Would you live in a Bungalow?

dirty_magic

I'd definitely like one of I was disabled or elderly. We lived in a flat that was on one level and the lack of stairs didn't bother me at all.

I wouldn't have one now because there aren't many of them round here and I'd feel a bit like I was taking up a house that someone else needed more than me. They're also expensive because there aren't many.

PlymouthMaid

I would love one as my next home but won't be able to afford one unless it was one of those 'holiday' bungalows which look like chalets.

vanilla_twist

When my parents married in 1961 they bought a new build bungalow as it was a lot cheaper than the houses being built in the area at the time. They lived there 15 years before we moved when I was 9. I remember the huge garden and also we had a table in kitchen as well as lounge so must have been a decent size.
They have recently sold a villa out in florida. To be honest I don't think the living space was a lot bigger but there were far less walls and no corridors with all bedrooms going off lounge. To be honest it was an ideal layout.
I hope to move to a bungalow in around 10 years although I will have to move from the SE to achieve this.

V x

melanzana

I live in a 3 bed terrace in a lovely quiet area. Because it's old (like myself lol), I cannot put in a downstairs loo under the stairs, so it's up and down. But that doesn't bother me at the moment! Have to think of the future though!

As for a bungalow, there are pluses and minuses. For me personally, if I needed a place all on one level I would move to a high spec apartment with a lovely balcony with a sea view. Top floor only. ( I don't ask for much lol!). But that's what it would be.

I would honestly feel very nervous in a bungalow. I live alone, and I think that is a reasonable feeling to have. I know someone can get in downstairs whilst I am sleeping upstairs, but the alarm would go mad and I can lock the bedroom door and call the cops.

It's just a feeling I have. And at the end of the day, if you don't feel safe, it won't work!

A personal thing, I know that.

seven-day-weekend

Ours is a two-double-bedroom, good size breakfast kitchen, sitting room, bathroom, hall. We have put a conservatory on. It has a large garden and parking. It did have a garage, but we took it down so that we could put the conservatory on.

The one drawback is that there is no storage, other than the loft, so we have extra wardrobes in the bedrooms.

mrsmazza

We sort of live in a bungalow, its a barn conversion. We didn't set out to buy single storey, but we wanted a detached , on a large plot of land, and our barn ticked the boxes. Although we are not old 40 ish. It was lovely in the summer to open the double doors in the bedroom and sit on the patio.

Waterlily24

I love bungalows, we've had three. Unfortunately when we moved to this one we couldn't get planning permission to extend it and keep it as a bungalow, to get the size we wanted we had to do an upstairs. It was the footprint that was the problem. Luckily we were able to have a bedroom downstairs.

We come under countryside and it took us over two years to get the planning permission. Not sure if it would be different now as the rules have been relaxed a little.

Contessa

For many years now I've visited relatives in a seaside town. We regularly passed a large detached house. On the next visit it was no longer a house but a bungalow.

Many people have an extension built but I suppose theirs was a "reduction".

getzls

I now live in a bungalow. I had an operation in March on my feet requiring me to use a wheelchair for two months.
At the time of discharge I lived in a house. So my Ex and myself swapped dwellings.
She's now in my house and I'm in her bungalow.
All very civilised . It was either that or if was going to have to stay in a Nursing Home until I recovered.
Looks like it's going to be a permanent arrangement though we haven't put anything in writing as yet.

chris_m

Contessa wrote: »

For many years now I've visited relatives in a seaside town. We regularly passed a large detached house. On the next visit it was no longer a house but a bungalow.

Many people have an extension built but I suppose theirs was a "reduction".

Or severe subsidence :rotfl: