why the dislike for bungalows?

[anonymous-user]

maccas99 said:

What happened to that Rightmove link? Did it get "tidied" due to rules or something?

It looked decent anyway!

Sorry I deleted the link when I saw the wallpaper....

But there are always fringe exceptions, but my point point in posting this link is it is a new build with a decent budget ( 3 car garage) that deliberately choose bungalow from a fresh start.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...

There might be Scotland specific planning reasons too...

[netherfield]

They don't stay on the market very long around here, MIL is in one £60k 15 years ago, same style now selling for £150k, 60s built, many have already had a dormer fitted or a conservatory extension on the back. Mostly semi's but some are detached as well.

[cerb4.5lee]

227bhp said:

Lack of foresight, we don't like to admit that pretty soon we'll be old and not be able to get up stairs so easy. Live in a bungalow and you get to stay in your own home a lot longer.

This is what I've always thought as well. Yet my Mrs thinks that by moving into a Bungalow you are actually giving up on life, and with having stairs to climb you will actually live longer because it keeps you more fit/pushes you more.

[guindilias]

My mum moved into a bungalow at 70 years old because she realised she wouldn't be in perfect health forever, and just did not need all the rooms in her old house.

Loves gardening, having friends round for dinner parties in the courtyard she had built, loves everything about it.

They go for a fortune here, probably partly because it's a vibrant seaside town (not the touristy sort of place), and partly because it's an expensive area, and once the kids have flown the nest for good, people realise they could free up a lot of money by selling their massive 6 bedroom houses and buying or building a bungalow.

[Spare tyre]

I’m a youngish fella live in a bungalow

Great neighbours, large plots, all diy externally is easier

Also as I plan never to move it’s great knowing I have no worries with stairs in the future

Also I can now justify a robot hoover.

Did confuse the hell out of our jack Russel for a week when we moved in, he always slept upstairs before, poor thing

[Tlandcruiser]

I love bungalows and specifically wanted one, I like not having stairs and maintenance for everything is so much easier. I don’t think I could ever live in a house again.

My bungalow has good use of space by not having conventional corridors so as such it’s pretty spacious.

[anonymous-user]

I’m a big lover of single story living too.

I built my own a few years back and am currently renovating one right now (not going up, going out rearwards).

Much prefer them to houses on more than one floor.

[DozyGit]

Tlandcruiser said:

I love bungalows and specifically wanted one, I like not having stairs and maintenance for everything is so much easier. I don’t think I could ever live in a house again.

My bungalow has good use of space by not having conventional corridors so as such it’s pretty spacious.

This is why bungalows don’t really work in the UK. Piss poor layout. The dining area is on the far side of the kitchen. You got to cut through the living room or kitchen to get out of the bungalow.

Having said that the only layout that will work is one with a quadrangle garden, that is garden boxed in by walls of the bungalow and an outer garden. Then you can have dual aspect windows etc and privacy if the corridor runs the outer perimeter

[PositronicRay]

DozyGit said:

Tlandcruiser said:

I love bungalows and specifically wanted one, I like not having stairs and maintenance for everything is so much easier. I don’t think I could ever live in a house again.

My bungalow has good use of space by not having conventional corridors so as such it’s pretty spacious.

This is why bungalows don’t really work in the UK. Piss poor layout. The dining area is on the far side of the kitchen. You got to cut through the living room or kitchen to get out of the bungalow.

Having said that the only layout that will work is one with a quadrangle garden, that is garden boxed in by walls of the bungalow and an outer garden. Then you can have dual aspect windows etc and privacy if the corridor runs the outer perimeter

To make them work you need a generous footprint with a spacious rectangular hall. Everything can be accessed easily.

A sensibly placed front door, quiet Rd and large front garden aid privacy.

Edited by PositronicRay on Saturday 16th November 06:50

[Tlandcruiser]

DozyGit said:

This is why bungalows don’t really work in the UK. Piss poor layout. The dining area is on the far side of the kitchen. You got to cut through the living room or kitchen to get out of the bungalow.

Only if you use it as a dining room, which we don’t.

[Crumpet]

Tlandcruiser said:

I love bungalows and specifically wanted one, I like not having stairs and maintenance for everything is so much easier. I don’t think I could ever live in a house again.

My bungalow has good use of space by not having conventional corridors so as such it’s pretty spacious.

That living / dining area looks like a very awkward space to make work practically. How have you got it laid out? Clearly it works for you but looking at the plans it looks a pretty dreadful layout - and is what a lot of people seem to dislike about bungalows, especially having to walk through the living room or kitchen to get to the bedrooms.

[ARHarh]

I have lived in bungalows since 2001, and wouldn't like to live in a house. As for loft conversions that just makes it a poor 2 floor house with limited headroom. I choose bungalows, particularly 1960's. as they tend to have more space around them as they have a larger foot print. The 1960's bungalow will have large windows. They are easier to maintain. But most of all they are normally built with other bungalows so there tend to be less young families therefore they are much quieter places to live.

[borcy]

DozyGit said:

This is why bungalows don’t really work in the UK. Piss poor layout. The dining area is on the far side of the kitchen. You got to cut through the living room or kitchen to get out of the bungalow.

Having said that the only layout that will work is one with a quadrangle garden, that is garden boxed in by walls of the bungalow and an outer garden. Then you can have dual aspect windows etc and privacy if the corridor runs the outer perimeter

I would think it's fairly common to have to go through another room from the dining room to exit a property. I don't remember seeing many houses with external doors straight into a dining room.

[AC43]

borcy said:

DozyGit said:

This is why bungalows don’t really work in the UK. Piss poor layout. The dining area is on the far side of the kitchen. You got to cut through the living room or kitchen to get out of the bungalow.

Having said that the only layout that will work is one with a quadrangle garden, that is garden boxed in by walls of the bungalow and an outer garden. Then you can have dual aspect windows etc and privacy if the corridor runs the outer perimeter

I would think it's fairly common to have to go through another room from the dining room to exit a property. I don't remember seeing many houses with external doors straight into a dining room.

I every property I've ever had the dining room would either be off a corridor (Victorian) or hallway (Edwardian).

[anonymous-user]

irocfan said:

just wondering why do the Brits (on the whole) so dislike bungalows? I've seen it on various property programmes where someone wouldn't live in a bungalow but thinks nothing of living in a flat... apologies apartment

The flat strike through made me smile. I admiit I refer to mine as an apartment, as flat conjours up images of a small box with one bedroom above a chip shop to most people, whereas mine is bigger in floor space than most regular 3 bed houses .but it is a flat :-)

[borcy]

AC43 said:

borcy said:

DozyGit said:

This is why bungalows don’t really work in the UK. Piss poor layout. The dining area is on the far side of the kitchen. You got to cut through the living room or kitchen to get out of the bungalow.

Having said that the only layout that will work is one with a quadrangle garden, that is garden boxed in by walls of the bungalow and an outer garden. Then you can have dual aspect windows etc and privacy if the corridor runs the outer perimeter

I would think it's fairly common to have to go through another room from the dining room to exit a property. I don't remember seeing many houses with external doors straight into a dining room.

I every property I've ever had the dining room would either be off a corridor (Victorian) or hallway (Edwardian).

I suppose some have but plenty don't. Ours you to go via the kitchen or living room. Never thought anything of it.

[anonymous-user]

I’m a similar vein to calling a flat an apartment, bungalows are now called ‘lateral living’.

Suits me!

This is my self build, calling it a bungalow seems wrong to me

[TwistingMyMelon]

I grew up in my grandparents , cracking large plot and open space .

I'm not bothered either way about them but they carry a large premium here which I wouldn't pay . They aren't building anymore so the premium is increasing (in my town)

Where do all you live to be scared of leaving a ground floor window at night ? Basra ?

[DonkeyApple]

irocfan said:

just wondering why do the Brits (on the whole) so dislike bungalows? I've seen it on various property programmes where someone wouldn't live in a bungalow but thinks nothing of living in a flat... apologies apartment

Arguably it’s because they represent pretty much everything that is abhorrent to the modern consumer.

There’s nothing at all wrong with a bungalow. The only problem is one of branding. Rebrand the concept in such a way that it represents youth and affluence and they would be as desirable as a stty flat, which as you observe, has been rebranded to ‘apartment’ and superficially represents winning at life while still, in reality, not.

So far the best you can do with a bungalow is put windows in the roof, insert a mezzanine and rebrand it under some form of ‘chalet’ lifestyle, associating it with the affluent pastime of skiing.

[PurpleTurtle]

garyhun said:

I’m a similar vein to calling a flat an apartment, bungalows are now called ‘lateral living’.

Suits me!

This is my self build, calling it a bungalow seems wrong to me

Looks great, very impressive, deffo not a bungalow, where’s yer pebbledash!

Where I live in Reading there is bugger all land available for development despite the council being targeted with granting planning permission for ~800 new homes every year. So anything that comes available is a mass of flats, all over developed in tiny spaces. I doubt we’ll ever see a bungalow built in these parts again.