Which kid gets the bigger room?
Discussion
Bit of a dilemma here, be interested to hear your thoughts.
My g/f and I are moving house shortly from a 4-bed to a 3-bed house. However, the sq ft in the 3 bed is a bigger than the 4-bed, and it includes two rooms downstairs, one of which'll be my office, the other a room for the two kids to share, a 'chillout' / play room if you like.
However.
My 7yr old son is only here half the time. Her 12yr old daughter is here all the time. Now, originally when I was wondering about who got the bigger bedroom, I went with the 'older kid gets the bigger room' logic. However, the 12yr old doesn't really play in her room anymore, has friends over etc instead and they use the whole house; plus they have use of the downstairs 'chillout' room as well for the whole 50% of the time when my son isn't here.
My son, on the other hand, is of an age where he does like to play in his room and so might benefit from more floorspace. Plus the bigger room will fit his loft bed in sideways, whereas the smaller room won't, and this creates more floorspace for scalextric, playing cars etc which he loves to do. The small room would probably fit that in too though.
There isn't really a whole lot of size difference between them - they're the exact same length, but one is 70cm wider than the other and has a small alcove.
Have already said to both that they can have choice of decorating/feature wall/whatever in whichever room they end up in.
So, thoughts? Pics below.
Big room:
Small room:
My g/f and I are moving house shortly from a 4-bed to a 3-bed house. However, the sq ft in the 3 bed is a bigger than the 4-bed, and it includes two rooms downstairs, one of which'll be my office, the other a room for the two kids to share, a 'chillout' / play room if you like.
However.
My 7yr old son is only here half the time. Her 12yr old daughter is here all the time. Now, originally when I was wondering about who got the bigger bedroom, I went with the 'older kid gets the bigger room' logic. However, the 12yr old doesn't really play in her room anymore, has friends over etc instead and they use the whole house; plus they have use of the downstairs 'chillout' room as well for the whole 50% of the time when my son isn't here.
My son, on the other hand, is of an age where he does like to play in his room and so might benefit from more floorspace. Plus the bigger room will fit his loft bed in sideways, whereas the smaller room won't, and this creates more floorspace for scalextric, playing cars etc which he loves to do. The small room would probably fit that in too though.
There isn't really a whole lot of size difference between them - they're the exact same length, but one is 70cm wider than the other and has a small alcove.
Have already said to both that they can have choice of decorating/feature wall/whatever in whichever room they end up in.
So, thoughts? Pics below.
Big room:
Small room:
Zippee said:
Hi Eddie - I think as others have suggested the fact the older one lives there full time I'd suggest asking which she'd prefer, though that said the smaller room does look more spacious and airy even if it is smaller. Which of the 2 is at the back of the house? A rear facing bedroom may allow a bit more privacy to a soon to be teenage girl.
Guessing you're getting off Loves Farm then
you staying in St Neots?
The 'bigger' room is at the back. Not moving far, only about 4 miles out but honestly, I don't like living on Loves Farm. I have never liked it much, and regretted moving here within a few weeks so the move in August can't come soon enough. Thankfully we've only been renting here, so it's easy to get away. And, more garage space and a workshop in the new place ... so, motoring projects!Guessing you're getting off Loves Farm then
you staying in St Neots?Thanks for your input everyone; I guess we'll have to ask her which is her preferred room and go from there.
DonkeyApple said:
The second important aspect the OP must consider is that if his son's room is empty most of the time, how comfortable will it for the OP as with a teenage daughter in the house he will be spending a lot of time hiding in the far corner of his son's room shaking and sobbing like a small child forced to watch a hundred bunny rabbits clubbed to death.
Great, really looking forward to that...Zippee said:
Hmmm! I know what you mean and I always remain neutral when someone tells me they live there, it's not a place I'd want to stay on lets put it that way. Hemmed in beyond belief, an 'interesting' mix of social vs private, tiny gardens, no frontage etc... Typical new build estate. The houses are generally well designed and reasonably spacious but IMHO not particularly well built, hence we bought on the other side of town in Eaton Socon. Where abouts are you heading to?
I was going to say see the PM I've sent you, but I can't send you a PM, so can discuss next time our paths cross.Edited by offshoreeddy on Friday 14th July 13:41
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