To plan a baby in a one bedroomed apartment?

[Pianofires]

It's a beautiful apartment in a very leafy village but is just the same a one bedroomed one.

Moving is a possibility, but since I have no mortgage on this apartment I would like to stay for the first couple of years at least, though this is always flexible.

The exterior is gorgeous but the interior needs a fair bit of work - WIBU to plan a baby anyway? (I am hoping to try between January and March 2016.)

In your specific situation, I've changed my opinion. I think you should go ahead and do it now.

You have two mortgage-free properties and plenty of opportunity to sell both and combine the funds to buy one bigger property in future, when you're ready.

If 'all' you had was your flat you're living in, i'd say wait, for fear of still not being able to afford the difference in price of that and a bigger property in future. As it is, you have plenty of back up iyswim? It's unlikely that selling two properties would leave you unable to buy one in future.

Ah, thank you - although I don't own the flat outright. Half belongs to my brother.

I hope that before DC starts school I should be able to buy a small property with a garden - I see some manage, but I definitely wouldn't want to be living in such cramped conditions, but a bedroom each and a little garden seems fine to me!

I was a single parent in a one bed flat with a newborn Ds, it was very isolating.

Personally I liked living in a shared house, when Ds was one I rented out my flat and moved in with a friend. It was lonely being on my own and although I normally live my own company it was too much being on my own at that time. Saying that however I wasn't single by choice and I had a bereavement so different circumstances.

Also ds was a horrendous sleeper and I had to move into the lounge to stop waking him up. I think that was at 6 months, honestly I think if you love that flat go for it and just take all these comments on board so it's not a shock.

We had our first baby (she's now 25) in a one bed apartment. It was fine but the pressure from other people to move was our motivation to live elsewhere. We were fine in our one bedder and very happy. Regarding baby slings be very careful and read instructions thoroughly, I managed to slip two discs 23 years ago with number 2 baby and still have pain. So back to the flat, have confidence in your decision and don't feel pressured by other people as we were. Good luck.