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Is it unwise to buy a one bedroom house?

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  • hcb42
    hcb42 Posts: 5,962 Forumite
    I wouldnt buy one personally, I like space. I had a five bed house and there has only ever been two of us. Plenty of space for family though when they come to visit.

    Both sisters had a one bed, house/flat at same time, for years though. Both sold ok,
  • poppysarah
    poppysarah Posts: 11,522 Forumite
    GlynD wrote: »
    Aha - there you go assuming. Naughty naughty :p

    I didn't say I was single did I? ;)


    sol·i·tar·y/ˈsäləˌterē/

    Noun: A recluse or hermit.
    Adjective: Done or existing alone
  • GlynD
    GlynD Posts: 10,883 Forumite
    hcb42 wrote: »
    I wouldnt buy one personally, I like space. I had a five bed house and there has only ever been two of us. Plenty of space for family though when they come to visit.

    Both sisters had a one bed, house/flat at same time, for years though. Both sold ok,

    We used to be like that but I got fed up watching the wee woman cleaning three bathrooms. It was when she strained her back using a pickaxe on the footings for the new patio that I decided to sell.
  • GlynD
    GlynD Posts: 10,883 Forumite
    poppysarah wrote: »
    sol·i·tar·y/ˈsäləˌterē/

    Noun: A recluse or hermit.
    Adjective: Done or existing alone

    Still naughty of you. If you look back in my posts you'll see I was talking about "I used to" live alone in a one bedroom flat.

    "Used to" being the operative phrase.

    Just didn't see the point in extrapolating further at that point. Not until you started ASSUMING that a good looking hunk like me would be left on the shelf for an extended period :p

    Never assume. It makes an @ss out of u and me ;)
  • poppysarah
    poppysarah Posts: 11,522 Forumite
    GlynD wrote: »
    Still naughty of you. If you look back in my posts you'll see I was talking about "I used to" live alone in a one bedroom flat.

    "Used to" being the operative phrase.

    Just didn't see the point in extrapolating further at that point. Not until you started ASSUMING that a good looking hunk like me would be left on the shelf for an extended period :p

    Never assume. It makes an @ss out of u and me ;)

    You also said:
    Originally Posted by GlynD viewpost.gif
    Some of us are quite solitary people you know?
  • GlynD
    GlynD Posts: 10,883 Forumite
    poppysarah wrote: »
    You also said:
    Originally Posted by GlynD viewpost.gif
    Some of us are quite solitary people you know?

    Now now - don't be pedantic. Both of us are solitary. So are our two cats. ;)

    Don't be disapointed dear. Plenty other fish in the sea :D
  • SailorSam
    SailorSam Posts: 22,754 Forumite
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    poppysarah wrote: »
    Some even the most solitary find love from time to time.
    Or a hobby.

    That's right Poppy
    Love is my hobby that's why 1bed will do.
    Liverpool is one of the wonders of Britain,
    What it may grow to in time, I know not what.

    Daniel Defoe: 1725.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    What you save on running a 2-bed place (extra council tax, heating, insurance, carpeting/curtains/furniture, electricity to hoover ....) you can spend on cats instead.

    :)
  • molit
    molit Posts: 373 Forumite
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    I think it also depends on the area - is it an area where you expect lots of younger people to live etc...you can live you're life on what if's.....just buy with your head and not your heart (well, a little bit of heart never heart). I know how living in a flat can drive you crazy and just be desperate to get out of there into anywhere with space around it...
    No longer an accidental landlord, still a wannabe millionaire:beer:

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  • dizziblonde
    dizziblonde Posts: 4,276 Forumite
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    I wouldn't - just find having the spare room for people to stay in too handy. Had a 1-bed flat before and I couldn't go back to that.
    Little miracle born April 2012, 33 weeks gestation and a little toughie!
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