Bungalow - whilst young?

phoebe1989seb

duchy wrote: »

Eh ?

Get a lot of noisy, anti social pensioners in your area do you ? :rotfl:

Overall pensioners as neighbours are an advantage -they are home in the day to take in your parcels, notice suspicious strangers hanging about, keep their front gardens nice and don't usually invite their druggy mates around to sit in the front garden... they may invite their grandchildren around to play noisily in their garden but usually send them home at the end of the day or sooner . Tend not to play rubbish music really loudly after 9pm too

We did, in Essex......and their taste in (loud) music was terrible too :eek:

egoode

I grew up in Australia and bungalow's are really common there so I find it really strange that people in the UK think they are only for old people. I loved our house and now I've lived in places with stairs I'd go back to a bungalow in a second as they are so much more convenient.

Road_Hog

dotdash79 wrote: »

so I'm not sure what you are on about with the stairs thing.

These luv, get one of them and you'll be fine. I think they also do lifts, so you could get into your loft as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiSGtrVQj5g

DRP

I grew up (2yo-11yo) in a bungalow. Decent garden front and back in a quiet cul de sac. They were all the rage where i lived in the 70s.

I'd be perfectly happy to live there in my 30s, but there aren't many around in larger towns and cities.

mollythewestie

My mum said when she was growing up (1950's - 1960's) it was considered "posh" to have a bungalow. :rotfl:

Another great point about bungalows is how adaptable the space is, we are thinking about splitting the living room into a bedroom and study room and changing a bedroom into the living room.
This is very easily done as nearly all of the walls are stud walls anyway.

The neighbours have nearly all been extended to the back, and some to the side, front and a dormer roof too, to create 5 bedrooms in total.

Davesnave

mollythewestie wrote: »

The neighbours have nearly all been extended to the back, and some to the side, front and a dormer roof too, to create 5 bedrooms in total.

Hurrah! At last, someone who knows that Dorma is a bedding company, not a type of window. :T

mollythewestie

Davesnave wrote: »

Hurrah! At last, someone who knows that Dorma is a bedding company, not a type of window. :T

I must admit I typed "Dormer" and doubted myself at the spelling, so had to Google it to be sure!

Dimey

Road_Hog wrote: »

Well you've heard it now, bungalows are for old people (AKA coffin dodgers), in this country.

I'm not sure how property prices are affected by old people living in bungalows, as I don't tend to live in them. Although I did once, in a rental property (job relocation, in between buying) as it was the only place that would have the three cats and two dogs. Not only was it a bungalow, it had spiral carpet and flock wall paper. I still feel dirty to this day.

And yes, I have experience of the market in the South East, I'm selling a property in West London at the moment and the market is quite lively, more buyers than sellers.

Ah well as you are in the south east too then the "bungalows for oldies" isn't a regional thing. From your post you seem quite anti the actual bungalow you rented purely due to the d!cor. Of course that could have been anyone's bungalow, not just an older person and plenty of houses could have that decor. That d!cor is not exclusive to the odd bungalow.

I think your comment that bungalows are for old people in this country is completely inaccurate. You can see with the amount of posts on this thread that bungalow owners come from all sorts of age groups. Bungalows are so varied. From large ultra modern rambling ranch styles for wealthy people to small seaside cottage styles for retired people and a whole lot in between.

Bungalows I see in Kent are above average pricewise as they are sought after. As other posters have said, they are situated on larger plots of land and many are considered rather posh.

bloolagoon

It's certainly been an interesting read and the property in question seems very popular with lots of interest. Perhaps I will feel differently once viewed, I just like to go upstairs to bed and send the kids up stairs to be noisy. I may be letting the stress of having nowhere to move to get to me somewhat.

witchy1066

bloolagoon wrote: »

It's certainly been an interesting read and the property in question seems very popular with lots of interest. Perhaps I will feel differently once viewed, I just like to go upstairs to bed and send the kids up stairs to be noisy. I may be letting the stress of having nowhere to move to get to me somewhat.

as I said in a previous post , I have lived in a bungalow for over 16yrs ,loved it and to a point still do BUT I have to be honest and say , I can not wait to go upstairs to bed

as someone else said, mostly stud walls, when I am in bed reading I can hear OH on his PC , the keyboard clatter click clatter, drives my crazy :rotfl: