Aibu to banish dc to the basement

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Ok so I’m looking at renting a house . I really like it , it’s on a cul-de-sac and near a park (no garden ) and ok schools . But , two of the bedrooms are effectively in the basement (3 floor house) One has a window but the other doesn’t . It does mean DC can all have their own rooms though whereas two of them currently share . AIBU ?

Are the children old enough to say how they feel about it?

I would not use a windowless room for a bedroom

Don't like the windowless room either

I wouldn’t put a child in a windowless bedroom!

Surely it's illegal to say that a basement room without a window is a bedroom? There's no way out other than the door if there's a serious problem.

Don't use a windowless room as a bedroom. I worked in a basement with no natural light for around 4 years on a regular basis and it adversely affected my health.

No chance would I inflict a windowless room on anyone never mind a child.
Surely that’s a fire escape hazard?

Unless there's an external door, no window means no fire escape.

On that basis alone I wouldn't consider it.

No way. That's a SERIOUS fire hazard.

That sounds awful; I wouldn’t want to stay in a windowless room in the basement so I definitely wouldn’t make a DC do it

You want to put your child in an unventilated room that never sees the light of day? If you think it's suitable, that can be your bedroom.

basement room with a window could be fine for a teen, or could even be a master bedroom with the other room as a dressingroom.

windowless room should only be storage or a study (at a pinch), not a bedroom.

A windowless room is not a bedroom

Ah I guess that’s pretty unanimous. I guess that means one gets a box room upstairs with me . I could use the windowless room for some kind of playroom though . Rent is so bloody expensive if you want four beds!

I’d rather have them share than have them downstairs without a window (fire risk). Can’t be good for mental health either.

Being in the basement- absolutely fine but as others have said I would worry about no windows if a fire happened.

One of your DCs could put most of their stuff in there so they have their own space but have their bed in a shared room.