To think that some people live in too big houses?

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Lots of people live in (in my opinion) already big houses yet they want to move into even bigger ones.
I see so many families where all the children have their own bedrooms, bathrooms, big bedroom for the parents, guest room, study, living room, and yet they never seem to be satisfied and want to move into a bigger house. They all want playroom for the children. What's the point, when they could easily play in their bedrooms or the living room? There are houses where everybody has their own level, plus bathrooms on the landings, more toilets than family members, and yet they want Buckingham palace. It's good to have enough space and not be in each other's pockets but am I the only one who thinks these people are greedy and unreasonable? You don't need to live in a mansion to be a happy family.
Not to mention those houses where entire rooms are never used, lots of space is taken up by massive stairs and there are parts of the house that are just walkways.
What's your take on it?

It is a pity some people live in huge houses when others are unable to find a decent place to live.

Oh honestly just fuck off.

The size of our house has absolutely nothing to do with other people struggling to find houses?

And the reason we don't have any neighbours in a mile radius is because of people like you.

I have despatched ted junior, I think this maybe his name but frankly who has the time to learn what they prefer, to check if someone is dwelling under the bridge on the moat

Bibity ^Givenup I think you said people who have no interest in large houses have never lived in one? I was just posting my experience.

No, I did not say anything of the sort. Please re read my post.

Then there was a new paragraph (indicating moving on from content of first paragraph) where I commented on other posters on the thread who write anyone's objections off as "jealousy".

Your paragraph does not indicate moving on as you had personalised your opening paragraph with my username.

Thing with big houses is that you have to maintain, heat and clean the bleedin' things (or pay people to do so). Also, people (apart from your parents and kids) are rarely happy for you. I don't understand why people want others to be jealous of their house because, if it's better than theirs, it's inevitable. Jealousy is such a negative opinion, why court it?

Huh? You live your life to make people who are not your parents or kids happy? We don't, we live our lives to make us happy and not based on random opinions. Quite frankly I would never make a decision on where I lived based on whether I thought it would make some random jealous or not. It wouldn't even cross my mind and quite frankly I couldn't give a shit even if it did, What an awful way to live that you even chose your home to ensure no one is jealous of you.

It is a pity some people live in huge houses when others are unable to find a decent place to live

Yeah. It's a pity my miscarriage and the damage caused thereby meant I was unable to have more than one child.

It's a pity stress of infertility contributed to the irreparable break down of my marriage meaning there's only one adult here now.

It is a pity some people live in huge houses when others are unable to find a decent place to live.

It's a pity some people can't find a decent place to live full stop. Nothing to do with people living in big houses.

What is a living room?

What is a living room

It's what some people call their drawing room I think?

How very non-U...

Having said that, we did move here from a much larger barn conversion and that was simply too big. Cathedral ceilings and big expanses of stone floors do not homely make.

Anyway, once the DDs have gone to university I intend to fulfil a life long dream and live on a Dutch barge

I've suggested this before but how about a Downsizer's Bond! It would be available to people or couples above a stated age who sell one home and buy another. You would not be able to cash it in but after death it would be repaid, revalorised by reference to the house price index, free of CGT but subject to Inheritance Tax - as if there had been no downsizing - but if you went into residential care the LA would not be able to count it as part of your assets.

So the older homeowners free up the bigger properties but protect their children's inheritance.

A fair contribution to solving the problem?

I have four spare bedrooms. Some weeks my cleaner comes and hoovers a floor that hasn't been walked on.

The reason they are spare is because I haven't been able to conceive a much wanted family.

I would trade all of them for a one bed flat and a baby.

purple

Andrewofgg not fair at all. We need inheritance tax to help with wealth redistribution. There should be no automatic right to inherit before the costs of social care have been funded. Why should relatively poor people subsidise the care of the wealthy?

I get that purple. We bought a six bedroom house in 1992 when we thought we'd fill it with children. We wanted four. After three third trimester pgs, two second trimester and I lost count of first trimester losses, we eventually managed two.

Something we have found that might surprise is that you need more space as they get bigger and start snogging then boomerang back. Those tiny little year two shoes could be kicked into a corner. A size 11 pair of trainers, docs, proper shoes and the girlfriend's size sevens don't disappear so easily.

A boot room replaces necessity of a playroom, which becomes a tv/games room, etc.

We went from 1900 Edw semi (three bathrooms squeezed in) to 1990's townhouse - smaller but with four baths and five bogs (stupidly small garden) to 1920's leafy detached with awesome downstairs space and oodles of garden and a boot room

I apologise deeply if it upsets anyone but it's their problem, not mine.

When we moved into our new, bigger house, it was almost tangible the way we all felt that extra 'room' even though we technically had fewer rooms. We have an office (so dh can work to pay for the house!) and have reduced the size of our living room by making a playroom as I want my children to be downstairs to play not stuck upstairs, at least while they're little. We do have a lovely big home, but we didn't win the lottery- we're not lucky, we work very hard and save hard, say no to lots of luxuries that our friends say yes to, etc etc and our home is our reward. Our mortgage payments are the lowest of anyone we know, because we save save save and overpay, build up equity etc.

people are selfish, i don't get why anyone would need massive houses. it's just pure greed.

It isn't greed. It's because they can and why shouldn't they.

This thread is like benefit bashing in reverse.

people are selfish, i don't get why anyone would need massive houses. it's just pure greed.

This statement makes no sense whatsoever.

We need inheritance tax to help with wealth redistribution.

If all my work is for nothing, and I can't leave anything to my kids, then I might as well spend it all now, blow it on a world wide cruise with them or something. What's the incentive to earn money if it all gets blown away in tax? Ridiculous.

Knowing who is in charge of this country, a Monarchy no less, no chance of that ever happening, my tiny assets are pretty safe.

people are selfish, i don't get why anyone would need massive houses. it's just pure greed.

What now?

That makes no sense

people are selfish, i don't get why anyone would need massive houses. it's just pure greed

Do you think somehow that if people refused to buy big houses, lots of little affordable houses would just appear out of thin air?

Knowing who is in charge of this country, a Monarchy no less

Er what now? Is everyone on glue tonight?

but some of us are selfish greedy bastards because we have 2 or 3 "extra" rooms, right...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_royal_residences

no but housing companies would build affordable housing, i guess it depends on where you live, where I am it is ridiculous.

massive 6 bedroom mansions occupied by two parents and a scrawny child.