Bungalow - whilst young?

bloolagoon

witchy1066 wrote: »

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:

Thank you, if nothing else I am not going in negative to the viewing and have had some really good advice like room flexibility, so I thank all who responded.

lindsloo

OP your thread has made me giggle. I am 32 and leave in the family home with DP, DD10 and DD3 and we love our bungalow. Most of our neighbours are young, cool and trendy just like me lol.

I never associated bungalows as being for old people. The space is so adaptable, there is a bedroom at the front and if we wanted to we could get rid and knock it through to have a dining space. There's so much to be done with this house.

I definitely do not miss stairs. We have been here 2 years, when we moved from a house to here I found it a shock as the little one could go into each room after I had tidied and trash it, empty wardrobes and drawers etc. I soon got over it. We only rent at the moment and hope to buy it, if/when it does come to the point we have to leave here I will be devastated.

bloolagoon

lindsloo wrote: »

OP your thread has made me giggle. I am 32 and leave in the family home with DP, DD10 and DD3 and we love our bungalow. Most of our neighbours are young, cool and trendy just like me lol.

I never associated bungalows as being for old people. The space is so adaptable, there is a bedroom at the front and if we wanted to we could get rid and knock it through to have a dining space. There's so much to be done with this house.

I definitely do not miss stairs. We have been here 2 years, when we moved from a house to here I found it a shock as the little one could go into each room after I had tidied and trash it, empty wardrobes and drawers etc. I soon got over it. We only rent at the moment and hope to buy it, if/when it does come to the point we have to leave here I will be devastated.

Thank you, I posted to get feedback like this, as I know I have a preconceived idea. I grew up outside London and the only bungalows are for over 60's and small. The saleability of what will possibly be a modern 5/6 bedroom when I leave does give concern as I hadn't anticipated there would be a market.

It's a learning curve this buying malarkey!

melanzana

I'd worry about security. Sleeping downstairs. I may be paranoid, but I do feel safer upstairs.

And when you look at flats for sale, the lowest prices are for ground floor. Same reason maybe?

But then again, I could make a bedroom in the loft, where I would be soooo safe from intruders, lol.

To my mind, good bungalows are just single storey cottages. And how cute are they?

If you like it, and it suits you, go for it, of not, don't.

wannahouse

bloolagoon wrote: »

If on right move you go to tynemouth Northumberland within 3 days you see the listing.

House I'd offer without seeing, I do not know why I logically feel strange with a bungalow as everything people say above is true, yet it does clearly bother me for some reason I can't explain

What if my children get yelled at for playing? My current home is 3 stories with the attic being make your noise in peace room

i looked at the listing - certainly not my cup of tea..looks like the last residents went straight off to a retirement home by the decor....
why would you pick that over say http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-28049529.html ???

thats 6 bedrooms for a lot less money, and much nicer..the only down side being not much of an outdoor space, but certainly a lot nicer looking house!

Road_Hog

Dimey wrote: »

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

Well, I never said I was in the South East (check the location setting by my avatar for a clue), I said I had a property that I was/am selling in London.

I know it was (as in past tense) an old persons property, because the lettings agent told me that an old woman had owned it, then died and an Asian bloke had bought it, but didn't have the funds to do it up and was desperate to let it, which was why he would be happy to have tenants with cats and dogs.

It was a typical old persons house, spiral carpets and flock wallpaper straight out of the fifties. Bungalows are for old people, or people who are young but old at heart.

Lord_Baltimore

Road_Hog wrote: »

Bungalows are for old people, or people who are young but old at heart.

I agree. If you are young, don't live anywhere near old people, it drains the life out of you. They always want you to post letters or go shopping for them, change a light bulb etc and all for cup of weak tea

And talk, man they never shut up with stories about their youth and the war....

Old_Git

I live in a chalet bungalow so I have the best off both worlds .
Two bedrooms upstairs ,two downstairs .The downstairs bedrooms will be used as a dining room and second sitting room . All the downstairs walls are solid /brick as they hold the roof up .

dibuzz

I was brought up in a bungalow on a newly built estate where most of the owners were young with children.
Most of them had loft conversions as the kids grew but my mum still lives there in her orignal bungalow.
The only time I didn't like it was when I was given a slinky as a present and had no stairs to use it on.
I still see some of the original owners who are obviously older now as they have been there 50 years but there are quite a few young families as well.
The main attraction for me would be no more hoovering the stairs. It may be different having grown up in one but I'd pick a bungalow over a house any day.

dotdash79

Lord_Baltimore wrote: »

I agree. If you are young, don't live anywhere near old people, it drains the life out of you. They always want you to post letters or go shopping for them, change a light bulb etc and all for cup of weak tea

And talk, man they never shut up with stories about their youth and the war....

Before they tell you war stories they always tell you their age and and medical conditions they have.