why the dislike for bungalows?

[Monkeylegend]

borcy said:

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.

Our bungalow has nine rooms and each can be accessed without entering any of the other rooms.

We can also walk round in a loop through two different corridors, great for the grandchildren and pets when they want you to chase them. The lounge, dining room and kitchen//utility room all have two ways to get in and out.

We do however have no stairs to dominate.

[anonymous-user]

Monkeylegend said:

We do however have no stairs to dominate.

/thread.

But in bungalows you can use a robot hoover to do your whole house.

[hotchy]

El stovey said:

Monkeylegend said:

We do however have no stairs to dominate.

/thread.

But in bungalows you can use a robot hoover to do your whole house.

Isnt that the job of the cleaner? Surely a robot hoover is for non director types.

[irocfan]

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

TBH chap that suits me and Mrs Iroc to a 'T', looks lovely!

[irocfan]

TwistingMyMelon said:

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

Mrs I misheard and, for a split second, thought you were referring to Basildon

[anonymous-user]

hotchy said:

El stovey said:

Monkeylegend said:

We do however have no stairs to dominate.

/thread.

But in bungalows you can use a robot hoover to do your whole house.

Isnt that the job of the cleaner? Surely a robot hoover is for non director types.

I’d rather have a robot cleaner than a human one myself. I wouldn’t feel so guilty if I’m at home doing nothing and then the robots doing the housework.

We used to have a hot young Hungarian one who wore low cut tops but my wife got all funny about her and said the fact that she was always late and did a crap job meant we had to get an old Polish ‘reliable’ lady instead.

[anonymous-user]

irocfan said:

TwistingMyMelon said:

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

Mrs I misheard and, for a split second, thought you were referring to Basildon

Didn’t a famous band come from Basildon like Duran Duran or depeche mode?

That’s all I know about Basildon.

[Escort3500]

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

That looks really great, and proves you can build a bungalow with style and class. Unfortunately, the design of most bungalows in the UK is mundane, with shallow pitched/over-spanned roofs, brick/stone/timber/render/tile hung ‘feature panels’ (delete as appropriate), picture windows and tacky porches. Those from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s are the worst. Earlier examples at least have some character, with better proportions and nicer design detailing, even if the build quality is sometimes iffy.

Edited by Escort3500 on Saturday 16th November 11:11

[irocfan]

DonkeyApple said:

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.

well guilty as charged I guess

[PositronicRay]

irocfan said:

DonkeyApple said:

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.

well guilty as charged I guess

Is just me or is the roof not on straight.

Edited by PositronicRay on Saturday 16th November 11:44

[DonkeyApple]

irocfan said:

DonkeyApple said:

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.

well guilty as charged I guess

In the South East you need to be phenomenally successful to pay for the land that a bungalow takes up but this little matter has caught up with shopping bag aficionados who believe that such success is better portrayed by shoe horning a three story mcmanshun with an oversized mock Georgian portico bolted to the front onto a much smaller plot in the grottiest location possible.

[Aluminati]

PositronicRay said:

Is just me or is the roof not on straight.

Edited by PositronicRay on Saturday 16th November 11:44

Its quite obvious he lives on a hill.

[irocfan]

Aluminati said:

PositronicRay said:

Is just me or is the roof not on straight.

Edited by PositronicRay on Saturday 16th November 11:44

Its quite obvious he lives on a hill.

It's the S.E. therefore it's subsidence

Seriously though it's a screen-grab from Google street view.

Edited by irocfan on Saturday 16th November 12:47

[Monkeylegend]

Aluminati said:

PositronicRay said:

Is just me or is the roof not on straight.

Edited by PositronicRay on Saturday 16th November 11:44

Its quite obvious he lives on a hill.

Straight but not level, although the red car looks a bit stretched so could be the camera does sometimes lie.

[clockworks]

I've lived in a 1960's detached bungalow for nearly 10 years now.

It's on a small edge of village development of around 30 bungalows, quite a few different styles as they were built by a small developer over the course of a decade. Most have been extended in one way or another - some loft conversions, some with an extra room on the ground floor.

Mine was originally built as a 2 bed, 2 reception, separate kitchen, separate bath and toilet, integrated garage.
A previous owner had a dormer conversion done, adding 2 bedrooms and a shower room. She also added a conservatory, knocked the kitchen and dining room into one room (but leaving stub walls and an archway), and removed the wall between the bathroom and toilet.

I've extended the kitchen area by opening up the doorway into the rear lobby/pantry area, as well as removing the archway walls.

My previous house was an (damp) 1860's cottage. When I first viewed the bungalow, I was totally unimpressed. Just so bland and featureless - not a big fan of pebbledashed exteriors. However, it is in a pretty good location, and it had way more space than anything else in my budget.

I'm using the upstairs bedrooms for my business, and living downstairs. Helps to keep work/life separate, but saves getting cold and wet going outside to a separate workshop.

I'm a big fan of bungalows now.

[DozyGit]

clockworks said:

I've lived in a 1960's detached bungalow for nearly 10 years now.

It's on a small edge of village development of around 30 bungalows, quite a few different styles as they were built by a small developer over the course of a decade. Most have been extended in one way or another - some loft conversions, some with an extra room on the ground floor.

Mine was originally built as a 2 bed, 2 reception, separate kitchen, separate bath and toilet, integrated garage.
A previous owner had a dormer conversion done, adding 2 bedrooms and a shower room. She also added a conservatory, knocked the kitchen and dining room into one room (but leaving stub walls and an archway), and removed the wall between the bathroom and toilet.

I've extended the kitchen area by opening up the doorway into the rear lobby/pantry area, as well as removing the archway walls.

My previous house was an (damp) 1860's cottage. When I first viewed the bungalow, I was totally unimpressed. Just so bland and featureless - not a big fan of pebbledashed exteriors. However, it is in a pretty good location, and it had way more space than anything else in my budget.

I'm using the upstairs bedrooms for my business, and living downstairs. Helps to keep work/life separate, but saves getting cold and wet going outside to a separate workshop.

I'm a big fan of bungalows now.

But you don't live in a bungalow do you - you just live in a normal house

[DozyGit]

Tlandcruiser said:

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

Sorry didn't mean to make fun of house or anything, just saying doesn't work in the uk as plots are tiny, works well in a lot of other countries with sensible plot size, we used to own one outside the UK, five bed place, but in the UK, that plot would have fitted 10 executive detached houses each with five bedrooms and massive driveways and gardens. Being a warm place it made perfect sense to have the flow of the bungalow

[paulrockliffe]

DozyGit said:

clockworks said:

I've lived in a 1960's detached bungalow for nearly 10 years now.

It's on a small edge of village development of around 30 bungalows, quite a few different styles as they were built by a small developer over the course of a decade. Most have been extended in one way or another - some loft conversions, some with an extra room on the ground floor.

Mine was originally built as a 2 bed, 2 reception, separate kitchen, separate bath and toilet, integrated garage.
A previous owner had a dormer conversion done, adding 2 bedrooms and a shower room. She also added a conservatory, knocked the kitchen and dining room into one room (but leaving stub walls and an archway), and removed the wall between the bathroom and toilet.

I've extended the kitchen area by opening up the doorway into the rear lobby/pantry area, as well as removing the archway walls.

My previous house was an (damp) 1860's cottage. When I first viewed the bungalow, I was totally unimpressed. Just so bland and featureless - not a big fan of pebbledashed exteriors. However, it is in a pretty good location, and it had way more space than anything else in my budget.

I'm using the upstairs bedrooms for my business, and living downstairs. Helps to keep work/life separate, but saves getting cold and wet going outside to a separate workshop.

I'm a big fan of bungalows now.

But you don't live in a bungalow do you - you just live in a normal house

He must be taking the piss out of the various references to rooms in the roof of 'bungalows' above surely?

[DozyGit]

Just to add our house (London so a carbuncle house at silly money) has got 2 beds upstairs with a bathroom and similar downstairs. So once we get old we don't need a bungalow, shut the upstairs and open it to guests/kids. Any normal house in the UK could be downsized in that manner, what's the problem if there is an unused upstairs section, doesn't cost any more. Actually modern building regs stipulate downstairs loo and wheel chair access so you can do a downstairs sleeping bathing area once you cannot climb stairs and crawl about like a baby, just need a baby gate to prevent the accidental climb.

[DozyGit]

paulrockliffe said:

He must be taking the piss out of the various references to rooms in the roof of 'bungalows' above surely?

Sorry, just to say in British English bungalow means a property with just one level, if there is a second level in the roof space it is no longer a Bungalow, obviously this is not strictly the definition globally. I hope this makes it clear to why I said he doesn't live in a bungalow anymore, he just lives in a former bungalow.