AIBU to not see the point

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of a bungalow especially nowadays when land is at a premium?

I'd love a bungalow. stairs take up a lot of unusable/not very practical space.

Bungalows are great for wheelchairs, but MNers, if you are buying for this reason, please make sure there is room to turn in to rooms!

When my db had a rented bungalow whilst his house was being renovated, he couldn't get in to any of the bedrooms or bathroom as they were down a deceptively narrow corridor and his turning circle was too big. 6 months or bed baths, and sleeping in the dining room. He was so happy to move back to his house (with new lift).

Check before you buy!

Never mind the space lifts take up, the huge inconvenience when the lift breaks down and you have to wait a week to get the engineer out. Never mind replaced when the thing needs a part.

Bungalowist post!

Long live bungalows rejoice in not dragging the fucking hoover upstairs

My friend is a mum with 2 young children and moved to a bungalow due to mobility problems, going up and down the stairs in the evening to check on the kids was painful for her. Mobility problems aren't always visible or only for the elderly.

I miss my bungalow. We moved to an up and downstairs for more room. In the bungalow I would not have heard the kids crashing about upstairs like they're about to bring the ceiling down and the one who sleeps above the living room wouldn't knock down to us of an evening when he finds the telly too loud. Plus stair gates are ugly and annoying, in a bungalow you don't need them and no-one will fall downstairs ever, it's happened a few times here to different people. I intend to move back to a bungalow some day, I liked everything on the one level. Fire safety-wise no-one's ever going to have to jump out a high window in a bungalow and you don't need to worry about your kids falling out the window - I know this doesn't often happen but if you're a bit antsy it's one less worry. In conclusion, bungalows have a lot going for them. YABU.

Loved our bungalow, it was a 3 bed (all doubles) 2 bath one and had a mahoosive garage on the side. I wish we could have brought it with us when we moved. We raised our oldest kids in it and the oldest is buying a house and would prefer a bungalow himself.

Am I being told off for trying to help? I know that not everyone can have a lift, and I know they can be quite large. I was simply saying that's what db did, and that wheelchair users might be surprised that some bungalows aren't as accesible as you might imagine. A friendly caution, is all. (Especially as we had to start house hunting without db, as he couldn't leave hospital. We were shocked.)

Some people like bungalows just because they are lazy.

Our home is pretty much on one floor. It's ideal for small children. DS is nearly 2 and can happily play in his bedroom while I do other stuff, like cooking, as I can still easily keep an eye on him. It also means our living room isn't full of toys like it was when DD was little.

'Some people like bungalows just because they are lazy.'

Eh? Maybe they just prefer living all on one-level and don't want a flat.

I have friends who have a bungalow. The last adjective I'd use about them is that they are lazy. They run rings around me and DH despite our being over 20 years younger.

Yup, YABU, as you asked.

I believe it has been all but impossible to get planning permission for new bungalows for a long time now which is why those already there are so expensive and hard to find.

Maybe one of them has a degenerative condition that might mean stairs become an issue in the future. Maybe they are thinking of moving an elderly relative in.

Maybe they just like bungalows

There have just been a load of bungalows built near me, as social housing. I'd kill to get my mum into one...

I have a bungalow, no choice due to my disability.

OP YABVU.

RubberBulletKisses Is your council giving p.p. for bungalows for sale? If not it seems more than iffy to me. The objections to bungalows are the same regardless of the tenure.

It makes sense to build a bungalow if you exepct to live there until you are elderly, or perhaps have a medical condition which will reduce your mobility over the years. Relative of mine has had strokes and is now stuck in a house with stairs which is very difficult. In financial terms they can probably get a good price for selling a bungalow as they are more scarce I believe than houses, and with ageing population demand could increase.

I have bungalow with a loft conversion there is one big bedroom and showeroom upstairs and it's used as the master. The children both have a large bedrooms downstairs and we can be flexible on how space is used. If we had bought a house we wouldn't have had such big bedrooms. The kids love having such big rooms and it's much easier to keep an eye on them playing downstairs!

I lived in a bungalow as a teen with my parents. It was huge, when the grandkids came along there was no worries about them falling down the stairs. I actually think they are more family friendly than houses.

We've got a house, with a stairlift for me. I bloody hate that stairlift, it makes me feel disabled and in the way. One day we will have our bungalow.

We're a young couple and we bought our bungalow five years ago. I love it. We have a huge corner plot so lots of garden. I don't have to worry about stair gates for baby dd. If she's not settling I'm not constantly running up and down stairs. When she's in bed we're only across the hall. Everything is spacious and bright and airy. What's not to love?

It would be nice to not have to heft the vacuum up and down the stairs all the time!
Not to mention the fact that my cat is always trying to trip me up when I'm going down the stairs...

I live in a bungalow because we are high up and couldn't get planning permission to build a two storey house.