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  • tbs624
    tbs624 Posts: 10,816 Forumite
    pinkshoes wrote: »
    Personal opinion!

    For me, open-plan kitchen/living room = YAY! :j

    Being a sociable being who loves cooking for friends, I really hate houses/flats where the kitchen is separate, as I feel so isolated whilst everyone else is in the other room. Open plan is far more suitable for entertaining!
    Sometimes nice to have the separate kitchen/living rooms though if you *are* letting out a bedroom, as it can get away from that feeling of being in one another's space constantly. There's nothing quite like sitting on the sofa in a fog of your sharer's burning fish stew etc ..as you say, people will have differing opinions :smiley:
  • adonis10
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    tbs624 wrote: »
    Sometimes nice to have the separate kitchen/living rooms though if you *are* letting out a bedroom, as it can get away from that feeling of being in one another's space constantly. There's nothing quite like sitting on the sofa in a fog of your sharer's burning fish stew etc ..as you say, people will have differing opinions :smiley:

    Yeah, see your point.

    Luckily, I would probably be renting to a friend so this shouldn't be an issue. We're considering renting but if I can scrape the cash together I'd rather buy and pay £400 toward my own mortgage rather than toward some nobby landlords.
  • PasturesNew
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    adonis10 wrote: »
    Yeah, see your point.

    Luckily, I would probably be renting to a friend so this shouldn't be an issue. We're considering renting but if I can scrape the cash together I'd rather buy and pay £400 toward my own mortgage rather than toward some nobby landlords.
    You have to also think beyond that time, when he's moved out .... and you need to find a stranger to move in. Then how would things work?
  • tbs624
    tbs624 Posts: 10,816 Forumite
    adonis10 wrote: »
    Yeah, see your point.

    Luckily, I would probably be renting to a friend so this shouldn't be an issue. We're considering renting but if I can scrape the cash together I'd rather buy and pay £400 toward my own mortgage rather than toward some nobby landlords.
    You will of course qualify as your mate's "nobby LL" ........;)
  • adonis10
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    tbs624 wrote: »
    You will of course qualify as your mate's "nobby LL" ........;)

    Haha. As long as his standing order goes through every month, he stumps up half for bills and doesn't do any damage then all will be well!
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