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Is your living room at the front or back of the house?

89 replies

imaginebird · 12/02/2024 15:14

I’m just curious to see what’s more common.

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Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 12/02/2024 15:49

Middle. Dining room at the front, then sitting room then kitchen then bathroom.

SingingSands · 12/02/2024 15:50

Front, gets the sun all day. Lovely, but fades the sofa cushion!!

socks1107 · 12/02/2024 15:51

The back, I love it as I can shut the door and the world out! Love looking into my garden

Isseywith3witchycats · 12/02/2024 15:51

Front kitchen at back downstairs thats is two rooms and upstairs two beds and a bathroom

NewKingontheBlock · 12/02/2024 15:52

Formal living room at the front and a living room off the kitchen at the back, we only use the back living room. It’s a secluded house so both rooms are very private but we use the one at the back all the time, the front living room hardly ever.

tass1960 · 12/02/2024 15:52

Bungalow here - living room and kitchen at the back. I love looking out to the garden and in the summer having the French doors open

Getupat8amnow · 12/02/2024 15:53

Living room is at the back with patio doors leading to the garden. I do like being able to see the garden from the sofa and armchairs. The kitchen is at the front overlooking a reasonable sized front garden with a picket fence and five foot privet headge so it’s still private. I like this set up.

BananaSpanner · 12/02/2024 15:55

Back but have a second reception room at the front.

Babyroobs · 12/02/2024 15:56

It's at the back because we have open plan kitchen/ dinner/ living room and until recently were having to use downstairs front room as a bedroom as we have four kids. Most have left home now though !

bingoringo4 · 12/02/2024 15:57

Both, have two one at front and one at the back.

Sunnnybunny72 · 12/02/2024 15:57

Larger one at the front. Full sun.
Smaller one at the back.

CornedBeef451 · 12/02/2024 16:02

Living room and kitchen at the back, small study, loo, hall and garage at the front.

jay55 · 12/02/2024 16:04

Live in a flat, it's all the way through.

saraclara · 12/02/2024 16:08

Back. With patio doors to the garden, which would always be my choice now. I love being able to sit on my sofa and look out to my garden. It's nothing special but I like to have an open outlook. I'm not good at cosy as I'm a tad claustrophobic.

IggyAce · 12/02/2024 16:08

Living room at the back, kitchen at the front. I like it that way, it’s nice and quiet.

Xanadu58 · 12/02/2024 16:09

Front

decionsdecisions62 · 12/02/2024 16:10

Living room and reception room at front. Dining room and kitchen at back.

BucketofTeaMassiveCake · 12/02/2024 16:11

This is my 6th house and is the first with sitting room at the back so I can see the garden which is south facing and can get very hot. Kitchen at the front, I think I'd prefer it the other way round. I downsized and compromises had to be made.

My last house (a bungalow) had kitchen and sitting room at the front with conservatory leading from the guest bedroom at the back which was a bit weird.

PuttingDownRoots · 12/02/2024 16:11

The living/dining room is L shaped around the stairs. The living room bit is at the front, through to the back (the long bit of the L) and dining room at "back"... but not quite back as there's a conservatory.

muddyford · 12/02/2024 16:13

Middle! Between kitchen at the front and garden room at the back.

WolfFoxHare · 12/02/2024 16:14

Back. Playroom and study at the front.

FormerlySpeckledyHen · 12/02/2024 16:14

We have 2. One is big and dual aspect, so front and back with one pair of doors out to back garden. We don’t use this room much p. The other one is smaller, at the back, two sets of doors out.

Roselilly36 · 12/02/2024 16:17

Lounge at the front, kitchen/breakfast room at the back, ideal for us.

Crunchymum · 12/02/2024 16:18

Front

Wimpeyspread · 12/02/2024 16:20

At the end - it’s a bungalow