When is it too small?

it'smeok

Hey everyone - thoughts appreciated.


My bf and I are FTB and recently viewed a 3 bed house. It was in a really lovely location, and we met one of the neighbours who was really lovely (and had been there for 30 years which bodes well!)


But we're not sure if it'll be too small. Downstairs is lovely but the bedrooms are 3.89x2.61m, 3.24x2.55m and 2.27x1.89m. We're in a two bed flat at the moment where the problem is storage - this house has a loft and a garage for storing boxes etc which would help.


There's just the two of us, no plans for babies etc in the foreseeable, plan would be to stay in this flat for three-five years max before moving somewhere bigger (whatever house we buy now).


I just wondered if anyone has ever bought a house and come to wish they'd got a bigger one? Or is location key, and you muddle through with space?

pimento

That's
12'7" x 8'5"
10'6" x 8'3"
7'4" x 6'2"

For those of you who are old, like me .

pimento

I'd use the largest for my bed and bedside cabinets only, the second as the spare room and the smallest for some fitted wardrobes and make it a dressing room.

it'smeok

Haha yes, thank you!

Slinky

Thanks Pimento, couldn't picture anything with the metric.

For 2 people with no plans for children they don't look bad sizes to me. What is all the 'stuff' you plan to fill your rooms with? Do you have hobbies that take up lots of equipment?

Red-Squirrel_2

Those are tight. Are there no decent two bed terraceds in the area? They tend to have much better dimensions and layouts.

Doozergirl

It’s okay. Everyone has to compromise somewhere and when selling it’s easier to be at the lower end of a price range for the number of bedrooms than high. Because some people will need three bedrooms but have to compromise on price.

On a personal note, love having a separate dressing room Our little room acts as H’s wardrobe and DD’s study.

lincroft1710

How big a house do 2 people need?? That house should be fine for you.

What is it you actually need the space for? Remember if you have a bigger property, you will just fill all the available space and want somewhere even bigger.

Start thinking left field, go for creative storage solutions and think about decluttering.

Carrot007

Sounds reasonable to me.

Moved 2 years (ish) ago to a slightly smaller semi from and end terrance. Because It's in a much nicer place. Smaller garden too (big one was a pain). About 50% price increase too.

Could not be happier! Boarded the loft out for storage, which is all it could be here with the low roof (could stand up in the old one). smallst bedroom have put in a fitted wardrobe for storage and the rest is now an office for me.

ReadingTim

You can change the layout, even the footprint of a house to make it bigger, but you can't change where it is, so, to coin a phrase, "location, location, location" is it. Makes for a snappy catchphrase - perhaps they'll make a TV show out of it....

Also, if you're serious about moving, rather than idly dreaming to pass the time, you'll be looking at actual houses on the market right now, and not just one. So, how does this place compare to other you've seen? A room size in isolation is simply meaningless.

davidmcn

1.5 bedrooms (of any size) per person seems adequate, certainly assuming you are happy sharing a bed with each other...