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What do you love about a bungalow?

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oilbased · 30/07/2023 22:17

Hello all. I've lived in two storey houses all my life. I am soon to move into a lovely little bungalow and it feels beyond strange and I'm wondering if I have made a mistake or I will get used to it.

Please let me know what you love about bungalows/living in a bungalow! Perhaps it'll make me feel a bit less panicked!

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Dogsitterwoes · 30/07/2023 22:25

Not having to hoover stairs. No lost space to stairs. Not having to carry furniture and laundry up and down stairs.

they feel roomier somehow even if room sizes are the same as a house. Layout is important though or you end up with lots of corridors.

Totaly · 30/07/2023 22:27

Love mine and couldn’t imagine not living in a bungalow.

Vacuuming can be down from one plug - which makes it so much easier -

No stairs to climb.

The rooms seem lighter as all walls have windows.

Summer2424 · 30/07/2023 22:31

Hi @oilbased my brother has a bungalow. I think they are so cosy. The floor space is so good in every room. The loft is huge and can be turned into another bedroom. Nice big driveway. I would buy one if i had the money.
Happy moving day, enjoy your new home xx

Notquitegrownup2 · 30/07/2023 22:32

Loved visiting MILs bungalow when my kids were small. The corridor to the bedrooms was long and great for balloon games and indoor golf on a rainy day..(My parents house felt v small in comparison).
Yy to not hoovering stairs too. My least favorite job.

porridgecake · 30/07/2023 22:32

No stairs. I hate hoovering stairs, climbing stairs, tripping over all the stuff left on the stairs, (to go up the stairs, that everyone else just steps over and leaves for me to carry up the stairs).

Aquamarine1029 · 30/07/2023 22:35

My house isn't a bungalow, per se, but it is all one level. We had our house built and designed it that way. I absolutely love it, everything about it. Two storey houses are for the birds.

AnnaNims · 30/07/2023 22:35

We have a holiday house that’s a bungalow. I like the lofty ceilings.

CornishTiger · 30/07/2023 22:35

Ability to clean windows and pvc yourself properly and no stairs to hoover?

Paddleboarder · 30/07/2023 22:36

I don’t have one but the ones I have been in feel very spacious, more so than my house. I think you just have to get used to not going upstairs to bed!

hexsnidgett · 30/07/2023 22:36

It is nice to hoover from one socket That's about it.

Carsarelife · 30/07/2023 22:36

The ease of calling everyone for dinner.
Always know where everyone is.
The downside is not being able to hide mess upstairs when guests come over

midsomermurderess · 30/07/2023 22:37

Where I live they are in high demand, by older people and by families. Obviously, unless the layout has been changed, they offer accommodation on one floor, the build quality and room sizes are very good indeed, particularly when compared with modern standards, and they come with big gardens. They are very suburban, the disparaging term used to be Bungaldom', but that might well be part of the draw.

Emmaemmeline · 30/07/2023 22:38

It’s a bit strange to begin with , we love ours now though

Easy to live in , no hoiking stuff up and downstairs, light and airy

we do make an effort to walk up and down stirs when we can (in shops , staying in hotels etc ) just so we don’t lose that ability !

its not that different to living in a flat really

coodawoodashooda · 30/07/2023 22:41

I don't at all think you'll regret it.

LizzieBet14 · 30/07/2023 22:47

The size of the rooms. All the 3 bedroomed semi detached houses in our area have tiny kitchens & 3rd bedrooms - our bungalow is really spacious.

beachcomber70 · 30/07/2023 22:47

I'm in my 4th bungalow and it's light and airy with higher than usual ceilings. I've loved all of them, this one is great.
No deep, high stairwells to decorate, I can clean the soffits and facias and keep the gutters clear myself without calling anyone in [only done once a year!] ...that makes me happy! So, easy to look after and maintain.
No creaking floors when people are in rooms overhead. No going up and down stairs for things you've forgotten/change clothes/use the loo.

wheresmyshoe · 30/07/2023 22:56

Bungalows are amazing. I love being able to open all the windows and have the breeze flow around in the summer. I love the feeling of space and layout. It's on a bigger plot too. Easier to maintain windows, paintwork etc. I'd never go back.

Crinkle77 · 30/07/2023 23:01

hexsnidgett · 30/07/2023 22:36

It is nice to hoover from one socket That's about it.

Yep that's about it. I live in a bungalow and it's a smallish one. They're noisy if you're still in bed you can hear everything that's going on in the house. Plus I feel like there's a lack of privacy. There's no upstairs to escape to if you want a bit of space from other people in the house. I'd much prefer to live in a normal house.

hexsnidgett · 30/07/2023 23:06

Lack of privacy is the worst, but I think that is because this bungalow is so crap. All the rooms come off a small hallway, so can hear everything.
Bigger better designed bungalows probably aren't so bad.

MissisBee · 30/07/2023 23:10

I've always lived in bungalows - childhood home and our family home, so don't really know any different. Not having to worry about your small children falling down stairs is a big advantage! Handy for small children in other ways - on the same level as them when they're asleep so easier to hear if they waken, not traipsing up and down to the loo. Future proof in case of any impeding mobility problem. No difficulty if you've new bedroom furniture. I can hoover the hall in a minute or two, it'd take me years to hoover stairs! As a family joke, our hall cupboard has always been referred to as "the cupboard under the stairs".

StellaOlivetti · 30/07/2023 23:10

I like lying in bed and looking out over the garden (I suppose you can do that in a house, but only if you have a downstairs bedroom).

Mochacino · 30/07/2023 23:10

I grew up in one and if DH ever agreed to it I’d be looking to live in one now too. They just seem more spacious and more evenly spread out.. if that makes sense? No stairs to fall down, or to hoover. Might be harder to have boundaries with a dog when you can’t ban him going up the stairs but that’s the only potential downfall I can think of.

margleflarg · 30/07/2023 23:22

I’m in the same position as OP - does everyone feel safe at night time? I live alone and feel like I’d feel less safe at night in the bungalow than being tucked away upstairs.

BitOutOfPractice · 30/07/2023 23:27

I lived in a bungalow when I was first married and had my babies there. I loved that bungalow. Huge rooms. No faffing with stair gates. No up and down the stairs at all. It all just seemed to flow…

after 18 years in an ordinary house I am back right single story living in a flat and once again I love it!

Theoldwrinkley · 30/07/2023 23:32

I was back home about 3 weeks earlier than 'normal' after a spell in hospital because I lived in a bungalow, so no issue with stairs. I have limited mobility (now) and we would have had to move if we had a house. I love our bungalow....just wish it was called a nicer word! I think it's from an Indian language?

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