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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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UbiquitousDust · 01/12/2018 20:07

Beautiful house but I wouldn't be happy to use that room as a bedroom. It's too far away from the others and that door might be an issue.

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Nonutter · 01/12/2018 22:23

Does anyone think you could convert the bathroom into a bedroom and put a bathroom in the space between existing bathroom and a new partition off main bedroom? Or a dormer extension in loft space to put a new bathroom/bedroom in?

We're thinking they could share for 5 or so years so this really is a long term plan.

We're so restricted on area as we need to live 5 minutes from Nailsworth due to work commitments (on call job). Makes house hunting tricky! If only we had a £600k budget...

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Longdistance · 01/12/2018 22:29

When we lived in Oz we rented a house where there were 2 bedrooms upstairs, and 2 bedrooms downstairs. Dds were downstairs. But, looking at this house, it doesn’t flow. The parking and garage would be an issue with me.

Looks like a lovely location though.

Redskyandrainbows67 · 01/12/2018 22:31

No - it’s not really suitable for you right now

Redskyandrainbows67 · 01/12/2018 22:34

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-53157450.html

A580Hojas · 01/12/2018 22:39

My older daughter and younger son (age difference 2.8 years) shared a bedroom until my girl was about 9/10 years old. No problems, they were very happy together.

But what else is there in the village? Schools, shops, public transport - everything else?

Also that terrace or patio looks dangerous ... like there is an unfenced long drop below? Perhaps the pictures are misleading?

cricketmum84 · 01/12/2018 22:42

Its beautiful 😍

Could you convert the loft space to a bedroom?

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Nonutter · 01/12/2018 22:48

The village is lovely. School, pub, park, shop etc.

Red I've seen that one and although it has more bedroom space it's smaller down stairs.

Converting the loft would be ideal but don't know if it's possible.

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MotherOfDragonite · 01/12/2018 22:51

I'd only go for it if you were going to go in the downstairs bedroom yourselves. I think that a child sleeping (or, worse, trying to go to sleep) next to your dining room is a recipe for a poor social life! I also wouldn't be that comfortable with them having a door to the garden from their room.

I think it's a beautiful house but probably not for you. It's also reasonably pricey and I think you could find something equally beautiful and more suited to your needs for the same budget.

MotherOfDragonite · 01/12/2018 22:54

Would you be happy for them to share a bedroom? If so, I think it would be quite doable -- there's enough living space for them to have plenty of play space downstairs and you could keep the shared upstairs bedroom quite minimal with a Zen-like focus on peaceful sleep!

Bluntness100 · 01/12/2018 23:01

No, I woildnt buy this, although it's pretty. I wouldn't want one of the kids downstairs whilst I was up. Most kids wouldn't like it either.

And I wouldn't want a young kid in the upstairs room which has the walkway to the garden leading from it, and I woildnt make them share if I had other options.

So as lovely as it is, it would not be something I felt was suitable for a young family.

BackforGood · 01/12/2018 23:02

My first thought - as someone else suggested on a previous page - was for parents to sleep in the living room to the left of the front door. dc then have a bedroom each upstairs. You still have kitchen, dining room, sitting room and the garden / study room for living accommodation.
However, I wouldn't buy it (even before reading about the fact the hill has landslides ) because not being able to get the car up to the house would be a nightmare, and there's nothing you can do about that.

MyKingdomForBrie · 01/12/2018 23:03

In the short term I'd have them share an upstairs room with the downstairs bedroom as spare room and the second living room as a playroom. When they need separate rooms you might be in trouble though, I'm not sure I'd want a young teen sleeping alone downstairs.

Bluntness100 · 01/12/2018 23:27

Also parking away from the house is a pain, carrying shopping, bags etc to house, in the rain, it becomes annoying.

As said for me though thr main issue would be the security, I don't like the idea I'd exterior doors in kids rooms, and although you can lock them and remove the key, it's still a break in point.

billybagpuss · 02/12/2018 08:10

The woodchester one I posted upthread is 5 mins from nailsworth. I’d love the amberley one red posted

UserMe18 · 02/12/2018 08:15

I'd be careful wanting your kids to share, we bought our house with the assumption our children would share a while (6 and 3) as the 3rd room was small and better for storage, but within a year I'd put them in separate rooms, for lots of reasons they liked having their own space. Obviously some families have less choice, but at £475k I'm sure you can find a more practical house in your location.

howabout · 02/12/2018 08:34

I have mine sharing downstairs while we are upstairs so thought I was going to say it was fine. But actually the downstairs room isn't really a bedroom and even the upstairs 2nd looks a squash for 2 sharing. If the stairs weren't in the dining room then you could use that.

Looks like too much money for the house as well.

Bluntness100 · 02/12/2018 08:34

Obviously some families have less choice, but at £475k I'm sure you can find a more practical house in your location

I think this is my view. You're tying yourself in knots trying to make it work, when in reality it doesn't. I think we have all seen a propert at some stage we love but understand it's not practical, and have to sadly walk away, in this case you have two kids and a budget to accommodate them appropriately and safely, so should aim to do that as a first priority.

Sometimes it's shit being a grown up 🤣

BeanBagLady · 02/12/2018 11:50

Bus service?
My priorities would include living simewhere teens can be self sufficient transport wise for secondary school and social life.

I have seen members of my own family and so many MNers in rural areas become a taxi service o the detriment of their own work and social lives, or see their kids lives restricted.

3in4years · 02/12/2018 18:26

How could you get more in the loft? The bedrooms are already in the loft.

katekat383 · 03/12/2018 12:33

The first house is fabulous and none of the others come close in terms of styling.

howabout · 03/12/2018 15:08

"All fur coat" I believe is the expression katekat.

A stairway off a living space is draughty and noisy. The kitchen is a long dingy corridor as is the dining room. The downstairs study is nice but has no privacy. The fireplace is in the wrong room so the main public room probably wouldn't get used. The second bedroom is a stingy double and even the master has unfortunate eves. There is no en suite.

Would be nice for a couple who like entertaining and a lot of separate living space.

3in4years · 03/12/2018 15:51

None of the rooms downstairs can be a bedroom. They either don't have proper doors or have patio doors.

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