To think nine bedrooms is a bit much?

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Someone I work with has just bought a nine bedroom house for two adults and one child to live in. They aren't having more children or having anyone else move in.

Just out of interest, how big would you go if money was no object? For me I think 5 or 6 just to have a couple of guest rooms but nine seems bonkers to me. It has enough space downstairs for a playroom and office so they aren't using them for that. Just thinking of all the bed linen makes me feel faint.

Crazy idea..... they might not use them all as bedrooms.

Let’s see, one for each child, one for me and one for DH. One for parents in law. One for my parents. One for friends staying over. One for live in staff to look after this massive mansion. Nine bedroom house sounds like a dream!

As many as I wanted.

Presumably they want 9 bedrooms and can afford to buy the house so they have 9 bedrooms.

Are your friends Meghan and Harry?

Regardless I wouldn’t have more than 4 bedrooms. Houses take time, work and money to look after.

My friends, a retired couple bought a seven bedroom one, it’s just them.

It’s astonishing how often all bedrooms are full they are constantly entertaining. If they could have afforded more they would have got them. It’s like a free bed and breakfast.

My in laws have a seven bed house for two of them. They only bought it a couple of years ago - an investment paid off and they bought their dream home as they'd always wanted to.
One is a gym, two are studies and one is a yoga room. Then they have people staying over a lot so two spare bedrooms for guests. They love it and they're happy so what does it matter

I could easily have five bedrooms just for me! One bedroom for me, one guest bedroom, one office, one craft room and one junk/storage room.

They might not have wanted 9 bedrooms specifically, but surely once you get to a certain price range, the houses that have the features you do want (large kitchen, multiple rooms downstairs, big gardens etc) will all come with lots of bedrooms.

Probably max 6, so one for OH and myself, 2 for kids I have now, 1 For maybe the third baby (God willing) one for when husband snores/pisses me off, and then a playground and a guest room, oh I think that’s 7! Can see how easily people get carried away!

We are a household of 10, 11 if my mum is staying with us. We bought a house with two large and two medium bedrooms and have put up partition walls to split the larger rooms in half. I would love 9 bedrooms!

I find it much weirder when a house has more bathrooms than bedrooms. Just couldn’t be arsed with that much upkeep.

We have 5 bedrooms and just one baby, but I’m surprised at how often the guest rooms are full. Once you have 2 sets of grandparents in it doesn’t leave that much space

Yes, YABU. This is none of your business. If I had more money, I'd have an even larger house. I have a dear friend who has no kids and a 4 bedroom house. She's fabulous. I'm happy for her.

I don't know. I've never had the experience of too many bedrooms.
Perhaps if you could buy me that 9 bedroom house and I'll tell you if it's too big after about 25 years maybe? I need to give it time to adjust.

I could easily use 9 bedrooms.

4 bedrooms for us, study, reading room, lego room, music practice room (soundproofed) and a guest bedroom.

That's assuming the office is downstairs as promised, OP!

I always thought I wanted a mansion if I became rich but after I watched the Minimalist documentary on Netflix and it showed heat maps of people's house use, it made me rethink having a giant house. Having a massive house means buying more pointless stuff to fill it, and more space to clean. Can't see the appeal myself.

The extra space upstairs will translate to extra space downstairs though won't it so she might not want 9 bedrooms but she might want the downstairs of that size.

I'd go for 6 or 7.

One of us, one each for the three children, a spare one in case I want to no longer share with DH / guest room, another spare and then one to be used as a study room. Not to be confused with our study, bit a space the kids can do their homework etc in when they're in high school

Mmm, grandparents had something like that in the 60s . I think there were about 15 upstairs rooms, two full bathrooms, two loos, two kitchens, huge pantry, three or four big reception rooms . Would have been a mansion at one stage - even with that size they only had half .

Don’t ask how they afforded it, I have no idea and never asked .

Sold a quarter or so in the 70s - built walls between the two - and made a fortune .

They still - after selling - had three bedrooms, a spare double, and a study . Never had a worry about space . Bloody cold though in half the rooms because they weren’t used much except at Christmas for example .

The beds weren’t laundered that often because they just weren’t used enough . And I’m not sure how they cleaned it all . Suspect someone else did that .

The house was sold again in 2012 or so - still advertised then for small families .

The only downside is that with the space they amassed a lot of stuff . A colossal amount of very expensive crap . And I’ve no idea if you can still do what they did ie divide and sell half .

But if you could, and I had the money and that I’d do it ...

If I could afford it I'd love 9 bedrooms, I'd have two or 3 really nice guest rooms, a study, a gym, a playroom or sitting room for ds to have his friends over. There's lots of things you could do with the bedrooms so I don't see the harm.

@Wtfdidwedo

I always thought I wanted a mansion if I became rich but after I watched the Minimalist documentary on Netflix and it showed heat maps of people's house use, it made me rethink having a giant house. Having a massive house means buying more pointless stuff to fill it, and more space to clean. Can't see the appeal myself.

Then don't buy one if you become rich . I'd hire someone to clean it. Would love a proper mansion - indoor pool (with swim lane), hot tub, sauna, gym, game room, couple of guest rooms (each with a bathroom), his and hers bathrooms in the master suite, room for live-in staff, cars, etc.

I'd like five in the house and a two bed guest annexe

Depends on the house, perhaps they will be converting some to be en-suites and dressing rooms, a study each to wfh. Perhaps they are planning on knocking walls through to make bigger rooms

I’d like one for DH and me (maybe Knock two Together if there wasn’t a big master with a decent dressing area and two baths), two for DCs and another between them as a “play” room. Two more to be offices for DH and me and two guest bedrooms. I’d also like a media room and craft room, a library, a game room, a gym, a spa room and staff bedrooms.

This on top of a big kitchen/dining/family room, a catering kitchen, a formal dining room, a stair hall you could put a 12ft Christmas tree in, at least two reception rooms and staff accommodation (sleeping accommodation could be ancillary but they’ll need some kind of staff room in the house). Quite fancy a “Chinese room” and an orangery too. Not to mention a gazebo/folly/hunting lodge or two in the grounds.

Hmm. I seem to have mentioned staff accommodation twice. Maybe that’s the priority

If I could afford it I'd love 9 bedrooms, I'd have two or 3 really nice guest rooms, a study, a gym, a playroom or sitting room for ds to have his friends over. There's lots of things you could do with the bedrooms so I don't see the harm.

Yes I see what you mean but they have two studies and playroom downstairs.

To the PP saying it's none of my business, of course it isn't, but neither are most of the things people discuss/have opinions about on bloody MN 🙄