4 children in a 3 bed house

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Is it possible to have 4 children whilst living in a 3 bedroom
House? Any experiences ? I want a 4th but we have a 3 bedroom house and wondering if that is just too small logistically?

@WaterBottle123

4 children is a lot, when you consider climate change

There's always one .

I know a family with this set up and a family of 5 children in a 3 bed. I also know it 3 children in a 2 bed. All manage just fine tbh. It's fairly typical where I live.

We've got 6 children in a 3 bed house.
4 girls (16, 9 & 7 twins) in 2 bunk beds in large double, boy (11) in single room and baby (8mth) in cotbed in our room.
We need a bigger house but will manage here for another few years.

@Dumblebum

It’s doable but not ideal. What if you have three of one gender and one of the other, what if you have twins or a child with disabilities?

I know of one woman who had three boys, then had a girl so all three boys are crammed into one bedroom and the girl has her own room. She was desperately hoping for a girl.

I have four boys so two older boys share and two younger ones share. It works well.

We have 4 kids. Eldest has his own room. Middle two will share until eldest goes to uni and the youngest is in our room at the moment. Not perfect but not terrible either.

I have four in a 3 bed. It's fine but less than ideal. Bedrooms are large and the dc are conveniently aged. Boys are 2 years apart, twin girls. Eldest is 11; I'm going to turn the playroom (big room) downstairs and give eldest his own room before he goes to High school this August.

Do you have any flexibility with other rooms/ extend/ sub divide or move when they are older?

*Twins mean more people, which might be a bigger squeeze if one of the three bedrooms is a box room.

If you've got four dc it doesn't make any difference if some of them are twins. It's still four dc.

I've got 2 adult children and one teen at home ( one of the adult children has his son every weekend so you can call it 6 people ) we are ina 3 bed
Me and husband share a room ..the rest share the other 2 rooms
It's not ideal but it is what it is.. what else to do .. I cant magic another room. It needs to work

Possible, yes; at some point they will prefer their own space though.

We did. Two of the kids (same sex, close in age) shared a room.

@HollyHobbysHorse if you have three children then your fourth pregnancy is twins, you end up with five children instead of four.

My friend has 4 dc in a 3 bed.
3 girls who share the biggest room. They have a bunk bed and a high sleeper with storage under.
1 boy who has the smallest room.

Parents have the middle sized one.

4 dc in a 3 bed house (does have a 4th but downstairs and is an office/playroom. Dc4 was an unplanned for surprise but gave us 2 boys & 2 girls so they share. DH & I are in the smaller bedroom. Scope to extend in the coming years to give them their own rooms if wanted, needed or affordable.

Honestly this is where you have to consider if you should have more children, not just if you want to.

It's brutal but it doesn't sound like you can easily afford it?

I grew up with 4 sisters in a 3 bed terraced house. Mum and Dad had medium room, 3 older sisters largest room and me and younger sister smaller room. This changed when eldest sister got married and second eldest sister went off to uni.

I have 4, so can understand the desire for a large family. I think making the decision for a 4th child really needs to consider whether it will detrimentally impact the quality of life for the existing children in the long term. If staying in a 3 bedroom would just be for the short-term then I don’t see an issue with it. However, I think it would negatively impact the existing children if it was a permanent arrangement. If you wouldn’t be able to afford to move in the future, it’s also worth considering whether 4 will be affordable. 3 of mine are primary age now and even just their food bills and extracurricular expenses are huge, before you even account for things like birthday parties and increased costs for holidays/eating out/clothing etc etc. We are fortunately on good salaries, but I’ll admit that I really underestimated just how expensive raising 4 children would be.

It's not working for me at all due to ages/sexes/bedroom size/downright refusing to share don't say 'make them' they're bigger than me and that's with no partner. obviously we're trying to move but it's horrible

Years ago everyone grew up sharing a bedroom . I shared with my younger sister until I left home to live with my now DH. So I have actually never had a room of my own.

Yes it is perfectly possible. I have four dc, all teens now. The three girls share the master bedroom, ds has the box room and I have the middle size room (was me and dh but he is no longer with us).

What helps for us is having enough space downstairs. We have the garage converted so our lounge/ dining room is big. Really it's living space you need to mindful of rather than sleeping space. We also have an extra shower room and loo downstairs which really helps.

7 in a 4 bed here and everything is fine !!

My neighbours do , but out 3rd bedroom fits a double just so the parents have that and then 2 kids in each of larger rooms which take 2 singles or bunks for more floor space
Kitchen can hold a 6 seater dining table as well just , so it works for them fine in the 3 beds we have , we also have a fait but cupboard spaces

My mum was one of 8 kids and 2 adults in a 3 bed house. All boys shared one room, all girls shared another and the youngest was in with the parents. Not ideal, but noone died.

It is doable one set of my friends have 3 girls in large room and boy in box room. Another have 2 and 2 and one of those is a mixed boy/girl room.

Another family I know have 2 kids in a 1 bedroom home.

I grew up in a 2 bed, as the eldest of first 3 (similar age) then 4 , sis was a "elastoplast" baby to fix parents marriage.
We first had 2 sets of bunks in the big bedroom, then had an attic extension, so my brothers shared one room , me and my sis another. She was 12 years younger... I was working when she started school. It was crap. Really crap. Made me leave home and gain independence quickly though.

@TheSparkling

Yes it is perfectly possible. I have four dc, all teens now. The three girls share the master bedroom, ds has the box room and I have the middle size room (was me and dh but he is no longer with us).

What helps for us is having enough space downstairs. We have the garage converted so our lounge/ dining room is big. Really it's living space you need to mindful of rather than sleeping space. We also have an extra shower room and loo downstairs which really helps.

I agree, living space is more important than sleeping space. We have an office/games room/study with games consoles/PC for the older boys, and we have dining room and big living room. Loads of space to separate out during the day.