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any reason to consider 2 bedroom flat over 1 bed house?
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Herzlos said:The spiral staircase will make the rooms feel much bigger.2
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Have you actually viewed any?You’ll know better when you view as you really do get a ‘feel’ for the propertiesMFW 2025 #50: £259.20/£6000
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27/12/24: Mortgage: £69,278.38
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Its not a studio, thats when the bed is in the lounge! I take your point about heat/noise/smells going upstairs though.0
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tiger135 said:EA also showed me this with a big garden,
now in two minds!
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/142628144
That, though, does a lot to answer your original question about the one-bed house versus the two-bed flat. Not a statement that the one-bed house is always preferable to the two-bed flat, but if one or the other appeals to you personally at this time in your life, then that is the way to go.2 -
tiger135 said:Its not a studio, thats when the bed is in the lounge! I take your point about heat/noise/smells going upstairs though.0
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Think it’s irrelevant anyway; states under offer on the listingMFW 2025 #50: £259.20/£6000
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27/12/24: Mortgage: £69,278.38
27/12/24: Debt: £0 🥳😁
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Spiral staircases are supposedly more common in the Netherlands where they are regarded as space-saving, alhough they have bigger houses than here, despite a greater population density than England.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker2
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I wonder how easy it is to get furniture up and down a spiral staircase. Obviously it's possible but I bet it's a bit of a pain.
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In the Netherlands, the houses have a post sticking out of the roof so you use a pulley to bring beds etc. up to the upper floors and in through a window.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker3
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zagubov said:In the Netherlands, the houses have a post sticking out of the roof so you use a pulley to bring beds etc. up to the upper floors and in through a window.
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