We don't live in a big flat in Twickenham, but have lived here long enough considering we loathe our upstairs neighbour with good reason. She became a problem within days of moving in, and we have still endured 8 years.
This place also doesn't even have a freezer.
Anyway, it's taken us a while to figure where would be nice to move to, and have sort of settled on Surrey Hills area.
We'd ideally like a three bedroom as I'd want an office working from home more now, but would settle for a large living room where can have desk.
Old builds, and landlords haven't bothered with things like double glazing or any form of modernisation most of the time.
New builds, pokey little bedrooms and wasted space with ensuite.
It seems open plan has evolved into 'your sofa will literally be IN your kitchen'
Would it be nice to save over what we pay now? Sure, but not essential. And that we can easily manage as there are properties of similar size for less.
But what there isn't much of is something a bit larger at a similar price.
One thing really grating on me is the sacrifice of space in 2nd bedroom for a darn en-suite.
Oh, and built in wardrobes.... I hate them. They rob you of flexibility arranging a room.
When did people stop having furniture in bedrooms? Really, most of the time it's literally only big enough for a bed. And forget a king size.
Can easily find things way nicer than what we pay now for not much more.
But there is no middle ground. Its either small or big.
Small and cheap or small and expensive, or big and expensive.
Sigh, just having a moan. I hate flat/house hunting.
This place also doesn't even have a freezer.
Anyway, it's taken us a while to figure where would be nice to move to, and have sort of settled on Surrey Hills area.
We'd ideally like a three bedroom as I'd want an office working from home more now, but would settle for a large living room where can have desk.
Old builds, and landlords haven't bothered with things like double glazing or any form of modernisation most of the time.
New builds, pokey little bedrooms and wasted space with ensuite.
It seems open plan has evolved into 'your sofa will literally be IN your kitchen'
Would it be nice to save over what we pay now? Sure, but not essential. And that we can easily manage as there are properties of similar size for less.
But what there isn't much of is something a bit larger at a similar price.
One thing really grating on me is the sacrifice of space in 2nd bedroom for a darn en-suite.
Oh, and built in wardrobes.... I hate them. They rob you of flexibility arranging a room.
When did people stop having furniture in bedrooms? Really, most of the time it's literally only big enough for a bed. And forget a king size.
Can easily find things way nicer than what we pay now for not much more.
But there is no middle ground. Its either small or big.
Small and cheap or small and expensive, or big and expensive.
Sigh, just having a moan. I hate flat/house hunting.
