Self storage soars as UK houses are too small

drc

amcluesent wrote: »

>Mum has a very large Edwardian house with loads of space and high ceilings.<

Actually, the elderly could hire-out unused rooms in their big houses. As well as some £ to boost their pensions, they'd have someone to chat to as peeps popped-in to add/fetch their stored possessions. Only downside is your stuff could end up whiffing of widdle.

Thanks but my mum isn't senile or incontinent, she goes out more than I do and is still working (more hours than most twenty somethings) and has all her faculties firmly intact. Her stuff is more likely to end up being the stuff that is damaged, weed on etc, due to my kids, not the other way around :rotfl:.

N1AK

Cleaver wrote: »

Jesus, they must all own some f*cking massive toasters. Some 74 Slice Breville Big B*stard or something.

Either that or 35% of people have kitchens that are less than two foot square.

I'm surprised it took this long to see someone question that bizarre line. Anyone, anyone, who says they can't fit a toaster in their kitchen is lying like a cheap Japanese watch.

I've had a couple of 'small' kitchens, and they do limit what I can have and use in them, but claims like that are entirely self-defeating as they make the argument seem ridiculous.

treliac

MRSTITTLEMOUSE wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
One thing I don't understand is why does everyone assume getting older means you lose control of your bladder.

If you believe the Tena Lady ads et al, you're likely to lose bladder control at an early age.

I've just googled and discovered there's a Tena Man as well..... Good job - I was starting to find the whole thing quite discriminatory.

starsandmoon

I live in a 2 bed Victorian terrace which has great storage and a big cupboard under the stairs which houses the tumble dryer and room for things like bikes, Xmas tree etc. Its a sod to heat though no matter what I do. I rented a new build flat for a short while. Storage was interesting. 1 cupboard in the hall! Was so easy to heat though. Mum lives in a new (ish) house and struggles with storage all the time. The 3rd bedroom is unuseable as a bed room, she has it as an office. A lot of families move once they have 2 children from her estate as there just isnt the room. She can a bed in the main room and not much else.

lostinrates

treliac wrote: »

If you believe the Tena Lady ads et al, you're likely to lose bladder control at an early age.

I've just googled and discovered there's a Tena Man as well..... Good job - I was starting to find the whole thing quite discriminatory.

Before I was ill I used to run a bit...really only a bit, three milesish 3-4 times a week.

One of the first things the expensive private doctor said was ''expect some bladder issues in your early middle age'' ...apparently running is up ther for women with childbirth and obesity as a strain on bladder control. As I get further into my thirties I get more and more worried that one day I'll be laughing along with friends and I'll just piddle everywhere. I do pelvic floor exercises fanatically just in case :o I can feel the lessening of tastebuds already....heading for sharper, hotter flavours...a bland diet is meant to keep them for longer but..hey, might as well wear them out.

treliac

lostinrates wrote: »

Before I was ill I used to run a bit...really only a bit, three milesish 3-4 times a week.

One of the first things the expensive private doctor said was ''expect some bladder issues in your early middle age'' ...apparently running is up ther for women with childbirth and obesity as a strain on bladder control. As I get further into my thirties I get more and more worried that one day I'll be laughing along with friends and I'll just piddle everywhere. I do pelvic floor exercises fanatically just in case :o I can feel the lessening of tastebuds already....heading for sharper, hotter flavours...a bland diet is meant to keep them for longer but..hey, might as well wear them out.

I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry at your agonies lir!!

However, I've had two really unpleasant births (won't go into details :eek:) Had all the instruments of torture used on me and, touch wood, no trouble at all in that area.

Bonia77

lostinrates wrote: »

Before I was ill I used to run a bit...really only a bit, three milesish 3-4 times a week.

One of the first things the expensive private doctor said was ''expect some bladder issues in your early middle age'' ...apparently running is up ther for women with childbirth and obesity as a strain on bladder control. As I get further into my thirties I get more and more worried that one day I'll be laughing along with friends and I'll just piddle everywhere. I do pelvic floor exercises fanatically just in case :o

I've heard that the Kegel balls work better than the exercises And have some othen non-urinary system adventages :cool:

IveSeenTheLight

des_cartes wrote: »

"35 per cent said their kitchens were too small even to accommodate a toaster."

Come now.
What poll can be taken seriously with this statement?

I can't think of any kitchens I've seen (including student half galley type recesses) which did not have space for a toaster.

Can anyone here seriously say that they know of a kitchen that were "too small to accomodate a toaster"

IveSeenTheLight

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I did that for a year. Two of us, sharing a "large family flat". The living room was about 10 x 6, the kitchen a bit smaller, there wasn't a full-size bath in the bathroom, and the bedrooms were tiny - the large was 8 x 7, the smaller was less than that.

Did you have a toaster?

I remember my mrs had a tiny student flat kitchen, probably only about 3' x 4' off the main living room. Still they had a toaster

PasturesNew

IveSeenTheLight wrote: »

Can anyone here seriously say that they know of a kitchen that were "too small to accomodate a toaster"

I think I genuinely can. Years ago I visited a mate, who had a studio - originally the building was designed as a hotel, but was changed before it was actually inhabited I think, or changed use. If you imagine going into a Travelodge room, you step in, take two steps forward and the bathroom door is on your right, then you have a room about 12' square. Well ... that was his studio. So, where is the kitchen?? It was a short plank on your left as you walked in the door.

Just found one on RM for sale. £125k http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27898081.html

Picture 2 is what greets you when you open the door... then step forward two big steps and you get to picture 3.

Entrance Hall/Kitchen Area 5'3ft x 3'2ft (1.60m x 0.97m)