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?

Neither does it redistribute housing resources

Unless you're a hard core communist, you can't actually expect people to have their own bought homes "re-distibuted". Maybe you should give your home to some over-crowded family if you are so sure this is how things should work?

I bloody love our playroom. Of course they could play in their bedroom but this way I don't need to deal with any of the mess and just shit the door on it. Can't understand why you wouldn't want a playroom.

I can't see a problem with it as long as you aren't like my parents and complain about how much work it is all the time. Bloody well downsize then

Politics of envy. Is that you Jeremy?

communist!
politics of envy!

Stupid, lazy rhetoric

I've just put the same answer on another thread: it applies here as well!

"We live in a free country!"

I actually don't understand why people would want a really big house as it'd be an expensive and time consuming job to clean and upkeep. But it's them that has to deal with it, not me so if they want to then by all means they can crack on. It's not harming you is it?

When interest rates go up some of those big houses are going to become big liabilities

I'm jealous, and I'm happy to admit it!

I am desperately jealous of people who live in detached houses and don't have to worry about wanker neighbours and their shit music. If they also have a private gym and a library then I am thoroughly sickened!

Ditto when the housing bubble bursts and mortgage rates rise, shifting the loan to value ratio meaning that you no longer qualify for a low rate

We live in a big house with tons of rooms. It's ok though because there are 5 of us and we bought it off a couple who were clearly greedy or they'd had their family there and they'd grown up and moved on so we're helping fill up the rooms.

You would hate the new house that I'm building. It doesn't have any redundant rooms, unless you count the spare bedroom, but it has big rooms because I like big spaces so it's large in its sq m size. I've found that we don't need as many bathrooms as most modern houses have, because the DC like to use the nicest bathroom so in our current house the whole family use the master en suite because it has the best shower, and the au pair uses the second bathroom. So we have four bedrooms upstairs and two bathrooms, neither of them are en suite because at the moment the DC walk through the master bedroom to use the master en suite so by having both bathrooms accessed from the landing in the new house there will be better bedroom privacy.

I'm lucky that I can afford to build exactly the kind of house that I want (within planning constraints). I don't think I'm greedy though, it's not a flashy house, I'm not trying to impress, it's just a house that suits the way my family live, that I will feel comfortable in and that I can afford.

I feel that sometimes people pick a 'thing' and call it 'consumerism' when what they mean is that they wouldn't like it. For instance, I don't buy jewellery, spend much on clothes, have an expensive car or go to 5-star resorts. But that doesn't mean I would negatively judge someone who enjoys these things. So long as they don't think that being able to afford them makes them somehow better than someone else, I would be massively judgy about that. My DC and family all buy/receive modest but useful Christmas and birthday presents and none of us judge the value or merit of anything based on how much it costs (except for my 12 yr old DS who likes expensive sports shoes which I think look exactly the same as a cheaper equivalent). We are all very comfortably off and we all spend money on things that we enjoy, because the alternative would be to hoard the money and die rich and miserable.

Some trolls live under bridges that are too big for them.

What's your point?!

If all your money and your future is invested in your property, and property prices are vastly over inflated thend you not have made such a smart investment
Those with small affordable properties may be thankful

Why in earth are they greedy and unreasonable? Why shouldn't they spend their money on a bigger house? Would you rather people just left their money in the bank forever or gave it all away? Its good for the economy for people to spend their money rather than leave it all in the bank. If they choose to spend it on a house surely thats fine!

Growing up I shared a bedroom with 2 siblings and my aunt. I like that my dc have a room each. It's really nice to have your own space. We have moved to a house twice the size of our previous one and while we could have coped, this is so much better for everyone. We don't have a playroom, but when we move on in a couple of years time it will be to a bigger house again and I won't say no to a playroom. I'm not hurting anyone.

Apologies I have not RTFT.

I am jealous of people in big houses with more space than they actually need and I'm not even ashamed to admit it.

I also think that there is a trend for first time buyers to buy as big as possible these days. There seem to be fewer and fewer people (IMHO) who buy a 1 bed, then go up the ladder from there. Probably because the market is a total shit show.

Which is why I'm totally jealous. My DH and I bought our 1 bed over a decade ago with the intention of moving up the ladder, and then the market crashed.

We now share our one and only room with our disabled 4yr old. DC's toys are relegated to a small corner of our living room and I feel terrible that there isn't anywhere for DC to play. There is also nowhere for either DH or I to go for any peace and quiet, and don't get me started on what it's done to our sex life. We are on the market but there are no buyers - we can't afford to drop the asking price any more than we already have and I sometimes think we will never get out.

So yeah, I'm jealous of people with space!

What's the standard abode you believe people should live in then, starting with 1 person, I'm assuming One room? Or perhaps just room to lie down, so this could be 1 room with four people in it using bunk beds.

Oh you'd hate our house OP

We are a family of 3, 4 bedrooms, double converted cellar, loft conversion, 2 bathrooms and 2 toilets, kitchen diner, dining room and 2 reception rooms.

We moved from a 2 up 2 down where you couldn't swing a cat, to having lots of space. It's nobodies business but ours, I'm not sure why you're getting so worked up about it!

You say jealousy, I say justifiable resentment at an unfair system which fosters gross inequalities
the rich get richer as the poor get poorer

6 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms just for DW and me, about two months of the year.

Bite me!

I definitely hear what you're saying OP, and I think some people are greedy with property; especially people who've taken advantage of buy-to-let with more than one home when there's so much homelessness today.
But for myself, I'm not envious of people with big houses, as I love cosy little tiny places (within reason) much simpler, cosier, cheaper to heat, oh and much easier to clean! Give me a little hobbit house over a palace any day

You say jealousy, I say justifiable resentment at an unfair system which fosters gross inequalities

Yep, that's jealousy alright.

We bought a 4 bed family house, potential playroom and all. Turns out DH is infertile so might not be able to actually have any kids.........do I have to sell up as I'm wasting all the space?!

How ludicrous. Why on earth do you care!

What is a double converted cellar? Do you have a cellar under your cellar?