Of your children shared a room due to necessity, how old when they got their own rooms?

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If you had a house where it meant two or more children had to share a room, at what age did you decide to move or extend to give them their own rooms?

@MuchTooTired My DTs shared a tiny room until just before 3 when we moved. They’ve their own rooms now and actually go to sleep at bedtime rather than escalating I can’t even convince mine age 7 to not share a bed , I doubt they will be wanting their own rooms any time soon.

We're 4 dc in a 3 bed 12, 10 and dts 6. The two oldest shared a room til two years ago when dd1 started her period. The three youngest have LOVED their room but dd2 is getting breast buds so whilst we're away this summer a partitions going up so the dd2 has her own room.

10 and 18 years, with one child not here all the time.

Until 1 moved out. I was already sleeping in the dining room
Then the 3 that are left have thier own rooms now.

But I had 5 girls sharing at 1 point for a few years (council house, no chance of a move)

But my ex partners children don't come any more, they are now adults and one of mine is away at uni

I don't see the problem with having to share in most circs (if kids are relatively close in age) weve split rooms in half before now if needed

Our children don't need to share a room but from next year, I will put them together. I've always wanted a sibling of the same sex and close in age but I ended up with a DB 6 years younger. I think we will try it and see if they enjoy it.

Mine were 10
And 9 I think ,different sexes.
I think it is nice for DC to share .

My 2 sons share a very big bedroom which we have partitioned. They are 13 and 10. We are moving next week and they will each have their own bedroom for the first time! No problem with sharing though - except arguments over tidying up!

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We screwed it into the bottom of the wondowsill one side and into the floor the other.

14 & 11 - too small to partition, they have to have bunk beds to fit in. No chance of it changing.

I have 3 daughters and have always had 2 bedrooms for them in whatever house we lived in. They have shared in various combinations until one left home. Did build a partition in the largest bedroom for the last couple of years. We've rearranged again and now they have to share if the 2 oldest come to visit.

@AlexandraPeppernose thanks.

Their room is fairly big it was the master before we had the loft done but the only way it can be partitioned will leave one side with the only window and the radiator ...

6, 4 and 2.

I had to share until I was 14 and now space is extremely important to me. I think having your own space is fantastic. Don't get me wrong, I'd rather share than not have a sibling to share with. But for me, being able to give them all their own space was a huge bonus.

It wasn't essential for my two to share, but it made it easier to sort out a pair of rooms (house had a previous extension but needed major work to optimise the layout)

At 8, DS1 began needing more quiet space away from his brother (then 6) so as soon as we could shift wardrobes around and redecorate, we sorted out the box room to make it inhabitable. He moved in on his 9th birthday. He had an ASD diagnosis a few weeks before and he really was getting in need of his own room.

I shared a room with my mum,sister and uncle when we grew up in a two bed flat. My grandparents gave up their room and slept in living room,then my mum and one sister shared a room and myself and other sister second room(my uncle moved out but would come back sporadically)
I now live in a two bed with three DC's. Boy,girl,boy. They all shared(bunk beds and one single bed) until DD was 11. Then she shared my Room until last year when I decided to start sleeping on the sofa to give her some privacy.
They will share until at least one of them moves out.

Shared a room with my younger sister until I was 15 ( she was 14) and the older sister moved out. It wasn't ideal but it didn't ruin my life either. If you can afford it, avoid having two hormonal teenagers sharing a room but if not, don't beat yourself up.

DSD and DS shared a room (by choice) until the ages of 10/6 respectively when she decided she wanted her own space.

Thankfully not an issue as we had a 4 bedroom house at the time, so she chose one of the former guest bedrooms as her own and DS stayed in their former room - we just decorated them both to suit the new arrangements.

Children having their own rooms is obviously ideal, but I don't think it's a big deal until they get to pre-teens (assuming different sexes).

Even at 10, I think DSD could have shared for another year, 18 months or so at a push but obviously no reason for her not to have her own room in our case.

In the case of same sex siblings then it's nice not to have to share but frankly it's a bit of a first world problem really.

That said, I can't fathom families who have more children than they can afford to accommodate appropriately.

If you can only afford a 2 bedroom property then being concerned about 3 children sharing a room in a triple bunk bed, 2 different sex children sharing or similar long term makes me put on my judgy pants if I'm honest...(excepting circumstances like finding out you're expecting twins/triplets).