Room sizes

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OK, I'd like a few opinions here:

If you have kids that live in your house full time and kids who only 'visit', say, a maximum of 7 days / nights per month, do you still organise room size on age?

We're looking at a few houses at the moment, and my two DSDs want the two largest rooms (leaving a small / box room for my DS who will be with us all the time)

Not sure if I'm being unreasonable or if I should put my foot down and demand a larger room for my DS's nursery.........

Advice please!

I would want the biggest rooms for the ones that have the most stuff and as your DS will have more toys and clothes to store I dont think that is unreasonable

If the DSD's stay alot after you have moved or move in then that is a different matter

Cant they share a room when they are with you

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I have a similar dilemma, dss has box room, he's fine with that, dsd shares with dd, (dd is away at university most of the time). ds is only 4months so still in with us. stepkiddies cannot share cos of age and diffeent sex and also we want them to feel this is a second home therefore they have their rooms. We only have them 8 days a month sometimes more in holidays but I still feel its important they have their own space when they are there.

To the op, as dsd are same sex I wouldn't see a problem with them sharing one of the larger rooms, if they really didn't like it one, maybe youngest of the 2 could have the box room

I'd say have the biggest room as a joint DSDs room, with their stuff in there, but they take it in turns to sleep in the smallest room, while your DS has the other big room.

Thanks Guys!

The kids are same sex and similar ages but won't share!!! It's not going to happen - they are like chalk and cheese.

Currently, they have a room each and, given we only have 3 bedrooms, this leaves DS without a room, but he'll be in with us for the next 6 months so it doesn't seem worthwhile worrying about...

But, I don't really want him to end up with a smallest room when there will be two other rooms which hardly get used at all!

Thanks again!

I don't think it's unreasonable for your ds to have the larger room when the time comes. They have bedrooms at their other home as well, this is the only bedroom your ds is going to have.

Blimey, my DSS has a roll out futon in my DS bedroom!!!!

In our family, younger children always have the bigger rooms because they have lots of toys and need space to play. Older children need different things from a bedroom - a desk, privacy, music etc.

Broccolispears...........

I love that reasoning......... Both of my DSDs are past playing and both have desks, speakers etc., and they have separate rooms for privacy........

If you are moving house I would set a precedence then by not giving your baby the smallest room. Just because they have their own rooms at home doesn't mean you have to provide on each at yours tbh.

I would be tempted to give one the box room and make the other one a shared dsd and guest room, therefore neither of them superioring over the other. Or if one has the box room at Mum's house they get the bigger room at yours.

I also agree younger children need far more storage space than ages 9& over

Time for some good old "get what you're given" logic I think

Yep Id agree with madmuggle, your going to have to make the decisison. I think baby will need one of the doubles, believe you me its amazing how much stuff a baby needs!. SKids will just have to put up with it... besides is it really a good idea to let children dictate living arrangements!?!