Would you live in a Bungalow?

moneyistooshorttomention

mumps wrote: »

When my son was in university halls they had them on the ground floor rooms. A few local private properties had them as well. They wouldn't help me as my discomfort is a claustrophobic feeling caused by feeling closed in and I would still feel closed in. They might help some people but I do think they look horrible, Money is right that wood shutters would look nicer.

Thinking about it it would help my second problem which is that no fresh air in the bedroom triggers migraines.

Re those window shutters - I just googled for "images wooden shutters exterior windows" and there are some nice-looking ones there. I liked the look of those pink ones 5th row down (in a different colour in my case - but I liked the style).

Some sort of design with small (designed as part of the looks) hole pattern or louvre type ones would do the trick I would think. They would let air in - but keep intruders out.

Dird

Not if you paid me to...unless it looked like the LOTR bungalow

moneyistooshorttomention

Cue for quick google. LOTR = Lord of the Rings presumably?

Those hobbit house "bungalows" do look very cute...but I have a feeling I wouldn't want to live in one of them personally:)

mumps

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Re those window shutters - I just googled for "images wooden shutters exterior windows" and there are some nice-looking ones there. I liked the look of those pink ones 5th row down (in a different colour in my case - but I liked the style).

Some sort of design with small (designed as part of the looks) hole pattern or louvre type ones would do the trick I would think. They would let air in - but keep intruders out.

Yes, definitely nicer.

gallivant

I live in a bungalow with my wife and two very young children in the SE. It was originally a 2 bed bungalow but we converted the loft to a master bedroom with en-suite. Negatives are that you have to keep going up and down the stairs at night if the baby wakes (thankfully she sleeps through most nights now). Positives are that we have our toy-free bedroom area upstairs with bath toy-free bathroom. The kids can access their toys in their bedrooms and bring them through into the lounge to play. The kids normally only get out of bed/cry before 11pm when we are still in the lounge so putting them back to bed is quick and easy.

My wife had concerns that a burglar would access the kids rooms first at night but my response that their screams would give me time to escape through the velux window. ;-)

Looking to extend at the rear in 2 years once the nursery fees ease up and the kids start school. This will give us a 4 double-bedroom house and add 25-30k to the value of the house once costs are deducted.

In summary: it works for young families too.

KimE12

If you have room downstairs, why not have your bed moved from an upstairs bedroom to a downstairs spare room?

fashionvictim

Brighton_belle wrote: »

The only thing I didn't like about it was not feeling safe to open the window at night.

Yes, I quite like one floor living, but the window thing is an issue. Plus at lot of bunglows (around here) have garden access through the bedroom so need re-configuring to meet modern life.