Loft bed... for an adult

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I live on my own in a tiny one bedroom flat. My bedroom is 7 foot by 9 foot. I have a double bed pushed up against one wall, a small wardrobe and a bedside table.

Would it be crazy for an adult in their late 30s to have a loft bed?? Ideally a double but think that would need to be custom made but I could easily manage with a single. I'm never going be sharing a bed with anybody.. no kids and no partner and there will never be a partner.

Is your ceiling high enough to take one? My son had a double one years ago as a young teenager but we had to cut the legs down as there wasn’t room for him to sit up in bed.

My ceilings are quite high.

Wonder if its possible to get 2 of these, join together and make a double?? Altho that'd take up the whole room but as long as there space for a ladder I'd be ok.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/915lqO90B4L.AC_UF894,1000_QL80_FMwebp.jpg

There are doubles available. Google high sleeper beds.

I used to have one. I kept a clothes rack and drawers and shelves underneath. It was great and made the room feel much more spacious.

My dsis has a double high sleeper so they are possible to buy.

I think ours was from Ikea, but they don’t seem to do doubles any more there.

Just as an aside, we had laminate flooring and had to put spare pieces under each foot of the bed to spread the load as it was too much weight/pressure through very small areas and was putting holes in the floor.

It's not entirely crazy but you do need to think carefully.

> Do you own your flat or is it a rental? If you own you could build in a platform rather than having freestanding furniture.
> do you have very high ceilings and what do you want to do with the space below? My DC had loft beds with play space underneath in a standard 2.4m ceiling height room. By age 11 getring closer to approaching adult height it didn't work well as the space below was too small to play in and in the space above the ceiling was too close dor comfort. We converted to a mid-level sleeper that just has cupboard space below and is lower down and that is better.
> sorry to be tactless but if you are (or become, as middle age progresses) a quite heavy individual you may find that bare feet on a ladder up and down to your bed is really uncomfortable. A mid-level sleeper is a possible solution here too as some come with built-in "stairs" rather than a ladder.
> If you are ill with a gastroenteritis bug and need to get from bed to bathroom in a few seconds will you manage?

It's not crazy. A couple I know did it when they were in their 30s and had a small home. Once they were in their 50s they both needed to have a normal bed, and fortunately had the means to get a larger house so this was possible. It may not be a permanent solution but it might be fine whilst you are young and fit.

The one you linked to is a double isn't it? Same pic as this one anyway, which is 4'6" wide - standard UK double
https://www.amazon.co.uk/STRICTLY-BEDS-BUNKS-Sleeper-Double/dp/B06XH7MM49/ref=sr_1_9?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Ubu-2ucurHJBLvKIZBQGZaihxjMOkgQzoX52CS2NPN_aqIjXa6ZA-RrSPbF7TCwPd-mx_NymbIkAY8UOkmPvORxj78lJ-a1cKce6gkzaylZWLcnPFGvlL9lg4JE7yaz-EkgfEv-j7r--EsN2Q2ZCF2WD4IXc1ssHmeyWwtwjmvj-10U8REfygYmmc8g2zfz4Imn9hzNd0fvanDajamW-irmyaOtZ6I9a-k8jM9ciREydijoGVMKjae9vuzINGxRku7tlouxJgB9Gu7ftY941_JaJDp9kBKmlse_RteU4uZQ.EjZlgpLg9CfpBnCacCbkHF1Yb_eALakMHr_ZGi9ROKc&dib_tag=se&keywords=double%2Bhigh%2Bsleeper%2Bbed&qid=1723023535&sr=8-9&th=1

Or this one is a continental double, which is a couple of inches bigger each way.
https://www.bedkingdom.co.uk/noomi-studio-loft-bed-double.html