To ask is a 5bed house is a waste in these circumstances

I think as long as all the people in big houses with multiple spare bedrooms dont object to new housing developments near them, fine. I'm my experience, they are the first to object though.
I went to a talk a while ago about a housing research project a university did. They said that in theory we don't need to build a single new house in the UK, there are more than enough bedrooms in the existing housing stock for everyone.

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It seems concept of irony is up there with comprehension levels.

Childless couple bought our last 5-bedroomed house!
We have 6 bedrooms now (only 2 regularly used, as all bar one DC have left home) and four large receps. I’m in heaven. Always wanted a big house. Couldn’t give a toss if anyone approves or not.

I have a five bed five reception house - me my husband and three dogs. Bedrooms used as follows: main bedroom for us, guest room, two dressing rooms, my home office. Downstairs is: library, living room, dining room, hubands’s home office and one room that we have never been able to decide on - currently being used as a gym.

it’s a lot of space and we spend a lot on cleaning and maintenance. However I love having a dressing room and a library. We could easily live in a smaller house but fell in love with this one. Large garden which the dogs love. Absent awful life events we can afford it. So we thought why not

You make no sense

Why did you comment on my original comment

With a comment that made no sense

So you get a 😂

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Me DH and the dog have a 5 bed house. At a push you could call it 7 if you included a couple other random rooms.
One is our bedroom
One is converted into a walk in wardrobe
One is my office
Two are in the guest suite. Guests come from thousands of miles away for weeks/months so thats why we bought it.

I'm well confused now, that don't make sense.

Who is it? I never have overnight guests now but if I had a big house I would all the time I would love to be able to host

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I think you are somewhat struggling with your comprehension skills.

If you can't interpret what's in black and white, when the rest of the thread have no difficulty, there's not really much any of us can do about that.

Alas, that probably "doesn't make sense" to you either.

I’ve been told on here previously that I’m selfish for having a big house that I don’t “need”. It’s 4 beds - just my husband and I. We bought it when we were planning children. Lots of years and IVF and miscarriages later we do not and will not be having children. It’s our home now and we will not be moving anytime soon. We do plan to downsize in later life, but right now we have filled the “bedrooms” with other things. An office/clothes drying room, a hobby room and a spare room. To be fair I could even fill more!

@Chickenshwarmamarma- it’s not even you. MYOB I’d say

Are people actually saying that about people who own houses, or those in rented/council accommodation?

If you own a house it's yours! Nobody can make you sell/move!

If I could afford it, I'd have 5 bedrooms, and it's just me and DP these days. We'd have a room, we'd have an office/craft room each, we'd have a room with gym equipment, and a guest room. A single person can live in a mansion if they so wish. If you like it, want it, and need/would use the space, then why not?

Your comments make no sense

Are you feeling okay?

Your comment was "this makes no sense"

That was your point.

I've explained my post in simpler terms.

Nothing to do with what you've subsequently rambled here.

My NDN is in a mahoosive 4 bed 3 bath, big garden, driveway and garage. Its just him in there. His money his choice.

Personal choice if they can afford it. Many people are inspired by idea of owning a bigger property or having more land around it.

Benefits of extra space are undeniable! Less noise from neighbours, more privacy and freedom especially if it has a large garden. Kids love having lots of indoor and outdoor space, they can be active.

Wfh 2 days a week is significant. Who would choose to work in kitchen/lounge if there's a spare room to set up as office? We use the 5th bedroom as a home office (in between someone wfh it's used by everyone, including kids). Stationery has a place to live, all household admin has a drawer or shelf. Kids have own bedrooms, will get increasingly important as they get older. Spare bedroom used as a guestroom. Do they have family staying? In between guests I use that room to dry laundry and store extra toys, so kids' rooms aren't too cluttered.

I don't consider our house excessively big for a family of 4 (with 2 young children). We made sacrifices to afford extra space and privacy. In the 80s most families at my school had houses this size. Every family is different. I'd rather a longer walk to school than cramped living space. We plan ahead financially and save. After living in city flats when firstborn was tiny, we decided space was a priority. All bedrooms get used daily!

People are saying it's fine for this young couple. I wonder if they are the same people who say that 'pensioners' should downsize and that they are selfish to live in houses that are bigger than they need?

If it’s what they want, why not? Spare room, craft room, study/home office, mini gym - most of us would have plenty of uses for extra rooms.

I have a three bedroom house plus a converted loft room and it's just me and the dog.

Nothing wrong with them having a five bedroom house if that's what they want.

Depends. DC should feel they have a proper home in each parent's house, so they need their own bedrooms - that makes up 3 beds. Then it's not unreasonable to have a guest room and/or study. If you work from home and have lots of meetings online, that's pretty essential.

And if you can afford it, why not?

Yeah this. ^ We live in a small-ish 2 bed home (downsized from a large 4 bed when the DC left home.) I love it as it's easy to clean and maintain and it's cosy and cheap to run/low energy bills. But sometimes I do miss the space. The garage and loft are crammed with a lifetime of stuff of mine and DH's, stuff the kids had when they were younger, (and DH and I had when we were younger,) and things my parents and grandparents owned (and DH's too) - going back to the 1920s. I won't throw sentimental and precious stuff out.

Plus, we have a huge collection of DVDs, vinyl, books, CDs, video games, and collectibles/memoribilia etc, so our home is very packed out. 😆

I occasionally crave an extra bedroom!!! (And maybe a cellar!) 😬

It’s actually quite odd when you come to think of it that we tend to measure approximate house size on bedroom number rather than on square footage, as if they’re intrinsically linked. You could have an enormous house with comparatively few bedrooms — I know a developer near here built on an 18thc house’s grounds two terraces of large, well-designed two-bed townhouses which had huge kitchens and reception rooms compared to bedroom numbers. They were aimed at downsizers who wanted to entertain and have large living spaces, but didn’t need many bedrooms, and the sold fast off the plans.