In feeling annoyed with couples who take up large family homes but have no children

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Friend of mine and her partner have just bought a really big 5 bedroom family house. They are both mid 20s, no children but claim they intend to start a family soon.... They bought the property on this basis. ABIU in thinking this is ridiculous.There is no guarantee they will even be able to have children let alone multiple. The house is in a fantastic area, nearby to a wonderful school and I know any houses in the area are snapped up as soon as they are on the market. My friend was up against lots of families who all placed offers on the property, however my friend trumped them all with a better offer. I feel this is a total waste of a large family home and can't help but feel it's ridiculous and rather greedy and selfish!

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My first ever

If I count my DCat 1 & 2 and DDog as my children am I okay to share a 4-bed house with them OP?

Yes, you are being unreasonable i think. Alsong as they are buying it with their money I dont see how it is anyone elses business.
Im jealous of these people but good for them if they can do it
If it was socially funded then yes that would be absolutely shocking but its not.
I dont think its fair however that u are attacked verbally for asking this question.
A shame really that people feel it necessary

WTF? Dh and I bought a 4 bed house long before we had any children. Yes, we hoped to have a family; but also liked the house and wanted space. I can count 5 houses on my street, all 4 bed, and all have elderly couples who moved in after their children had obviously moved out.

OP - I think you're angry at yourself for not buying it or being too poor.

I can't believe that the OP has a 4-bedroom house and no kids herself, and yet posts this?! No fucking self-awareness whatsoever. My flab is well and truly gasted.

However I think she probably realises that now. Instead of changing your username OP, just come back and "say, yeah, I was being a dickhead; I'm sorry and I'll think of something extra nice to do for my friend as well as doing some work on myself" and hopefully there wouldn't be a poster on here that holds it against you in the long-term. Everyone is a dickhead sometimes!

My friend, a doctor who inherited early due to the deaths of her parents when she was only in her 20s, bought a 5 bed house aged 28. She lived there with her dog. 15 years on she lives elsewhere with her husband and kids but that first house was her much-loved home and she had every right to it. I wouldn't choose to live alone in a big place but so what.

YABU

Why is it any of your business how many bedrooms they have in their house/how big it is?

So what if there were others with children interested in buying the property?

Unless it's a council house, I don't think there are any rules about buyers with children taking priority.

I'm not having kids abs I've got a lovely 4 bed house with my DH and a lovely garden.

Flat life was annoying noise and I was happy to tell all the noisy people who would shut up when we asked them nicely not to didn't even talk to us when we found out we were moving.

Actually they've done a good thing and will avoid having to pay out more stamp duty & solicitors as they "climb" the property ladder (if that even exists any more!)

Wow! A practically unanimous yabu.
I wonder people think differently in houses where there isn't a housing crisis
It seems obvious to me that underoccupancy is a problem, but I doubt myself when I read threads like this.

Flipping heck, my over editing and hiding behind crossing out was trying to suggest there might be less of a housing crisis if there wasn't underoccupancy.

Have my first

Because you obviously think they should have to pay tens of thousands of extra stamp duty and solicitor fees in multiple moves to houses you deem appropriate for them.

Rude words.

OK ... so we're in our 60's and live in a 4-5 bed detached house in a very nice, semi-rural area in the catchment area of one of the best schools in the county. ...... Just off to call the EA so we can sell and down size to a 2 bed .... NOT!!! OK, we have thought about moving, but not got round to it yet for one reason or another. If and when we do, we'll sell to the buyer who present the best offer, whether or not they have kids.

Why the heck shouldn't people buy the house of their dreams if they can afford it. They are not (and neither are we) stopping anyone from with or without kids from buying in this area.

OP, you sound jealous and small minded tbh. YABU ....

There is an argument, which clearly has little support on here, that overconsumption of housing is part of the housing problem in the UK. Nevertheless I suggest, OP, that you save your ire for the planning people and the NIMBYs who vote for them, who have failed abjectly for decades to ensure the nation's housing stock meets the people's aggregated needs, never mind their desires, aspirations, or the reality of how people live in the 21st century.

I hope this is a troll if not OP you are stone mad!

So we have 5 bed house and a one bed flat on our property.

We didnt have any children when we purchased it with the intention of starting a big family!

After 7 pregnancies and only teo children I am no longer able to have another child.

Do you suggest I uproot my happy 3year old and 1 year old from their home and find a smaller place? And what do you suggest i did with the dog and horses? Pop them in my new 3 beds garage???

Is this a joke!!! YABVVVU!!!!!! Jeeez with friends like you......!!!!!

What a selfish monologue op

Have another

Yes, have another None of your bloody business what they do.

We live in a five bed house. These days it is just DH, myself and the dog.

No desire to move right now, but will be downsizing eventually. I'll let you know when it goes on the market

I would say none of your business. We have a 4 bedroom house (a small one mind) and are expecting our first child and don't intend to have any more. We could afford a 4 bed, we wanted a 4 bed (for office space and spare room etc) so we got one. Soz about that.

In fact, here,