To ask if you’ve got 3 kids?

Not quite sure how your boys refuse to share a room.

Lucky that me and my 2 sisters didn't refuse to share as we lived in a 2 bed council house up until I moved out at 23

I have 3. Single parent earning approx 30k without any UC top up. I receive no maintenance but do own my own home, a 4 bed house in what would be considered a very 'cheap' area to live I imagine.

Personally it is not the size of my home that I find difficult with 3 it is simply juggling it all alone, joys of being a single parent.

Hi, If you are the one that posted about the taylor wimpey monkford(?) house then I just wanted to let you know that my house is the same size with a different layout downstairs. Reading the comments upset me as to my mind my house is plenty big enough for us, including my three children.

We earn approx 75k combined so not ludicrous money and thus is the biggest house we could possibly afford in south east England. The biggest issue with three kids is the car! I had to upgrade mine to a 7 seater to fit three carseats in the back.

Three children, youngest currently still in our room. Would like & planning at least one more child. Four bed house, no option to expand, not planning to move. High income family.

Four children at home, five bedroom house... Sort of. We have divided a room to make it two and sort of converted the loft space. All kids have their own space now, but it was originally three beds which meant DS was on his own and the three girls across two rooms. We slept in the living room then.

I have 3 children all under 8yrs old.

Live in a 3 bed house and at the moment all kids share a room (their choice), husband and me in other double room, box room as spare room/dumping ground

Our house is very bottom heavy with a separate living room, separate dining room, kitchen/dining room/living area, utility room, and bathroom. So at the moment we don't really use upstairs apart from sleeping and bathroom.

Combined income of approximately £44k although it's only recently reached that as I've only just returned to work after being a sahm

I had four children in a three bed house. They shared a room. I had a boy and three girls so I had to separate the biggest bedroom into two smaller bedrooms when the eldest boy and girl got to a certain age. Boy has long since moved out (mid 20s) but all three girls still live at home. Two share the separated room and one has the box room. I have the middle sized room. One toilet and bathroom in the property.

I'm on £24k and a single parent in a council property £550 a month. Been single 13 years now.

Small houses aren't ideal but a family can still function well enough. We have a big garden and if I earned enough i could easily add space with a garden office type set up.

2 children, 4 bedroom house. One of the many reasons that I didn't want a third is not wanting to give up our spare room (lots of family and friends far away who need a room often) and didn't want to make anyone share.

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We have 3! 2 bed house.

Boys together (4,3) and baby (10m) in with us. Room for full size cot.

Go for it 😍

3 children
5 bed detached house
household income of around £270- 500k (bonuses so variable) (UK).

kids adults now, only at home. Income lessened as we work less but answered based on when we had 3 children at home. I realise we are not the average family.

Won't say income but 3 kids,4 bedrooms.I think the most important thing with children is a big garden! Chuck 'em out when you need some peace!.I have always prioritised a large garden.In fact,half the garden was a tennis court in the 1920's.
Edited to say 3 is wonderful, I felt like I really knew what I was doing by newborn number 3.

3 kids in a 4 bed. Previously 3 kids in a 3 bed large terrace.

Honestly, you have to be quite strong headed to have three and be resilient to the kind of criticisms, most of which built on a bed of nothing, that come your way if you opt for a larger family.

Personally, I think having three kids is fantastic, full of adventure and joy. I wouldn't do it differently.

I have 3 in 3 bed house. 2DDs share, and I share with baby DS. A very tiny room is spare single/study (I work from home a lot)/general mess room. Planning on moving somewhere bigger.
I earn c70k, but live in London, and am a single mum (all the time - no other money).

I have 3....single parent

"Small" 3 bed house - just the one bathroom which is a killer with 3 young children!

Boy/girl twins share
Eldest room on own

I would totally have had a 4th 😂

We have the same philosophy. We recently moved to a smaller house in a much better school district and don't regret it. All of the things I miss about the house, the kids don't notice. But they love our holidays!

OP - three kids in a detached four-bed house. Around 2,500 sq. feet.

DH earns 30k and I get carers and UC top up. Three kids, three bed house, eldest in the box room. There may never be loads of space but that's life.

I have 3. Our house is a good size, 5 bed approx 2500 square feet. We have prioritised having this house over other things and we have shit cars, cheap holidays and we need a new kitchen and a lot of decorative jobs doing that will take us a while to get around to. 160k gross, about 8.5k net but my pension contributions are high and I still get max amount of childcare vouchers.
Before this we lived in a 1930s semi with a loft conversion and tiny garden. I am glad we moved, even though we would now be mortgage free with plenty of disposable income if we had stayed put. It is worth it to us, we enjoy having plenty of space - but we know many families with 3 kids doing just fine in much smaller houses. We realise it is a luxury for us to have a big house.

3 kids, 2 adults.

4 bed home.

We run a business from home so have an office downstairs.

Our mortgage is about £650, we earn around £3k between us cause we are keeping more money in the business.

2 kids are secondary age, one with an expensive hobby. Other child is primary and quite cheap to run so far!

So you'll never afford a 5 bed but refuse to move to a larger house you can afford because you'll never afford a 5 bed?

I have 3 in a 3 bed house, though they are older now. My boys shared and my daughter had the smallest room. My boys now refuse to share (19&17) so the 17 year old has a day bed downstairs in what was our dining room. Which ever son moves out first, the other gets the bedroom. Its not ideal, but everyone is happy with the set up currently and has their own space.

3 kids
3 bed terrace, although it's a large Victorian. Has a bigger square footage than the 4 bed new builds around here.
2 DSs share, DD has the smallest room.
Combined income gross £60,000 per year.
It's getting harder now the DCs are getting older. When they were tiny we actually lived in a 2 bed flat and that was easier. But now they want their own space when they have their friends round and we have to try and fit desks for homework, bikes, surf boards etc... We plan to move to a 5 bed within the next 2 years because it's only going to get harder!

2 kids and me
3 bed with 2 en suit
Earn around 45-50k a year

We are expecting our third. Our gross annual salary is about £50k. We both work PT. We live in a decently sized 3 bed terrace however the 2nd and 3rd bedrooms are both not big as it's originally a 2 bed terrace with the upstairs chopped up by a previous owner. Two of our kids will therefore share bedrooms eventually. This will be our eldest 2 to start with and then whichever are the same sex as the youngest reaches the age of say 3 or so.

I had an unexpected third child, who I would not be without, but it does make life more complicated. Holidays are the main thing. Once they are past the travel cot stage you can't usually get a family room in a hotel. It's either cottages, camping or youth hostels for us. You probably need a seven seater car - otherwise you can only manage your family and no friends/grandparents. We have 5 bedrooms, so we can have family to stay. My husband earns about £60,000 a year. I was a SAHM and then worked part-time until my youngest went to secondary school. I now work school hours and earn £20,000 a year. We are comfortable. Dreading the university years though.