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Space for the future & teenagers

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ThisPeachHare · 11/03/2026 14:57

Hi,
We are looking at purchasing this bungalow with 2 youngish kids. I'd ideally like a utility room & a study and 3 good sized bedrooms, with space for the kids when they are teenagers. Thinking a snug or something similar. Any ideas on how I could I do this here and if that's actually useful to have with teenagers? Also it's a bungalow - would they want to retreat upstairs??

Space for the future & teenagers
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MabelMarple · 11/03/2026 15:15

Upstairs not essential as long as they have their own room.

A second sitting room is worth it's weight in gold, both when you have teenagers and also when they are older. Both of hours returned home for a year after uni and twe gave over a room to them in addition to bedroom. Obviously not essential but definitely nicer for everyone.
I'm guessing the kitchen isn't big enough for a dining table so you might actually want to use the dining room as study / diner.
Maybe bedroom 2 or 4 as a small sitting room.
Utility trickier unless you could adapt the storage room?

Twoshoesnewshoes · 11/03/2026 16:02

Second that, we have used our second lounge so much, it was great for the kids to have friends over and have their own space.
could bedroom 4 be a snug for them? Use the summerhouse as a study?

GarageConverted · 11/03/2026 16:27

We converted the double garage into a playroom as the children were primary school age and nursery. We retained storage across the entire width. This has grown with the children who are now young adults. It was a playroom but with space to do homework. It then morphed into a gaming space but still with desks to do homework. When covid hit we built a wall to create 2 rooms for school study and now one of those is a home office for Ds1. Ds2 is at uni but also planning to return home after uni so the other room is his already anyway. It is where they game. Their bedrooms are for sleeping in, quiet, no tech zones.

This separate space has been great as a place they could bring their mates, it had a tv in there for gaming and was then hooked up to a computer for Netflix etc. On your floor plan could you create a doorway into the garage losing the built in wardrobes of bedrooms 2 and 4?

In your case you could potentially do that too if budget would allow and I would turn bedroom 4 into a utility/drying room. Or bedroom 2 as then you have no children in the room next to yours for more privacy.

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