, lounge.

But that seems to have changed now?

Therefore, as most, if not all social homes have no dining room, in the example bailey used, it would work out as a 3 room apartment, because it had 3 bedrooms. Therefore, were back to square one.

In fact in Scotland our first house was a council house with a separate dining room - quite a lot of council houses had dining rooms - and they would expect you to use a separate dining room as a bedroom if you needed to - they wouldn't expect you to use the living room. Although the living room is obviously a habitable room too.

And I apologise if the explanation was confusing.

wageslave

lostinrates wrote: »

totally agree about kitchen cupboards. Too small, too deep.

But bedroom furniture: where will you put you bedside lamp/book/glasses/glass of water if you don't have something by your bed?

When I ran away from home, I missed a bedside cabinet more than I missed a posh kitchen or a utility room. It was one of the first things I bought