To create another “staged” room?

[AllHailKingLouis]

4 bedroomed house, only 2 adults living here. 3 spare bedrooms.

I’ve turned one into an art room and I use it quite a lot. I then turned one into a double guest bedroom which to be honest, is more a staged room rather than a used room. It may get used maybe 3 times a year.

now, what to do with the smallest bedroom? DH doesn’t want it. I do have a granddaughter but if she sleeps over she’ll want to sleep with me. So, do i “stage” it as a little girls bedroom? Put all her stuff in there even though she won’t use it? (She might in a few years).

I don’t want a junk room which is what it currently is. I can stage it for around £500 and it will serve no other purpose than to make me feel better. DH thinks I should just leave it as an unused room but AIbU to want to stage it? (Plus it would give mr somewhere to put all dgd’s stuff)

YANBU to want to make every room in your house beautiful and not a dumping ground. I wish I had that gene. You graddaughter will really appreciate you making a lovely room for her in your house as she gets older.

Alternatively, you could stage a proper box room with lovely painted cupboards and storage baskets and arty tags showing you where everything is. That would give me house envy too.

Laughing at all the weirdos telling you you've got far too many rooms, hardly Buckingham palace is it! Enjoy making a lovely space for your GD

Can't your GD stay in the existing spare room? How often does she stay with you?
Rent out the small room to a quiet student and put the money in an education fund for your GD?

What an odd suggestion! The chances of OP doing this must be less than 1%

Weird stealth boast. Maybe downsize so a family has a chance of getting a decent sized home instead of having staged rooms you don't need or use

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I would definitley do it up for your granddaughter! Even if she won't sleep in there she can play in there. You will have fun doing it

Decorate it for someone of any age, as your gd will use it as she grows and may well not value all pink. I'd also add storage if you need it.

Don’t be ridiculous and read the fucking thread!!! Jesus!!

how many more times?! There are many 4 bed houses for sale in this area!! If “a family that needs it” want to buy one … they’re right there!! For sale!!!

or are you suggesting I just give mine away for free?! Fucking hell!! What are people not understanding here???

Thanks again for all the sensible replies 😁

This!

Staging is annoying enough used by Estate agents. Stop it.

Dear me, there are some right ones on here 😀
Op I too live with my husband in a four bedroomed house. Clearly I should sell up and live in a retirement flat.
I'm liking the sex dungeon idea though......

Tbf, I am in a 3 bed with just 2 used as bedrooms (me, dh and ds) but I will be moving to a 4 or 5 bed as soon as I am able, just tidying up the last of our bills and once everything is done (couple of years) I’ll definitely get bigger than I need.

the alternative is waiting 10 more years until I have grandkids, then finding out I don’t have enough space and have to move…then I will have a mortgage again, and will have paid significantly more for the house.

there aren’t many houses here that are 4 bed except those that are new builds, but honestly, it’s tough. If you want the space then you buy a bigger house, regardless of family size

I wouldn't decorate for granddaughter what if more grandchildren come along?

Laughing at all the weirdos telling you you've got far too many rooms

Lovely jubly. Perhaps people in crowded houses are just a pissed off hearing about this silly non-problem. That's all.

I’d make it functional. Dgd can use the guest when she wants to, you could even put some storage in there for her since it’s unused mainly anyway
then that becomes ‘her’ room and has a use

id make the small room a reading nook or a walk in closet / dressing room personally.

Do you think they are getting pissed off at the right person?

Do you have any understanding of economics?

Then don’t read the thread, it ain’t rocket science

It’s not daft I enjoy decorating & finding nice things to ‘finish’ a room I have a guest room/dgd room decorated it neutrally have pretty bedding/curtains & prints on the walls that she likes plus some of her toys rather than completely taking over my living room/kitchen.

it always amazes me that so many people on mumsnet think people with spare rooms are responsible for the housing crisis.

I live in a four bed - alone. I love it. It’s perfect for me. Are you all suggesting I should sell up in the hope that someone who would otherwise be homeless or cramped in house too small for them will buy my house? What if they couldn’t afford it? Should I offer a discount? Say £250k off per child?

Maybe one and two person households with no kids should only be allowed to live in one bedroom flats? The government could confiscate our homes and hand them to people who have children??? Would that make people in this thread happy?

it really is a bonkers argument

Are you likely to have more grandchildren? If you only have 1 child maybe not but if you have several there is a higher chance of more GC.

I would make one adult spare room as you have and one children's spare room. I'd have a trundle bed so you could potentially fit two children in. I'd use kallax storage so that you can keep toys or spare linen or both, toys on the bottom shelves, linen on the top, clothes, nappies etc in the middle. Decorate it neutral, including a map rug that children love etc. Lots of childrens books etc.

Do you have any understanding of economics?

Capitalist economics, webberian economics, keynsian economics, trickle down economics or something else?

The problem is a mix of affordability and the market not supplying what people want, in the area they want at a price they can afford.

people selling up their four bed houses won’t solve the problem of a low supply of affordable, family friendly, decent sized starter homes. And where would the people selling up move to? Smaller homes? Surely you want these to be left for first time buyers, not downsized bidding them up?

the problem is demand is outstripping supply - in certain areas. While there is excess stock in less desirable areas. That isn’t the fault of older folk and people with no children

Lets look at a family cramped in a 2 bed flat … why don’t they just move into a bigger house? In my area there are plenty for sale … why have they not bought one?

Because they can’t afford to? Well my house isn’t going to be anymore affordable than the ones they can’t afford to buy … so tell me how me selling up will help families like this.

Yes, “stage” it as a boomer gesture to someone who actually needs the space!!!!

As a studio for an aspiring artist
As a music practice space
A work room for a teenager studying for exams in a busy household
A storage space for a local charity

There’s a housing crisis you know! Nobody can afford to get on the housing ladder because of people like you. Sell up, move to a reasonably sized place and let a family who could use the space to live in move in.

This is such nonsense😂😂