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any reason to consider 2 bedroom flat over 1 bed house?

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  • user1977
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    Herzlos said:
    The spiral staircase will make the rooms feel much bigger.
    Room singular - it's just one space with a staircase in it, plus the bathroom. So I expect it will be restricted mortgage-wise as it's a studio rather than a one bedroom. As well as the usual issues with an open staircase in the room with heat/noise/smells all going upstairs.
  • MFWannabe
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    edited 8 December 2023 at 6:41PM
    Have you actually viewed any? 
    You’ll know better when you view as you really do get a ‘feel’ for the properties 
    MFW 2025 #50: £259.20/£6000


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  • tiger135
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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.
  • Grumpy_chap
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    edited 8 December 2023 at 8:42PM
    tiger135 said:
    EA also showed me this with a big garden,
    now in two minds!

    https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/142628144
    I like that - though I say it with a little jealousy as when I was buying my first property the similar houses were what I wanted to get to but of my price range.
    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.
  • user1977
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    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.
    It is a studio from a building regs point of view, it's one open space albeit on two levels. You need a door to make something a bedroom...
  • MFWannabe
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    Think it’s irrelevant anyway; states under offer on the listing 
    MFW 2025 #50: £259.20/£6000


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  • zagubov
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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.
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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.
  • zagubov
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    edited 9 December 2023 at 12:21AM
    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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  • Emily_Joy
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    edited 9 December 2023 at 12:25AM
    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.
    In the Netherlands they also appear to be able to build houses with large windows which are not freezing cold and don't cost a fortune to heat in winter. :)

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