Am I the only one fed up with houses being so small? do others feel the same way?

AdrianC

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

It boils down to = too many people in the country

So, basically, since the OP has said that they are a migrant with kids, it's all their fault?

Surrey_EA

They are loads of massive houses, sadly they can often be really expensive.

The problem here seems to be you're disappointed with the size of property available to purchase for your given budget. As has been mentioned, either look in a cheaper area, or find a way of increasing your budget.

cloo

We always found it a challenge to find anywhere with a big 'last' bedroom (2 or 4 bedrooms in our case). 1930s houses seem to be good for bedroom sizes - their receptions rooms are not quite as big as Victorian places on the whole, but you do get good sized bedrooms.

I do find all new builds feel poky due to room sizes and most of all the low ceilings. The trouble with living in a crowded island - people who aren't all that well off in America can still have houses that are big by UK standards because the land is there, but no such luck here.

moneyistooshorttomention

Admits to being envious that even quite poor Americans can have decent size houses - because of the ratio of people to available space they have compared to us:(:mad::mad::(

ReadingTim

AdrianC wrote: »

So, basically, since the OP has said that they are a migrant with kids, it's all their fault?

Well, he's hardly part of the solution is he?

SuzieSue

AdrianC wrote: »

So, basically, since the OP has said that they are a migrant with kids, it's all their fault?

Most people's ancestors were immigrants at sometime, so yes, it is everyone's fault for wanting to live here.

user1168934

AdrianC wrote: »

So, basically, your beef is that you can only afford a small two-bed flat.

There are other options apart from multi-million pound mansions, y'know.

You say you're way outside the M25, but then you imply you're in the SE. Where are you? Where do you currently commute to? What equity do you have in your current property, and what mortgage could you afford?

No mate that is not what I am saying. I am not crying that I can only afford a small flat. I have decent equity. I believe it would be enough as a deposit to buy a 3 bed house near where I am and I think I will be able to afford the mortgage. The problem I am facing is that when I look at the houses they just seem very very small. As one of the replies above pointed out that the size of the rooms is somewhat inappropriate. I have tried looking in several areas, the house prices change depending on how nice the area is but the size of the houses is still the same ....... so even if I had a bit more money (not millions) it seems there is no way to get a bigger spacious place. That is what I am trying to cope with.

I live about 15 miles outside of M25 and commute into london for work. I dont know if this changes the situation.
What other options are you talking about?

From the replies so far it seems like its just my perception and people are not really bothered by the size of houses.

Edit:
Looking at further replies it does seem like many people share the feeling that houses are small. Whether it bothers them as much as it bothers me is another matter.

SuzieSue

user1168934 wrote: »

From the replies so far it seems like its just my perception and people are not really bothered by the size of houses.

I think that most people are bothered, but realise that there is nothing they can do about it unless they win the lottery.

AdrianC

user1168934 wrote: »

The problem I am facing is that when I look at the houses they just seem very very small. As one of the replies above pointed out that the size of the rooms is somewhat inappropriate. I have tried looking in several areas, the house prices change depending on how nice the area is but the size of the houses is still the same ...

As has been said - the UK market fixates on the number of rooms. A third bedroom adds to the value, splitting the second amount of space between the existing two bedrooms doesn't. Look at Rightmove - filter by bedrooms, no filter by floor area. To find the floor area, you have to grommet around on the floorplan or EPC (and they probably don't agree).

so even if I had a bit more money (not millions) it seems there is no way to get a bigger spacious place. That is what I am trying to cope with.

Or change area.

I live about 15 miles outside of M25 and commute into london for work. I dont know if this changes the situation.
What other options are you talking about?

Give us some rough numbers and a bit more area detail, and let's see what you're actually facing.

lincroft1710

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Admits to being envious that even quite poor Americans can have decent size houses - because of the ratio of people to available space they have compared to us:(:mad::mad::(

Many poor Americans live in mobile homes or small shacks, some permanently live in motor homes or "tiny houses" (towable home, usually less than 300 sq ft and bed is in a loft. Some are forced to live in converted vans.