per person have you got more or less space in your home than growing up?

[Memebeingme]

more , less people

Way less, despite our income being dramatically more than my parents had. I grew up in a four bed detached house in the South and my husband in a five bed detached house in a fancy area of the North.

We now live in a three bed townhouse in the North. An expensive area of the North to be fair, but even if we compromised on area we still wouldn't be able to afford anything as nice as my house growing up nevermind my husbands.

A bit more per person, as less people.

About the same.

Space is similar. But my career is way more advanced than my parents ever achieved and I'm in London. On the flip side my parents did houses up and moved up the ladder, whilst ours needs lots of work but I don't have the time or funds. We spend more on holidays!

More. Grew up with parents and sibling in an apartment abroad, sunny weather though so we were outside. Never felt small until I went to people's big villas. Our home was the best though as everyone always welcome. Now in a 3 bed house which is more spacious and there are only 3 of us.

More space, fewer people.

I know this isn't the point of the thread in the slightest, but if it's something you can count, you use 'fewer', if it can't be counted it's 'less'. People can be counted so it's 'fewer people', space can't so it's 'less space' (not that anyone gets that wrong).

Loads more. Grew up in a 3 bed flat in family of 6, 960 sq ft, 1 bathroom, 1 reception kitchen diner, no garden, shared a bedroom with 2 siblings.
Now in a 4 bed house in family of 5, 1800 sq ft, 2 reception rooms, 2 bathrooms plus toilet, utility room, kitchen and dining room. Bedroom for every child. Garden is tiny, but at least we have one.

I'm far wealthier than my parents were. Combination of better jobs and successful investments.

A bit more now. Houses similar sizes, but the one I grew up in was arranged over three floors, with more bedroom space and smaller living accommodation so current house feels bigger. We also now have more outdoor space, with a bigger garden and more of a driveway at the front.

More now the nest is empty. Less when the DC were home.

More. But only in the last 4 years. They had a 4 bed detached but small although we had our own bedrooms. My parents moved to a bigger place when I was at uni which is probably a little bigger than my house now, expect detached and mines a semi. I never really lived there though.

Same number of people.

The difference is they'd nearly paid off their mortgage by my age and are now mortgage free and I don't have a hope in hell! Theirs was affordable, mine really isn't. (It was when we bought it, now we're stuck.)

Slightly less probably due to having one more child. Both good sized houses though so can't complain.

More. When my parents divorced Mum and I moved from a three-bedroomed council house to a mice-infested one-bedroomed flat, then to a small house in the middle of nowhere. I now live in Australia where houses are generally bigger than in the UK, and three of us live in a five-bedroomed house with a pool. I absolutely would not be able to afford a house like this in the UK.

Much less space. I grew up in a huge 6 bed Victorian semi with a decent garden. We now have 3 adults and 1 child squashed in a 2 bed terrace with nothing but a back yard outside

Lots more with the children all having moved out. And also less, because as a child I always had my own bed and mostly had my own bedroom.

Less.

Grew up in the suburbs. Now live in Zone 1 flat with my kids.

House is smaller and garden way smaller, but less than half the people so feels like more space per person.

Less. We had a six bed house for three of us and then two when my mum died young.

I've just bought a four bed for me and two small children so plenty of space but not more.

A lot more. Probably around three times as much. Current house is 2700 square feet for four people. House that I grew up in was probably less than 1000 square feet, again for four people.

Interesting!
Me slightly more
DH slightly less
siblings on both sides considerably less

More, much more.
I didn't envisage or want it like this though.

Grew up in a 2 parent 3 child in 3 bed houses/flats. Now it's 2 parents 2 child in 5 bed detached house. But back then everything was different, mortgages were not the norm, wages were low etc.

This thread is demonstrating to me how middle class lives are being massively eroded now. Our money is not going as far and living standards are dropping. it seems those who grew up in larger homes generally now have less.

DH massively upgraded now. He had 4 siblings and 2 parents in a tiny 3 bed semi with 1 bathroom and toilet.
I’m About the same. Growing up we had 5 people in a similar sized house although that house had less living areas and more bedroom space than we have now. We are now 4 so more space per person but our bedroom space is smaller.m but much bigger front and back gardens.

A lot more, but I grew up in a tiny 2 up 2 down in Bristol, and I’ve been fortunate enough to relocate to a much cheaper area where bigger houses cost a lot less. If I’d stayed in Bristol all my life I’d still be in a small house.

Less people and less space.

Wherever I lived with my DPs was spacious, really large rooms and sometimes really big yards.

I've only had smaller properties and smaller rooms but I'm okay with that. I absolutely love my new home. I really didn't want to end up rattling around a big house when I am old.

Way less space now, despite us earning more than my parents ever have.