AIBU to think a couple moving into in a five bedroom house is selfish?

[activedough]

AIBU here??

I’ve noticed that a couple have recently moved into a 5 bed detached property in my area. They don’t have any children…

I honestly don’t understand it. Why on earth would two people need five bedrooms?! Surely a house that size should be going to a family who actually needs the space?

It just seems incredibly selfish to me when there are families struggling to find suitable homes.

You think life should be we all can only have whay we need, not what we wish, there are countries like that, I don’t suspect you’d wish to live there.😂

I agree too. But it sounds like money talks!

No I specifically said I acknowledge people can do as they please, I wouldn’t want to change that.

Why would I hate it? Much the same around me. I love my village.

There’s having an opinion and then there’s being judgemental and accusing people of people responsible for the housing crisis because they could afford a big house. 🤷‍♀️

DH and I live in a 4 bed detached that we bought after the kids left home. We have our bedroom, a spare double, a dressing room and an office/spare single. We don’t live near our children so we need the extra space for when the come to visit. Even if we didn’t, families had as much chance as we did to buy it when the house was up for sale.

Nothing to do with you. Maybe both wfh, planning a family, home gym lots of reasons for extra bedrooms

Houses are expensive because people can afford them. If people couldn't afford them there would be vast numbers of un-sold houses, and there are not. If you want houses to be cheaper, give people less money. Be careful what you wish for...

If they're in their 20s and can afford a 5-bed house, good on them. They won't have to make multiple moves as their family grows. You are just envious obviously.

Yep, families cramped in an Air BNB because my ex had a music studio and home office 🙄

Those same families could have bought the house instead. But they didn't.

This jist makes no logical sense, no housing is free in the uk. There is no shortage of five bed houses, if you need one, buy one, and if you can’t it’s not becaude this couple took the last one from you it is because you can’t afford it.

honestly jealousy isn’t pretty but at least try ti make your argument logical,

I live alone and I bought a four bedroom house. I have one bedroom for sleeping, one for crafts, one for my dressing room/guest room and one guest room. Do I need 4 bedrooms? Probably not, but I want downstairs space- large kitchen diner/ utility room/ loo/ sitting room. Or should single people or couples be consigned to live in poky places? If I could have three bedrooms and the same downstairs space I’d consider it.

If late 20s there’s a good chance they are thinking about having children in the next few years. And if not, they might want a couple of work from home rooms, spare room for guests, or room for hobbies

We bought a 4 bed which we did a loft conversion to become a 5 when we were late 20s/early 30s with no kids. Because we wanted kids shortly and given stamp duty doing it in stages didn’t make sense to us when we could go straight there. Now every bedroom is in use as a full time bedroom or study.

Bought? No it’s not selfish they can buy what they like it’s their money? No-one was stopping a family buying it, they just got there first 🤷🏼‍♀️

Council property? Arguably yes, although that would never happen due to bedroom restrictions so it’s a moot point really.

My kids have left home and we are in our 60s.
We are looking at upsizing from a 3 bed semi to 4 bed detached. So what?

If I had to guess why they wanted so many bedrooms I woukd say w
2 could be WFH rooms, one for them and guest bedrooms.

Sorry, OH and I live in a 5 bed without children but we didn't check with you first. We both work from home so have treated ourselves to an office each. Mind you, our house is very old and crumbly and quite unsuitable for children. Perhaps this makes it ok.

Oh come on op, you are jealous and/or being deliberately goady. Some of us like space. I have a decent sized house (four beds, three reception, etc) just for me and my pets. I use all the space. These days people often work from home. I like to have a separate dressing room. I don’t have a lego room, and I don’t know if Opsiedasiy is being facetious but I do have a friend who has one.

They can afford it they can live where the fuck they want. It's nobody else's business they might have a lot of family who stay with them at Christmas etc. But it's really nobody else's business. A relative of mine lives in a 4 bedroom. They did want to have children but it just never happened.

Honestly what am I reading, so the small houses become the most expensive ? And you can buy a 5 bed for less? 😂

They're building 4 and 5 bed "executive" homes at a rate of knots. I'm sure all these large families who have the money for a 5 bed but just can't seem to stumble across one won't have long to wait.

YABU.

My husband and I bought a 4 bed detached house just for us 2. We nearly bought a 5 bed detached first though. We wanted to buy a home to grow into without having to move again. 6 years later we've got a business where we both work from home, a child and another on the way. We've filled the space as we knew we would, it makes good financial sense to buy what you can afford at the time as we couldn't afford this house now as it's worth more now. Would hate to have to pay stamp duty, solicitors fees etc to move into something bigger at this point.

5 bed houses tend to be in a price bracket where potential buyers are not suffering from a lack of choices.

@AgeingMillennial
what is being “wasted” though a new build will be the most energy efficient house available?
What is it that is actually wasteful?

What a bizarre thing to be worked up about.