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Are extended bungalows bad?

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MrsIan · 20/10/2022 09:34

I am furious. My son is buying his first house and it is a beautiful property. It used to be a bungalow but they have massively extended it but all the upstairs bedrooms and bathrooms have sloped ceilings as it was a conversion of the bungalow's loft. I didn't think this was an issue as the house is truly beautiful and spacious. However my brother has decided to berate him for it and has made comments suggesting I should have advised him against buying such a property and that we know nothing about investments etc etc

So what if the rooms have sloped ceilings ?! Does it affect long term property price?

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Caspianberg · 20/10/2022 09:38

I don’t see why. They would be a win in my books. Suitable for families, and usually all have bathroom and bedroom downstairs so ideal for disabilities/ old age as well.

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MrsIan · 20/10/2022 09:41

@Caspianberg thank you! I didn't know if the sloped ceilings would put off future buyers. I really don't understand him.

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LoopyGremlin · 20/10/2022 10:06

I live in a part of Edinburgh where it's all 1930s bungalows and most have been extended. They are worth a lot of money so I don't necessarily think he's made a mistake! If he likes the house and it suits his needs then what does it matter
what others think.

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MrsIan · 20/10/2022 10:08

Thank you @LoopyGremlin ! That's so good to hear.

Sadly it's a cultural thing as my brother feels he can have an opinion when really he has no right to.

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pilates · 20/10/2022 10:14

Your brother needs to mind his own business.

MadameCholetsDirtySecret · 20/10/2022 10:15

MrsIan · 20/10/2022 10:08

Thank you @LoopyGremlin ! That's so good to hear.

Sadly it's a cultural thing as my brother feels he can have an opinion when really he has no right to.

I would laugh in the fools face. Cultural excuses for behaviours like that have no place in the 21st century. Well done your DS for buying a house he loves.

MrsTwentyNine · 20/10/2022 10:21

@pilates @MadameCholetsDirtySecret couldn't agree more with the both of you

KnottyKnitting · 20/10/2022 10:25

We live in a house like this. Hugely extended from a two bed bungalow into a 4 bed, 3 bathroom, 4 receptions, big kitchen, utility and conservatory. ( It's on quite a big plot so there was plenty of room to extend.)

Fortunately the roof line is quite high so the slopes in the upstairs rooms are not that intrusive. When it was last up for sale it was on the market for 5 days. 3 viewers and all offered. We are looking to move soonish and the Estate agent said it was a highly desirable property and would fly off the shelf. The road where I live was full of bungalows built in the late 1930s and nearly all have been converted into houses.

Your brother is talking nonsense. ( And why is it any of his bloody business either?)

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MrsIan · 20/10/2022 10:36

@KnottyKnitting thank you! Ah amazing. Your house sounds fantastic. Good luck with your sale!

I didn't think the slopes were intrusive on this property but even then, there is so much space, it hardly matters. Just ridiculous how he felt the need to comment and make my son feel awful. Need to cut ties I think as this isn't the first time this happened.

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LynneBenfield · 20/10/2022 10:38

Well luckily for your brother, he’s not the one buying it, so he can stop worrying.

rainbowandglitter · 20/10/2022 10:41

When we looked for our new property we looked at a few like this and were put off by sloping ceilings as we couldn't have wardrobes in the upstairs rooms so maybe that's where he's coming from. Not sure he's going about it the right way though, he sounds v rude.

MrsTwentyNine · 20/10/2022 10:47

@LynneBenfield tell me about it

@rainbowandglitter ah I see, perhaps that's the reason. But it was such a good price for the sq ft (over 2500!) , I couldn't believe he had nothing good to say about it except criticise.

LoraOldSpot · 20/10/2022 11:04

I grew up in a converted bungalow and it was lovely :)

MrsTwentyNine · 20/10/2022 13:07

Thank you @LoraOldSpot 😀

Notyetthere · 20/10/2022 13:45

We live in one. It was a 2 bed bungalow with large rooms and a sizeable plot. We converted the loft into 2 double bedrooms(dormer side and the sloping ceiling side has the office(single room) and bathroom(bath under the sloping ceiling). I love it. I like that it affords us flexibility with what we can do with the rooms. Currently set up as 3 bed with a play room and office. Come Christmas when my family come to stay, it will become a 5 bed house. I never even thought of how the value might be affected.

NightmareSlashDelightful · 20/10/2022 13:50

I don't think it's a major issue. I don't personally like sloping ceilings myself, but as others have said, thousands of bungalows and dormer houses up and down the country have them.

The only watch-out I would say with extended bungalows is that if they're extended backwards too much on the ground floor, it can create long rooms that don't get enough light. But that's rectifiable with the right architect or window placement.

Sounds like your son has bought a good'un. Your brother evidently hasn't got enough real problems to worry about.

No10codswallop · 20/10/2022 13:52

Architect here. Your brother sounds like an absolute knob!

Bungalows and dorma bungalows are brilliant and we're getting more and more new clients requesting them!

wonkylegs · 20/10/2022 13:52

@MrsIan unless your brother is buying it he can butt out.
If it suits your son then that's what matters.
We really need to stop thinking of our homes as investments (as your brother puts it), they are more than this.
If your son can make a home that suits him then brilliant and he didn't massively overstretch him self to buy it even better.
Bungalows and extended bungalows command a premium round here as they generally have decent plot sizes and can be future proofed for ageing.

MrsTwentyNine · 20/10/2022 14:05

@Notyetthere thank you so much

Orangio · 20/10/2022 14:06

Where I'm from almost all the houses are traditionally one and a half storey. There are lots of new houses now, but there weren't anywhere near as many when I was growing up. So sloping ceilings are not unusual here! You can put a wardrobe against the gable, or you can put the bed there so you can sit up and read in bed! Your choice! I had a low bed under the eaves (I was quite a short child so could still sit up) and a wardrobe in the gable. Now I'm an adult I live in a different house but still one and a half storey. We don't have a wardrobe! We have a rail hanging diagonally on the sloped ceiling, with notches in for the hangers. It works.
So you just have to think about what kind of furniture you'll have in the room, I'd say.

MrsTwentyNine · 20/10/2022 14:06

@NightmareSlashDelightful that's brilliant, thanks. I'll let him to know to bear that in mind! At least what you said is useful unlike him

MrsTwentyNine · 20/10/2022 14:07

@No10codswallop thank you - so good to have it confirmed by an expert too!!

MrsTwentyNine · 20/10/2022 14:07

@wonkylegs absolutely agree . It's a home at the end of the day and that's all that matters!

MrsTwentyNine · 20/10/2022 14:08

@Orangio thank you! Some very helpful tips - I'll pass it along

JudgeRindersMinder · 20/10/2022 14:12

Love mine. Really didn’t like my last house which was a villa where everything was square with no interest whatsoever.

Your brother sounds like a human villa 😂

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