Studio flats - pros and cons?

Studio is separate kitchen and separate bathroom.

TBH I wouldn't have many problems living in them. Apart from one and that's what do you do when you invite people round. Unless the rooms big enough to have some sofas in there.
 
Dj_Jestar said:
Bedsit is everything in one room. Everything. Studio has at least the toilet and bathroom in a separate room.
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Clearly wrong, the name bedsit comes from combining the words bedroom and sitting room implying they are the rooms that are shared. A tradiitional bedsit had the kitchen living room and bedroom all in one room with a seperate bathroom quite often shared bettween several bedsits. I have never seen or heard of a bedsit where the toilet/shower was in the main room with no segregation, I believe that it would and still does violate building regs to have a toilet not seperated by a door from the kitchen.
 
when people say all-in-one, I don't think it's meant literally, obviously you don't have a open stainless steel bog sat in the corner of your room :p, when some one says all-in-one it usually means kitchen, lounge, bedroom in one room, that is usually a bedsit.
 
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lowrider007 said:
kitchen, lounge, bedroom in one room, that is usually a bedsit.
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yep around here a bedsit is an electric cooker and a bed in a small room and a shared bathroom between many bedsits. Which hasn't been redecorated since the 70's. They are dying out and are absolutely crap value for the money.

Where studio flats have a bedroom/lounge in one, then a separate and often modern kitchen and bathroom.
 
a1ex2001 said:
Clearly wrong, the name bedsit comes from combining the words bedroom and sitting room implying they are the rooms that are shared. A tradiitional bedsit had the kitchen living room and bedroom all in one room with a seperate bathroom quite often shared bettween several bedsits. I have never seen or heard of a bedsit where the toilet/shower was in the main room with no segregation, I believe that it would and still does violate building regs to have a toilet not seperated by a door from the kitchen.
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Some of the places I looked at had a partition, but not a door between main room and toilet. These were absolute dives, which is what a bedsit is.
 
It doesn't really matter what the real definition of a 'bedsit' or 'studio' is...

If you go on a property website, you only find listings of 'studio' as 'bedsit' is an outdated word. A Studio can then be anything from one room with everything in it, to a room which has bathroom, or kitchen separate. It's basically anything which isn't a 1 bedroom flat, which has the bedroom as a separate room!
 
Nexus said:
If you go on a property website, you only find listings of 'studio' as 'bedsit' is an outdated word. A Studio can then be anything from one room with everything in it, to a room which has bathroom, or kitchen separate. It's basically anything which isn't a 1 bedroom flat, which has the bedroom as a separate room!
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No no no, there quite clearly still labelled as bedsits and studios there's a vast difference between the two. I looked at both in January before deciding to go with a shared house.
 
Nexus said:
Not on any of the big property website they aren't... there isn't even listings for 'bedsits'.
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Not in the search there isn't but if you read the description. It will state bedsit or studios. Or at least in Bristol they do.

You missed this bit
A bedsit, also known as a bed-sitting room, is a form of rented accommodation common in Great Britain consisting of a single room with a shared bathroom and lavatory; they are part of a legal category of dwellings referred to as Houses in multiple occupation. In some cases the room has a small formal kitchen area but it is common for the tenants to have no more than an electric kettle and single electric ring.
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the reason for the difference is a bedsit the council tax is usually paid by the landlord(this is due to the shared facilities), where a studio which does not have shared facilities is paid by the tennant.
 
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makeshiftwings said:
So far I'm not really coming round to the idea :(
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It all depends what you do? I imagine most of us young people on here, have a tv, pc etc all in are room anyway.

So it's only a lack of separate space to entertain people that is a problem.

I myself for the price would find a shared house. Good way of meeting new people and if it goes wrong it's only a 6month contract.
 
That doesn't look too bad, but still not something I'd like - but if it suits you then good on you :) Got more pics from the "other" side?
 
lowrider007 said:
Not all bedsits are a dive, I live in one currently so that I have more disposable income and it suits me just fine, my landlord is a gem, the place is very tidy and well looked after, it's also in a lovely position so it manages to catch the sun most of the day.
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Of course not all, but someone says bedsit, you do tend to think of a cheap-as-possible hovel. :)

That place would suit me just dandy.
 
I'm a student currently but having everything in one room - pc, double bed, tv, wardrobe etc gets a bit crowded and if I were to have a studio I would want more space. I'll be a professional as of June.
I suppose a bedsit is kind of the same as student halls?
 
Lived in one for 2 years, I quite enjoyed having my own space. But I had friends with cars who could easily pop by whenever I got bored.

Just make sure you get a self-contained place, and not one of those scrungy places where you have to share a kitchen or a toilet with 10 other flats - then you get all the negatives of living alone without any of the positives of not having to share! I even saw one place which, idiotically, had its own kitchen, its own sink, its own large bathtub, but you had to share a toilet!
 
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