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?

3 bed ex-Council semi, so two beds and a box room really. Small hallway off the street with stairs leading off, living room and kitchen with enough room for a dining table. There’s me, 11yo ds and the dog so it’s more than enough room.

6 bed house dining room huge kitchen hall way office down stairs cloak room pantry lining room conservatory storage room and a pool lots of space but everything is falling a part dosnt look it if you came to visit pool pump is broken all the pipes leak every now and then most the carpet had moths and the heating bill is thousands every month but it was my grandparents so sad to think when we sell it they will probably nock it down

Mine was pretty similar to yours, I think, although the second bedroom was bigger (and I suspect that our bathroom is smaller than yours). But our house is the end terrace, and we extended it to give us a third double bedroom and a kitchen diner and it's made a huge difference. Now it feels pleasantly compact rather than too small.

We have two houses. One we live in most of the week is small with three bedrooms, it's cosy and close to amenities we need and city centre. Our other house, rural location, we try to stay at when not busy and in holidays, is much bigger four storeys and five bedrooms. It is colder and more difficult (and expensive) to heat but I do like the extra space.

Op. Do you own or rent?

Is there no way to move? Even to a cheaper area for more space, or even to a house that needs work but is larger?

I feel your frustration mines small too.

Living room 6×4 metres, feel I have to tidy as the smallest amount of clutter makes it feel claustrophobic.

Kitchen quite big and bedrooms too, but would offer a bigger downstairs.

Also very small bathroom!

Hallway measures 1 ×2 metres 😂

Upstairs: 4 double bedrooms, family bathroom, ensuite to master.

Downstairs: Large living room, large playroom, big kitchen diner and a conservatory.

I have no complaints for me, DH and two DC. The playroom and conservatory are luxuries really.

We did buy it in a complete state (only way we could afford the space) so only just over 1/2 is in use while we work our way through the renovations.

It feels huge when I’m cleaning it and quite small when I come back from my parents’ six bed house with enormous rooms, massive garden and an outhouse with cinema, hot tub and all sorts else. There’s 2 of them. Goodness knows why my DM continues to live there and clean it!

Well. DH's grandad. Two up, two down, Wales - 9 children.

DH's mum: 3 bed flat, sitting room, dining area, kitchen bathroom. 5 children

DH: 30s semi. Sitting room, dining room, kitchen, reasonable hall, two dBl beds, 1 single, 1 bath. 3 children.

Us: 3,500sq ft. 2 DC

Tiny back to back terrace. Very small kitchen and decent sized lounge on first floor. One bedroom and bathroom on first floor and another bedroom in loft, plus a cellar. We are a family of 4 including boy/girl twins.

We HAVE to move next year as twins will be 10. But totally skint and house still in negative equity
I dream of a big kitchen and 3 bedrooms.

We have quite a large house, and all of the rooms are quite big so it feels quite roomy. We have 5 double bedrooms (two of which are quite massive) and a bathroom upstairs, with 3 reception rooms, kitchen, large hallway, utility and downstairs cloakroom. It's an old house but needed a hell of a lot of work doing to it when we bought it (think roof, running water, electricity etc).

I think our total floor space is around 285 sq m (just over 3000 sq feet). It used to be 3 bed/2 reception/no hallway but we built an extension a few years ago.

I often look on Right Move at houses for sale but I'm hardly ever tempted because I know we wouldn't get such big bedrooms and I'm used to having the space now! I'm not entirely sure why they were made so big as they must have been awful to heat in the winter with the tiny little fireplaces in them!

Is an extension or a loft conversion a possibility? Cheaper than moving house if you've got the space to do it?

We have a 4 bed semi detached. It's a 90s new build and it's horribly designed and the rooms aren't particularly small but they are terribly laid out. There is no way to get a pram in and out the door without doing some crazy manoeuvring. The doors all hit each other when open. The kitchen isn't small but there is barely any surface space and there's no scope to extend it. But it's in a fantastic area. The only other houses in this area are teeeeny tiny Victorian terraces (which I was dying for until we viewed some)
Try not to feel down about it and look on Pinterest / ikea for some ideas to keep the stuff from encroaching on your living space?
A utility room is on my must haves for the next place....I think I would actually leave our nice area for a utility room m. stalks rightmove. Am I the only one that constantly sends DH links for houses that are juuuuust outside of highest potential budget? I know it's probably not a fair thing to do but I can't help it... LOOK AT THAT UTILITY ROOM.

With small homes you need to be utterly ruthless with "stuff" and make use of storage that uses full room height!

I do feel for families stuck in tiny London homes

Two up, two down.

Tiny hallway, Large ish living room but also has the table in it, kitchen. Two double bedrooms and bathroom upstairs.

We have 3 dc, ds1 and 2 in one bedroom and ds3 (7 months) still in with us. We're like sardines in a bloody can and moving next year hopefully. That should have been this year but surprise dc3 killed that plan.

We built our own house 12 years ago. It has a large dinning hall, Kitchen dinner with an island, utility room, good sized lounge, loo and master bedroom with ensuite with bath and shower and a walk in wardrobe on the ground floor.
Upstairs there are 3 double bedrooms and a family bathroom with a bath and shower. It's our dream house and it cost us half what it would have had we not built it ourselves.

I think you just end up filling any space you have. We have four bedrooms, not massive but all fit a double/king bed and have built in wardrobes, 2 ensuite, small but adequete and means I dont have to share, DS has the bathroom.

It's an 18 year old house so not technically a new build but was built with quite a few cupboard space..we still fill it all though

Ours is weird - a chalet bungalow which means most bedrooms are downstairs (plus 2 upstairs). Wouldn't really work for a young family but fine for an older one like ours.

I can't help but wonder at why so many people have posted about their massive 4/5/6 bed houses that they struggle to clean and can't fill for the space on this thread.

I mean...why? The op is clearly feeling down about it. And whilst she's asked for others views, to me it seems pretty clear that it won't do anything positive for her to hear about others' mansions to such a detailed degree.

It seems incredibly crass to me. Like posting about your wonderful 4 kids on a thread where someone's struggling with only being able to have one. Or posting at length about your dc's wonderful, perfect school when the op is sad about the local shitty comp she must use.

Festive spirit and all that.

Which one?

We’ve got a 4-bed with two large receptions rooms, separate kitchen and utility room.

And a three bed two reception room holiday home by the coast.

As a child in 80s, 7 people ( blended family) in 3 bed terrace, one 6 x 8 box room, one bathroom ( bath, basin & wc) tiny galley kitchen, 2 small ( 10x12) reception. We managed fine.

Corcory yeah some of my friends did that, it worked out really well but was stressful for them until it was sorted as apparently the temporary mortgage was astronomical and it went a few weeks over schedule!

They're happily settled now :)

We moved to a much cheaper area to upsize as we were priced out due to outstanding primary school that my own children were in. It did mean someone else got a chance at getting their child in when we sold it (very close to the school.)

It meant we could get a 4 bed detached with a double garage that we converted into a playroom for the children. We have extended the house too. We could never have afforded this house in the previous area. The local primary school was in special measures which had a huge impact on house prices. It didn't matter to us as we kept our children in the outstanding primary.

Yes I love it, there are more things that need doing in the house and it is a bastard to clean 3 toilets and hoover throughout but I feel blessed.

It seems incredibly crass to me

Yes, I thought this too. I was hoping my post would stop it and people would think twice, hence why I posted what I did.

Op, are you still reading? Are you ok?

I hate our flat. There's me, OH, DD and dog. It only has a bathroom, a tiny open plan kitchen thing, the livingroom and a bedroom. Yes, one bedroom

Which one?

We’ve got a 4-bed with two large receptions rooms, separate kitchen and utility room. And a three bed two reception room holiday home by the coast

Just when I thought the replies couldn't get any cuntier 😂

You sound like a mahoosive knob btw.

It just goes to show op, a big house (or two 😜 ) really isn't everything .