Anyone live in a Bungalow?

I'd have no problems buying the right bungalow either, you tend to get a generous plot of land with them, and they can often be detached too which is a bonus.

Also no stairs :D
 
I wouldn't rule out a bungalow because I crave downstairs living space and they tend to have a lot of it providing they are a decent size. Something like a chalet style bungalow could be ideal for us because then we could have potentially two bedrooms and an ensuite upstairs and everything else on the ground floor. The main issue I have with traditional housing is the lack of downstairs space relative to bedrooms, we only really want 3 bedrooms but 3 bedroom houses are usually tiny with too few / too cramped reception rooms and the ones that aren't are difficult to find because of the idiotic way houses are marketed based on bedroom count. The sort of house I want will have at least double the downstairs space to upstairs. Something like 120sqm downstairs, 50sqm upstairs should be workable.

I think bungalows tend to be arguably better value in terms of land area as the footprint is larger, a townhouse will potentially give more overall interior square footage but you don't actually get much land for your money.
 
I live in a 2 bedroom bungalow, its not huge but everyone still gets their space as rooms have doors on so if anyone wants their own space\time they can.

There is me, the wife and my son who is nearly 9. I like the bungalow as I can keep an eye on him easily and be anywhere in the property, got a huge garden (back) and a small front garden.

layout is front door to hallway and off there to the right is two bedrooms (one front and one back) bathroom a the end of the hallway with front room on the left and kitchen off that.

What I do like is that it doesn't take much to heat the place and when cooking this heats the front room too lol
 
We (me and my wife) bought a (2 bed) semi-detached Bungalow as our first property together. Where we live the ftb options are terrace with no garden or driveway, or a bungalow with garden and a driveway, so for us it was an obvious choice. It worked very nicely for the two of us, but as soon as we had my daughter we realised it was a bit small! Having the central corridor makes it hard to move about quietly without waking everyone. I get up for work about 5am so it's hard to get ready quietly when you are right next to everyone. Now we have moved to something with an upstairs, it't nice to be able to put my daughter to bed upstairs and still do things downstairs without disturbing her. I can also have breakfast downstairs without waking anyone. This is nothing to do with having anymore space, it's just nice to have the two floors! Though having said that, the increased space is handy for toys etc as we are not constantly surrounded by them! The lack of stairs in the bungalow also don't mean no stairgate, as we had one on the kitchen doorway in the bungalow to separate it from the rest of the house.

Dave
 
Probably a good investment. Ageing population etc. Often bungalows carry a premium because the wealthy elderly want them.
 
Yeah, there is a lot of demand for them. Ours sold at asking price in a matter of hours as the estate agent had a list of people waiting for them to come on the market. We were told that the preference was for Bungalows without loft conversions. It also went for £38k more than we paid for it!

Dave
 
I stayed in a friends bungalow for two weeks over summer while they went on holiday and the only thing that really bothered me and would stop me buying one was the fact that i felt unsafe at night having the window in the bedroom open. it was a warm two weeks!
 
I have a small one and just found out the disadvantages -- Having bedroom carpeted today and found out there just isn't enough room to put junk from bedroom anywhere - I should have gone for 4 bed - One room for junk.
 
Lived in one for about 8 years, family of 5. We have a light well, and big skylights in the kitchen/diner so it's really light everywhere.

I really like not having the noise of people moving around upstairs. Also it's great in summer as the bedrooms stay nice and cool.
 
JAMAL said:
I stayed in a friends bungalow for two weeks over summer while they went on holiday and the only thing that really bothered me and would stop me buying one was the fact that i felt unsafe at night having the window in the bedroom open. it was a warm two weeks!
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That is actually a very good point.

I'd guess you can kind of work around that by having skylights you open instead.
 
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