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Would you buy this house if you had 2 kids??

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Nonutter · 30/11/2018 19:51

I love this house. It's in the area we want to be in. But the 3rd bedroom is down stairs. My DC are 5y & 3y. Initially i think they could share a bedroom and have the 3rd bedroom as a playroom but is this shortsited??

Also there's no drive or garage...parking down a path but not right next to the house. Garage can be replaced with large shed for man crap.

Give me some impartial thoughts as I'm slightly in love

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Nonutter · 30/11/2018 20:12

The second bedroom upstairs will definitely fit bunk beds. I just don't know how long they'd like to share!! They'd love it now but are young. Ideally we need another bedroom upstairs and an extension might be the answer in the future.

Argh so hard!

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Mrspotter12 · 30/11/2018 20:15

Boys share big room, you have smaller room then when they are old enough you move downstairs!

Chocolatedeficitdisorder · 30/11/2018 20:15

On looking again, I think if you really liked the house, a slight better configuration would be to close up the living-room which connects to the kitchen and use that as a bedroom. It's accessed from the main hall, it's next to the loo and it's nearer to the stairs. The current downstairs bedroom would be a nice summer lounge.

reallyanotherone · 30/11/2018 20:16

I can’t quite figure the layout- could you extent the outbuilding to put a 3rd bedroom upstairs?

It is lovely but it’s a lot of money for not much house. I was going to say if it’s what your budget stretches to, go for it. But for 500k i’d be looking at a bit more house for the money with a growing family.

ivykaty44 · 30/11/2018 20:19

Op are you dc the same sex?

BeanBagLady · 30/11/2018 20:24

Gorgeous house!
In a couple of years when they are older is it possible to go into the loft store’ in the roof? As a loft conversion?

Definitely wouldn’t have a child on the ground floor and us upstairs; I wanted to be between mine and the front door when they were small.

Berniethefastestmilkwoman · 30/11/2018 20:24

That house is so nice! I would get it if I could. Change one of the living spaces into a bedroom if one downstairs space bothers you. It wouldn't bother me. You could even use the downstairs one yourself and have the 2 DC upstairs when they are older.

Catanddogmake6 · 30/11/2018 20:24

It says it has already been extended. If you are thinking your long term plan is to extend you need to talk to the council to see if you would be allowed. Personally the 5bed looks more practical for age and set up but certainly understand the appeal.

WeSaluteYou · 30/11/2018 20:30

could the sitting room be the third bed and used by you, with kids upstairs and staircase in your room?

EgremontRusset · 30/11/2018 20:37

I would. We are on a different floor from DS, and when I was little I was in the attic. All fine. If a teen wants to sneak out, a staircase isn’t going to stop them.

I think I’d have bedroom 2 while they were young and get them to share bedroom 1, that way you’d be on the same floor as them. Then when they were older and wanted a room each, I’d take bedroom one and they could have one each of the smaller ones.

billybagpuss · 30/11/2018 20:41

I know this area fairly well as I guess you do too. Tends to get cut off in snow but I think in the long term you'll get more annoyed by the parking issues than the bedrooms.

Cfsisdrivingmecrazy · 30/11/2018 20:57

If you really love it then I would say you could split the largest bedroom shorter term. Would be 2 single rooms then

Petalflowers · 30/11/2018 21:00

Are dc same sex? If so, they could easily share upstairs bedroom for a long time, and use bottom room as a play room.

Lovely house.

Grannyannex · 30/11/2018 21:06

My DIL lives in this area. Stunning area with good semi rural social life for kids. Well positioned for walking into town. Access and layout wouldn’t bother me.

5 bedroomed house. Less panoramic views, main road, a drive to town but good access to nice park and village amenities.

FitzChivalryFarseer · 30/11/2018 21:27

Absence of parking would annoy me far more than the bedroom configuration. We have a downstairs bedroom with garden doors. It is lovely in the summer to be able to open them up and lie in bed with a cup of tea listening to the birds.

HollowTalk · 30/11/2018 21:31

If the children are still young, I'd have them share a bedroom upstairs and have a playroom downstairs.

HollowTalk · 30/11/2018 21:31

But the house is really beautiful. I can see why you want it!

MynameisJune · 30/11/2018 21:37

Our house is a similar layout, except our third bedroom doesn’t have an external door and we have a ground floor bathroom too.

We are planning on our two sharing until they are maybe 7 and 9/10 then we’ll probably convert either the dining room or playroom to a bedroom for us. There is no way I’d let one them sleep downstairs on their own. I’m not 100% liking the idea myself for some reason so we may yet look at other options.

The one thing that would put me off is parking, especially if the lane is public access so anyone could park there and make it even harder for you to accesss the property.

C0untDucku1a · 30/11/2018 21:42

The house is gorgeous but no i wouldnt buy it with the third bedroom in that position.

HauntedPencil · 30/11/2018 21:45

I would probably go downstairs and put the children upstairs but it wouldn't put me off. DS 7 comes down in the morning now when we are sleeping.

I think you could make that work.

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 30/11/2018 21:48

Probably not having viewed the layout- the downstairs bedroom off the other rooms and the double doors opening out .
Gorgeous house though, I feel the dilemma

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Nonutter · 30/11/2018 21:52

Thank you everyone. My DC are different sexes but at 3&5y adore each other but I know a time will come when they will want there own space.

It's hard to know whether location should out weigh practicality!

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BikeRunSki · 30/11/2018 21:52

I don’t see the problem. I grew up in a 4 storey house. DSis and I in basement bedrooms (we were 4 and 7 when we moved in), DBs in first floor bedroom, Parevts in second floor bedroom.

Elzbells · 30/11/2018 22:00

I would do it. Our house also had a 3rd bedroom downstairs and it's a townhouse so we were 2 floors away!

When we moved in the children weren't even thought about and we assumed we would move at some point but for various reasons have ended up staying put.

The kids shared until 6 months ago when my eldest turned 11. She was desperate to move into the room, we have it set up almost as a granny flat and she feels like she has much needed independence from the family.

We have secured it properly and have motion cameras that link straight to our phone at all points of downstairs access but it's worked out really well.

That house is gorgeous!

Pinnacular · 30/11/2018 22:06

It's lovely. Agree with splitting the bigger bedroom. Get rid of some or all of the wardrobes, have two doorways. Bigger bedroom for you on the door to garden side and small one at front. Then change it back when they're adults if it's a long term home. But have them sharing as long as possible in the meantime.