To ask how big is your house?

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I'm grateful for what we have but I feel like I'm suffocating day to day.

We have a terraced house consisting of a small kitchen and lounge downstairs, a master bedroom, box room and tiny bathroom upstairs.
There's me, OH, DS (3), newborn DS and DDog.

There's no porch or wide hallways to have extra storage.
You walk straight into the kitchen where all the post and tat gets dumped on the nearest worktop or the table, no room for coat rack so jackets get dumped on the kitchen chairs, lounge has huge toybox as there's no room to keep DSs toys in his bedroom as its so small and now I'm having to figure out how to fit 2 DCs in there. The car seat for DS2 is in the lounge also as there's nowhere else to keep it.

There's clutter everywhere you turn despite trying to keep on top of it and it's a constant cycle of trying to cut down on stuff etc.
It makes me feel really down and I struggle to clear my head, it makes the days with the kids really difficult as sometimes you have to walk over stuff or trip over a bouncer or toy to get to the other side of the room.
I'm dreaming of a nice 3 bedroom house with an open plan kitchen and diner and a nice big lounge, oh and a utility room

AIBU to ask how big is your house and if you're happy with it?

Pre war, extended & converted bungalow.
4 bedrooms, dining/kitchen, utility, separate dining room, living room, study, playroom and 1.5 bathrooms. The rooms are large and a couple of them are barely used but we only have 1DC at the moment and plan to have more.
We're happy with it but I'd be happy with a smaller house too.

The place I’m currently in is big enough for just the 3 of us but there is no storage (built in) and I can’t currently afford to buy anymore so all our worldly goods are on display in a lovely big mess all of the time it seems. I dream of one of those massive ikea pax wardrobes in my bedroom the floor to ceiling ones where I can put all my crap and pretend I am a tidy person.

Hooks on the hall door for coats is a massive help though and putting all the shoes on the stairs one pair per step. As there is a turn on the stairs I have a unofficial crap basket at the bottom. Everything I find downstairs that belongs upstairs goes in and —eventually— makes its way back where it belongs.

I’ve lived in some places that made me miserable OP and it can really get you down when you feel hemmed in.

We have a small (1100 sq ft) 4 bed with 2 doubles and 2 single bedrooms, a bathroom and an en suite upstairs. We have a smallish (11x12ft) lounge and a big family kitchen diner / playroom. We also have a garage which helps. DH and I have 3 DC.

I kind of wish we'd stretched for a bigger house but they just weren't coming up in the area we wanted. DH can walk to work and DC can walk to school (and will be able to walk to an outstanding secondary too) so location won.

We will possibly do a loft conversion in the next few years, or move if the right house comes up in this specific area of about 12 streets!

3 bed terraced house- third bedroom is a box room. Tiny bathroom and downstairs loo. Front room and just extended to have a dining area as was starting to feel suffocated. And a garden. Small but does the job. We have 2 DC aged 5 and 3. No plans to move for a few years

OP are you OK? You posted at 9 o'clock last night sounding a bit down, you've had 230 replies and I think the majority (not all) only read the title.

You know that old adage about if you want to get people to talk, ask them about themselves ... folk just love it don't they?

We are in the process of selling and buying. For the last 11 years we have lived in a quite small 3 bed semi (90`s build). It has a small hall, lounge and kitchen diner with one bathroom upstairs. Biggest bedroom is 12 ft by 10 ft. Over the years, we've had two children, and although we don't own a lot of 'stuff' we struggle for storage in the bedrooms and kitchen in particular. We are buying a four double bedroom victorian terrace, with a large hall, much bigger lounge, separate dining room, large dining kitchen and conservatory. Converted cellar, family bathroom and en suite. It's going to mean a lot more cleaning but I'm so looking forward to not tripping over one another, and not having the washing hung in the living space. Also being able to use the loo without someone on the other side of the door, wailing, "have you finished yet?!"

We have a 4 bedroom very spacious house, large outside area with a swimming pool. And a staff area outside. BUT we have moved back to my home country where large spacious houses are very common. We lived a great 10years in our central London apartment and wouldn't have been able to afford a house there. We wanted the same lifestyle and standard of living though when we had our son so moved back home where we have the best of both.

Family of 5, 3 children.

70's build 3 bed, 1 bathroom. No dining room or space for kitchen-diner, but we have a good sized living room and conservatory that we use instead, although it is little cold in winter.

Two older children share biggest room which keeps their stuff out of the living area, youngest has smallest. We bought a kura bed for him with the idea that when he is older he will have the underneath as storage/play space. Also looking at cupboards/shelving to run around the wall near the ceiling.

We have a 4 bed, 2 bath, dining room, lounge, playroom, conservatory (but too cold to use) and utility room. We moved from a much smaller house in an naicer area. Don't regret the move for a minute

we used to have a small three bed semi: lounge, diner with kitchen, utility and bathroom at back. Three bedrooms upstairs. Had to sneak past front door to get it to close, no landings etc. No room.

Moved to a 4/5 bed. Detached. Big entrance hall, understairs cupboard and hall closet. Downstairs loo, playroom/separate dining room/kitchen and massive lounge. Four big bedrooms. Huge landing so we have a big dresser on it because it's not in the way.

Think back to the small house days with dread, hated never having any space. Hated Xmas tree because had to move furniture to find a space for it and squished. No place for two DC toys and stuff.

Ok, so we are broke now, but worth it.

Ours is a 3 bed (2 double 1 single) semi detached large garden 60ft front 40ft back largish hallway currently housing the puppy training pen (hate it but if I ever leave her out She eats everything ) needs a lot more storage there instead.
Kitchen diner but the kitchen part is small and doesn't work at all. My sitting room JUST fits 2 sofas and a tv with out cramping.
I would love extra bedroom and a downstairs toilet. We keep tolling with the idea of moving but the area it self is fab.

Kitchen, sitting rooms, 3 double bedrooms, family bathroom, en suite and downstairs loo. Garage, front and back garden. Me, DH and DS.

Room sizes are great but this house has absolutely no storage apart from one small cupboard in the hall where vacuum, mop, ironing board etc is stored. Means we have washing, shopping etc stacked all over the place. I try to make the most of storage in the spare room, so bedlinen in the chest of drawers etc but it's not ideal although would be better if I wasn't such a hoarder and cleared out some of the junk I don't need.

A relatively decent sized 3 bedroom terraced. The 3 bedrooms are good sizes, we have a living room & a big kitchen-diner.

There’s also a garage & a massive cupboard under the stairs so we’ve got a lot of storage space. We bought it a few months ago having lived in a lovely but completely impractical 2 bed flat for 13 years. I love it!

2 bed HA flat, kitchen, living room, bathroom, porch. I love it, even though my teens have to share the room is big enough, but the only thing I miss is a dining room. The living room is big, plenty of space even with a large 3 piece suite, but it's not really big enough for a dining room table.
Our last home (before I split with my ex) had a 30ft living room/dining room- I really do miss that!

2 bed rented flat, 2 double bedrooms and a big sitting room with huge windows. Communal garden for DS to play.

I'll miss it when we move as our new place is likely to be smaller.

OP I'm sorry that you're struggling.

Some small ideas:

Car seat and buggy kept in car
Tray or file for post in kitchen
Basket on side or floor for keys/gloves scarves etc
Hooks behind doors for coats
Under bed storage trays (ikea) for kids toys

Cull, ruthlessly. Take one small area at a time and get rid of everything you don't need. E.g. toys. If your DS has so many they're making you stress just get rid. Don't feel guilty about where they came, or whether given a few months you could sell them just bag them up and bin.

Do same with clothes and shoes and anything else you have too much of.

2 bed terrace with 1 reception room and 1 bathroom.

DDs 3 and 6 currently share a (very large) bedroom which is fine for now but DD1 in particular would like to have her own bedroom. DD2 is not keen though! Our lounge also has the tendency to look like an ELC store.

Ideally we’d have a 3 bed with 2 reception rooms.

We’re looking to sell when I start working FT next year.

5 bedroomed mid 19th century oddball building which used to be a village shop. Still managed to fill it up with books and stuff, so I need to have a massive clearout. Next to no storage, other than what we created; for example, made a larder leading off the kitchen from the small office next door and made a large walk-in cupboard in the previous 6th bedroom, which was pretty useless, as it was also a passage to another bedroom.
There's so much more I’d like to do in the house, but I’m not sure we'll be able to afford it... it's a bugger to heat, too.
I do like being able to put up friends and family without it being a squeeze. I really like being able to relegate all DH's (crap) bits and pieces to his own man cave, which I can firmly shut the door on. This room also contains the dog beds where the dogs loll about aromatically in the evenings. It means I can keep a fairly posh room, for when visitors come, or we can sit in and pretend we're proper, rather than chaotic scruffbags. So I suppose it suits us.

Its a 3 bedroomed detached house, it's not huge but it suits us fine, I live with my DH, DD, DS, SDS, dog & cat. Our bedroom is pretty big with a walk in wardrobe and en suite, DS & SDS share a bedroom and DD has her own room, then we have a kitchen, small sitting room, family bathroom and small Utility room, also we have a decent sized porch in the front. All the kids are teens now SDS is 19 so an adult pretty much so as they get bigger the house does start feeling smaller lol we have 2 sheds in the garden though so they're vital for storage!

You know that old adage about if you want to get people to talk, ask them about themselves ... folk just love it don't they?

I don't know if they just read the title, or they simply don't give a shit the op is struggling, but yes, a lot of people on here can't wait to boast.

Shame on them.

Coat hooks on the backs of all of your doors would help, you can get ones that fit over the tops of your doors if you're not keen on screwing anything in.
Box / basket in kitchen for your mail, deal with/shred regularly. Ask all of your companies and bank to send bills and statements electronically.
Instead of a toy box could you buy a storage footstool for the toys? Then it has a dual purpose.
Car seat left in the car.
Count how many toys your dc has and then half them. Most children have far far too many toys and they mostly prefer new things so regularly change toys by swapping them out with other friends / selling them and using the money to buy something else even second hand.
Spend half an hour a day clearing a small area of the house, be really brutal.

Far too big. Former vicarage with large grounds. No not gorgeous, seventies style. We want to sell but the Government policy of build, build, build that is relevant to the south east has meant a huge glut of newbuilds locally. Sadly, the only affordable estate was sold out with a waiting list. The rest are £500,000 plus homes. Not much by London standards but by NW (not Cheshire) standards, completely unaffordable. Not enough profit in it for the builders at the lower end.

My dd bought on this estate. Its a decent size 3 bed semi with large lounge, open plan (but easily could put double doors on) to good size kitchen. Allowance was only £2,000 but it still looks good. Proper hallway, downstairs cloaks, main bathroom and loo, ensuite with shower. Smallish garden, private driveway. £154,000 and carpets included as incentive. And they planted up the small side garden for her.

The nearest one to us proudly proclaims, "only 8 left" when they only built nine. At Easter.

Just about to move to a detatched 3 bed cottage with a 1/3 acre garden. Has a snug/toy room, utility room, large conservatory, a dressing room for me ) and an ensuite. Absolutely love it and can't wait to move. I have dreamt for years of a real cottage with beautiful beamed ceilings and a real fireplace and now finally have it. The 2 other bedrooms besides the master are both large and a very similar size so no arguments with my 2 children. It's just myself, those 2 and 2 guinea pigs.

Moved from a semi detached 3 bed 3 storey townhouse with 4!! bathrooms! Had an absolute neighbour from hell so really pushing this sale along now. Looks like it will be early January.

Inside porch' hall, downstairs loo, walk in cupboard, lounge, dining room, kitchen/diner. All great but upstairs is not as roomy, double bedroom with ensuite (tiny), small double for DD and a single room which I use as an office but we can just about get a single futon up in it. Also a main bathroom which is also very compact. Basically our kitchen/diner is an extention (here when we purchased).
It's the downstairs that keeps us here although it is difficult having people stay over.