Downsizing and smaller bedrooms

shellsuit

looby75 wrote: »

see I like square and modern lol I like the idea of removable covers too. I'm going to have a nosey at next now

It's only because I know Next have half price sales that draw me to them!

They do have a big choice though, as there's load of different fabrics for each style of sofa x

Dontknowanymore

RIGHT!!!!!
Just got back from that flat and I am so glad I went for a second look! I thought it was a lot smaller than it actually is! :rotfl:
I will be having the smaller bedroom, which has a built in cupboard in that too, bonus! The kids will have the big bedroom, we can all use the living room as we please (within reason) and I am totally in love with the kitchen! Just gutted I can't take the range cooker with me!

I took my Mum with me who is quite a fussy person and she said it's a good little flat, the area is perfect, my eldest son is uber excited about being near Nanny and his best friend and I'm hopefully going to be able to get him back into his old school, but the others I have looked at are still good, I have done my research!

Sooooo to all the haters out there, I hope you sleep well tonight safe in the knowledge that my poor poor children wont have to sleep in bunk beds in a single bedroom

FatVonD

I lived in a studio flat with a sofa bed for 3 months and it was a right pain in the proverbial having to make the bed before you could get into it each night. That's why our spare bed (in the room that used to be the kitchen) is a proper bed but with a very plain cover and then lots of cushions along the wall. It works for us (might not be so good in a sitting room situation if you have guests that aren't comfortable curling up the bed with you!!) but it's way cheaper than buying a sofa bed

FatVonD

Dontknowanymore wrote: »

RIGHT!!!!!
Just got back from that flat and I am so glad I went for a second look! I thought it was a lot smaller than it actually is! :rotfl:
I will be having the smaller bedroom, which has a built in cupboard in that too, bonus! The kids will have the big bedroom, we can all use the living room as we please (within reason) and I am totally in love with the kitchen! Just gutted I can't take the range cooker with me!

I took my Mum with me who is quite a fussy person and she said it's a good little flat, the area is perfect, my eldest son is uber excited about being near Nanny and his best friend and I'm hopefully going to be able to get him back into his old school, but the others I have looked at are still good, I have done my research!

Sooooo to all the haters out there, I hope you sleep well tonight safe in the knowledge that my poor poor children wont have to sleep in bunk beds in a single bedroom

I'm glad it's worked out for you, as they say, you can always change the inside of the flat but you can't pick it up and move it somewhere else!

Even if they did have the small bedroom there's always stuff you can do to maximise space. When we moved here my son's bedroom was a lot smaller than his last one (he doesn't share it though) so I bought him a flat-screen TV for his X-box to free up some space (he was gutted, as you can imagine ) and we've hung a rail in the alcove and got rid of the wardrobes. Where there's a will there's a way!

Sky_

FatVonD wrote: »

I lived in a studio flat with a sofa bed for 3 months and it was a right pain in the proverbial having to make the bed before you could get into it each night. That's why our spare bed (in the room that used to be the kitchen) is a proper bed but with a very plain cover and then lots of cushions along the wall. It works for us (might not be so good in a sitting room situation if you have guests that aren't comfortable curling up the bed with you!!) but it's way cheaper than buying a sofa bed

A lot of the metal framed sofa beds allow you to fold them complete with quilts and bedding, them throw the removable sofa covers over the top. You just need to take care to air them well at some point each day.

We've always have a sofa bed in our living room, either used by us when we have guests (if they sleep in our bed) or by the guests themselves. If people are staying for more than one night, we fold it with the bedding inside in the daytime.

shellsuit

Sky_ wrote: »

A lot of the metal framed sofa beds allow you to fold them complete with quilts and bedding, them throw the removable sofa covers over the top. You just need to take care to air them well at some point each day.

We've always have a sofa bed in our living room, either used by us when we have guests (if they sleep in our bed) or by the guests themselves. If people are staying for more than one night, we fold it with the bedding inside in the daytime.

That's what we're looking to do. Well, just leaving the sheets on. The pillows and duvet can go in the cupboard under the stairs, where they live now anyway, for anyone who stops over on the sofa.

elvis86

Respect to those people giving up their bedrooms for their kids, but I couldn't do it. I'd just have to have less kids or get a bigger house!

carefullycautious

I think the above is going to be happening more and more as housing becomes more scarce.

It wont be long before 2 families are sharing one house as happened back in the 60s i expect it already happens in some areas.

jackyann

shellsuit wrote: »

No, it's not.

I don't know why so many people assume this is the truth, because it's not.

That's shell suit referring to someone posting that council housing is for people in most need.
That's how it has been seen recently, and in many cases, has become, but originally it was to provide good housing away from private landlords. In my youth, my dad's socialist friends used to discuss whether a good socialist should buy a house or not; certainly they didn't see council housing as just being for needy people.
People of my generation remember council estates as being lovely places, with nice houses & good gardens ( a lot of the nicer ones got bought under the 80s "right-to-buy" scheme). Even when I was a young adult, and council housing was less freely available, it was usual for teachers, police officers & community nurses to be prioritised for council housing as well as members of the armed forces.
Some housing associations are trying to get back to those days, but with the difficulties in housing supply, it looks like a hard task.
A bit off-topic, but I wanted to agree with shell suit!

jellyhead

carefullycautious wrote: »

I think the above is going to be happening more and more as housing becomes more scarce.

It wont be long before 2 families are sharing one house as happened back in the 60s i expect it already happens in some areas.

We always had other people living in our 2-bed house, it wasn't unusual for people to sleep on a friend's sofa for a year or so. When we had a 3-bed we had my gran and 2 of my uncles sharing our house, with gran in the dining room and the uncles in bunk beds in with the boys.