Love it or list it - real life

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Love the program
Wish I had Kirsty and Phil to help.

We have a lovely Victorian cottage that is becoming too small as our children grow.

We could convert loft but this is known to be quite expensive or we could move to somewhere slightly larger and increase mortgage still whilst also having the addition more cost of stamp duty to pay.

How do people decide?

And when?

Do we do it now when children are under 3, or wait until we are at max capacity with older school age children that need a room of their own?

I called Karen Kirsty once ! She's got a similar set of skills ( Karen at OnePlan, found on Houzz ) she'd be my next step if I was you, and I wanted ideas.

Why do they need a room of there own? Our house became a bit too small but I discussed it with kids. They said they didn’t mind sharing and wanted to stay. Lovely village with several families at the time. Village school. Bus for Secondary.Transport mum’s 🚖 taxi.

Two eldest shared but we were more concerned with youngest two as child 3 was a boy and having to share with six years younger DD. We considered giving up our room and putting three boys in there. DS1 was 16, DS2 was nearly 14 and DS 3 was 8 but they said they would kill him so it wouldn’t be a good idea. So DS3 shared with DD until DS1 left home also smallest room. DS 1 bought his own house at 21. This eased the situation.
Now they have all left home and the house is a great size for us and we have just finished paying for it. They all get on well with people. DD shared with boyfriend at uni but after two years they did houseshare with two other friends then moved and shared with three other friends and then three others for another two years. Fluctuating people though - old friends then friends from uni. So five or six people in house.
DS1 and DS2 bought their own house but had lodgers until recently.

So if you really love the house and area. Stay. We considered the loft but it would have been a lot of work for not so much space due to the shape of the roof. Stairs would have to be in one of the bedrooms so losingg space there. We had bunk beds that you could split. They changed it around to suit themselves when they were older.

I’m glad we stayed and they love visiting. Boys all nearby while DD stayed in Uni city but presently travelling with boyfriend( been together 11 years) and haven’t decided where they will move to when home.

I think that it’s the size of the rooms that matters more than the number. Do they each have corner that they can retreat into or are the all sharing one bed Charlie and the chocolate factory style?