British Shoeboxes Aren't Big Enough for a Jolly Good Xmas

Really2

Reading some of the room sizes on here I wonder what size my house (in number of rooms) would be if it was an older house.

I presume a 4 bed 1920's house?

Living room 21' X 13', Kitchen 11' X 10', Breakfast 12' X 10', Dining (now play room ) 10' 6" X 8' 6", Study 8' X 7'. hall 18' X 10' maximum (odd shape).

I must admit ours is the only new build I saw wit 2X 4' X 4' cloak rooms (storage not WC's:)) and a 5' X 4' under stairs storage.

I really do not think I could have got a bigger house for my money but I should imagine I could of got a bigger over all plot if I got an older house.

puddy

blimey PN, that is actually quite shocking, i dont think of you that way

underfloor heating, too expensive and i was told its more of secondary heating rather than main heating, especially for those on here with seemingly HUGE houses, unlike me

NEH

MRSTITTLEMOUSE wrote: »

There is a down side to large rooms though.
We live in an 1800s house and the reception rooms are nearly 6mts x 6mts as are the main bedrooms and the hall is nearly 30 ft long.We have a lovely sized kitchen 19 x15 ft but the down side is no matter how much we spend on heating,in the winter the place is always bloody freezing.

30ft long, my word what do you do dance The Gay Gordons down the hallway...:rotfl:

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'll use this thread to slip in the little known fact that I did, once, years ago, randomly have a quickie in the built in cupboard in a new build

While the sales lady was downstairs at her desk.

Thanks, i feel better for knowing that information :rotfl: is that your confession of the week? feel better now?

PasturesNew

Really2 wrote: »

Reading some of the room sizes on here I wonder what size my house (in number of rooms) would be if it was an older house.

I presume a 4 bed 1920's house?

Living room 21' X 13', Kitchen 11' X 10', Breakfast 12' X 10', Dining (now play room ) 10' 6" X 8' 6", Study 8' X 7'. hall 18' X 10' maximum (odd shape).

I must admit ours is the only new build I saw wit 2X 4' X 4' cloak rooms (storage not WC's:)) and a 5' X 4' under stairs storage.

I really do not think I could have got a bigger house for my money but I should imagine I could of got a bigger over all plot if I got an older house.

If a developer got hold of that it'd be four 1-bed flats and two studios!
Easily.

I could dig through rightmove and find actual self-contained studios, a total of 12'x12' for £70-100k in some places (nowhere near London either)

Developers really do take the pee.

NEH

PasturesNew wrote: »

If a developer got hold of that it'd be four 1-bed flats and two studios!
Easily.

I could dig through rightmove and find actual self-contained studios, a total of 12'x12' for £70-100k in some places (nowhere near London either)

Developers really do take the pee.

Studio flats nr where we used to live in Aberdeen go for 91K when they've been renovated.

baileysbattlebus

PasturesNew wrote: »

That's a bit of a monster size isn't it.

It is quite a big house - we've been in it a long time. When we moved the kids were - 11,12 & 13. The mother in law couldn't manage the stairs - so a downstairs room - the study was used as a bedroom for her visits for a number of years. A bedroom each for the kids and a spare for other relatives visiting - we live at one end of the country and the rest of the family live at the other end.

The downside is now that we are looking to move everything new seems pokey - we thought a new house would be the way forward - lack of maintenance etc.

TBH, when we moved into it - it seemed huge for a while - it's about twice the size of the house before it. The downside is the cost to carpet it and decorate it.

treliac

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'll use this thread to slip in the little known fact that I did, once, years ago, randomly have a quickie in the built in cupboard in a new build

Was that with someone else?

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

PasturesNew wrote: »

This discussion is about houses, not mansions :P

That is huuuge.. your kitchen is about 10% larger than my entire current living space.

Thing is I sold my new build with a total down stairs living area not as big as one of the reception rooms we have now and paid 10k more for this one.
It has four beds and the smallest two are 12ft x9ft with two landings measuring 15ft x9ft and a downstairs lobby 6ft x5ft.
We had to redecorate throughout but it was the best thing we ever did, and it's in a nice area.

Really2

PasturesNew wrote: »

I could dig through rightmove and find actual self-contained studios, a total of 12'x12' for £70-100k in some places (nowhere near London either)

Developers really do take the pee.

That does take the pee.

Here could be an MSN challenge I wonder what is the optimum size house, £ per sq ft.

So where do house hit optimal performance for the £, I presume there must be a point.

I would have a guess at 3 bed ex council.:)

NEH

baileysbattlebus wrote: »

It is quite a big house - we've been in it a long time. When we moved the kids were - 11,12 & 13. The mother in law couldn't manage the stairs - so a downstairs room - the study was used as a bedroom for her visits for a number of years. A bedroom each for the kids and a spare for other relatives visiting - we live at one end of the country and the rest of the family live at the other end.

The downside is now that we are looking to move everything new seems pokey - we thought a new house would be the way forward - lack of maintenance etc.

TBH, when we moved into it - it seemed huge for a while - it's about twice the size of the house before it. The downside is the cost to carpet it and decorate it.

You can tell I am tired, I read that as your family lived at one end of the house and you at the other...:rotfl: