To think this house IS big enough

[Coconutsandpalmtree]

For 3 kids and wfh (needing an office)

im not sure it is, but surely it should be and I’m missing a trick as to how we can make it work, DH and I have decided we’d like another child.

it’s a new house (6yrs now) so I took a pic of the floor plan from the developers. It’s pretty generic but it’s tight on space.

the front double is our bedroom, built in wardrobe and the space by the ensuite is a chest of drawers that we really need.

the smaller back ‘double’ (on floor plan) is more a single tbh, but that’s my eldests room. Front single youngest. Other double is a guest room/ office.

we really need an office for wfh. There’s no place for stud walls due to the windows.

we do have a garage though and a classic new build garden aka small.

what do you think? Can another kid fit here?

yabu- no way
yanbu- yes with some outside the box thinking that I’ll share :)

Just raise them so less crap is their normal. It's not like forcing secondary aged children to give away half of what they own.

Yep. They're young enough to be brought up not to be consumerist.

That size of house is 3 times the size of the one that I grew up in with my 4 siblings and 2 parents. This thread has attracted the kind of people who don't have a clue how other people live!

Thank you! I'm forever editing posts to correct my autocorrect and poor typing!

If you read my other posts, you'll see I suggested other options around room configuration and considering the benefits if giving one of the children a bedroom instead of using it as an office for 3 days wfh or a guest room, both of which will be less useful day to day.

I didn’t actually say that, I didn’t say it feels cramped at the moment

Yes this, exactly this! Not some vague statement about them not benefiting in the event of our deaths, because that’s just stupid.

Bikes can go in the garage or garden.

Less consumist stuff frees up space which can be used to store the cricket bag and ironing board and hoover - that is how it works. I'm sure the OP has a hoover and place for it already, anyway.

Teenagers benefit from having limits on how much stuff they can have or acquire, and learning how to declutter and how to shop selectively and avoid waste and impulse purchases.

If thinking about the conservatory option be sure to also consider the heating cost issue, as I understand that they can be cold and expensive to heat.

@GreenTeaLikesMe - I certainly don't keep 5 bikes in my house!

The answer to the cricket bag is to put it in the garage except DH and DS disagree believe me i keep very little physical consumerism crap except the vast amount of clothes DD has acquired in my house and there is still a bloody cricket bag on my landing. consimerism in this house takes place in the form of tech