Tell us about your house

[CJJHRA]

do you find everyone is on top of each other all the time? or do you have a big enough house?

how many do you have in a bedroom, are they big rooms?

[mysunflower]

we have 4 bedrooms and a study
we have a tv room and the main kitchen lounge room
the 2 kids share a room, we have a spare room for guest and the kids have a toy room
the tv room is used manily by the kids for there dvds and the playstation as we don't have a tv areial in there yet
we have 2 bathrooms one is an ensuite

This is much different to how i grew up we had small lounge room and kitchen and 3 bedrooms which were small so didn't get much privacy
and the housw was always cold as mum use to clos the door to the hall so the only room which was warm was the lounge room

but yes we do have space which is great as i never did growing up

[mummyof5]

Oh, don't I wish??
We have lots of yard, which is why we bought our place, but the house kinda sucks, lol.
We have 3 bedrooms and a sunroom we use as bed 4, so we have eldest in sunroom, 2 older girls in next bed (both of these are off the lounge room, major pain at bed time...) 2 youngest in together, not ideal, but no where else to put them at the moment, and us in end bedroom.
Only one living area, and small area off kitchen has extra fridge/freezer and computer.
One bath, seperate loo across the hall, most of the house is in some state of renovation....so far we have relined 4 rooms, replaced 2 other doorways, refloored the dining room and put in a new kitchen. Only 3 more rooms to fix up! Then I'll have to paint it all!! Will be good when it is finished, and I can put tenants in it and move back to Victoria and a 5 bed place....can't wait!

[Jordymumma]

Technicly our house is 5 BR but my parents use two of those-one as a lounge room. So i have my 2 boys share and my two girls share.I think their rooms are plenty big enough, any bigger and theyd just hoard more ****:rolleyes:.The new bub will be in with us for a while and then i guess we'll be buying bunks for either the boys or girls bedroom!! We have a games room central in our house that has a pool table,tv, playstation etc for the kids. I have my own lounge room too:laughing: but most evenings we all watch tv together in there. We have a good sized yard which is well equiped and utilised in the summer but i have to say during winter i dont think any house would be big enough!
Hmm.. oh of course we have a kitchen and dining room, bathroom and ensuite off our bedroom.When we found out we were expecting we were a little concerned about what to do with bub, but if worst comes to worst and 3 to a room wont work it looks like my lounge will become another b/r!
I dont get much privacy from my mum,(drives poor DH round the bend:ecomcity:) but youd never know my dad lived here. When there not here they'll be plenty of room.

[CJJHRA]

at the moment we have a 5 bedroom, eldest and youngest have their own room, the 12&10 share, as do the twins, we have the front lounge (kids area really, and clothes room, then the what would be dinin area is full of junk, the family area I guess you would say is where our table is, then the games room for the pc's and main lounge.

its on the smaller side, but we dont find we are really under each others feet al too much, as the kids kinda have their space.

but we are looking at buying, and from what we see in our price range, its not going to be a 5bed! and possibly less living area..

we are thinking as long as the living area is big, and the bedrooms not too bad, we could get away with a 3, (But MUST have 2 toilets, one bathroom is ok) then I'll have the three eldest in 1 room, the three youngest in the other, even though the three younger consist of twin boys and a girl, could get away with it for 2-3 years till we can add on I guess.

do you think its wrong for boys and girl to share? the twins are 7, and shes 4. lots of nights she sleeps in their room with them anyway

[punkbaby]

We have a 4br with a study and a little sort of study area which when i get my cupboard built, will be a craft room.

OVerall i am happy with the room the kitchen is small but its open as the dining areas is off it so it feels roomy and we have a huge table there, plus i can open the doors and have it open plan to see the lounge or shut them, depending on my mood :)

The bedrooms, they are pretty big, you could fit 3 singles or 3 sets of bunks in 2 of them, in my room you could nearly put 4 sets if you set them up right, the other bedroom is more a 2 single bed style room though (eventually two of the kids will share this as its bigger and i figure they share they can have it) Its more storage for me, i mean i have two linen cubpards but i am saving and building shelving etc for the rooms plus i plan to get bunks and a trundle so i have a spare. Overall i mean we are lucky we have the space really or the room to double up in bedrooms. There used to be 12 kids that lived here with the parents so its do-able, the people before had ten kids so yeah they manage we can LOL just hope they dont jinx me i dont need ten kids! We have the shed lined and decked out as a play area too and plan to cover in the back courtyard and have that as a extra family room one day. For $120k i aint complaining, its cheap its a nice house and well really its just cosmetic that it needs, a coat of pain etc which i will do when my kids are out of the hands over walls stage!!

[MrsDribbleDrawers]

We've got a 4br, 2 toilet, 1 bath house... kitchen, dining room (both small), lounge and bedrooms all upstairs... rooms are quite large - front room (DD1) used to be master bedroom, so big enough to double up kids when we need to... back room is smallest, for bub when she's ready to leave our bed, currently using it as a guest room, but it's not really big enough for the QS bed! DS' room is about standard bedroom size - he has a bunk bed, desk, and bookshelf (with built in wardrobe - that makes all the difference to a room size, I think!!)

Downstairs the kids have a rumpus room, and we carpeted the garage (where my brother and his kids are going to be... another long story - and bl@#y cold down there ATM!), laundry and toilet (we can convert laundry to bathroom if needed, and move laundry outside)... I also have a scrap room inside the front door - it's a small room that we were storing "stuff" in, better to have me in there than all across the dining table :laughing:

[anewme]

I love my house!!!!! It has 7 bedrooms, 2 large living areas, a playroom, big kitchen, a really big patio and an acre of yard for the kids to play. It's my dream house. It's just a pity it dose not have any walls or roof yet. :laughing: He still building it, on weekends and after work when he can. But for now it's a double garage. :hissy: I can touch the table from my bed. Comfort three of the kids without leaving the bed (as there beds touches ours ). To get to the freezer you have to move the table. I am always tripping on something or someone. :crying: Oh well, it will be great when the house is built. For now its "go outside to play kids" so mummy dose not lose the plot. Sometimes I think I have already.:laughing:

[fozzie]

We have a 4 brm 2 bath with a large kitchen/family room which is for the kids mainly and then a lounge/dining room that we use although being winter we are all in the family room because that is where the wood heater is. We have DS1&2 in bunk beds and DS3 has his own room at he moment then when bub arrives he/she will be in with us for the first 6 months then if it's a boy probably share with DS2 or if it's a girl we may lose the spare/toy room which is directly off the family room and the eldest 2 will share that but that is the only room without built in robes. We also have a 1.6 acre back yard so plenty of room to kick the kids outside to play.

We are lucky and found this place it is plenty big enough for us and there was only supposed to be 3 kids so a room each eventually but we may convert the garage into two more rooms so we can have a guest room.

[mummyof5]

CJJHRA, I don't have a problem with both sexes sharing when they are younger, once they start highschool it's different. My kids have done the sharing merri go round in different houses, and still share when we have guests or things like that. My youngest 2 are diff sexes and they share currently, though once we move the navy will give us a 5 bed house and they will be apart again.

[maorimama]

Prior to moving to Aussie we had two children in each room (3bdrm house). Homes in NZ where I am from are rather on the small side. Our house here is HUGE in comparison. We have a four bedroom with study, two bathrooms, big kitchen/dining/family and a huge seperate lounge room. We have a double garage which has been converted into a teen space for the boys and their friends. We feel like we have so much space that we lose each other in it, lol. We have a fairly decent size section and a few parks in our street. We love it..

[BlessedWithBlue]

We have 3 bedrooms and rumpus.
one bathroom and one toilet, laundry is on the small side so is the kitchen but has a good amount of bench space and shelving but we are thinking of putting up cupboards too for extra storage space.
Our dining area is long and narrow but i still have plenty of room to fit my 10 seater dining table and 3 high chairs and the freezer with enough room that it isn't cluttered in there.

Older 2 boys share a room, they have bunk beds and the twins share a room and baby is in with us for now but he will share with the twins soon.
The bedrooms are a decent size and as we don't have built ins in the kids rooms we have the massive Ikea wardrobes with the shelves and draws and there is still heaps of room in there for the kids to have there toys in their rooms.

The rumpus used to be the garage so its long and narrow too, atm we have our old lounge suite in there which makes the room look tiny but i think if we were to get rid of it and put 2 smaller sofas in there we would have a lot more space.

The house still needs a few things done but overall we are happy with it and are slowly getting around to doing things bit by bit.

Our backyard is huge but when we bought the house it needed a lot done and the backyard hasn't been done up yet so there is the trampoline in the backyard but that is all. The kids tend to play in the front yard as there is plenty of room for them to ride their bikes and kick a ball around. I just make sure i am out there with them and the double gates are locked.

[Starlet]

We are renting atm.

We're in a 4x2. DS1 and DS2 share a room. One room is the toy room. One room is the main bedroom and the other has DS3's cot and DSD's bed(she is only with us a week every third week). The new baby will be in with us.

We're in the process of trying to buy a house. The house I want is small(but anything bigger and we wouldn't be able to afford it), it's only 3 bedroom, but one room is so big I can fit the older boys double bunk AND a single for DS3 and still have room. The house has enough room to add an extention to the main bedroom(so maybe an ensuite), as well as another bedroom off the 'boys' bedroom later on down the track. It already has been extended on the other side of the house which would be the games room, but we could also put in a temporary wall to make it into two rooms(and one would be a bedroom for one of the boys). It has a huge backyard too. So fingers crossed we get it(it's under $300k).

[madjedjjlill]

we have a highset house, 3 bedrooms upstairs an 2 downstairs. girls have their own rooms boys share the old master bedroom. downstairs we have made a new master bedrrom with ensuite an a room for the baby the new baby will share with him. 5 bedrooms two toilets an two bathrooms we have a big yard so hopefully getting a pool in the near future kids would love it

[meredithlinda]

We don't qualify as a large family yet, but we're planning another couple of kids which will bring us to 4. We own our house and it's quite small, but we have no intentions of moving, so I hope we'll manage. We have 3 bedrooms and a small lounge room, plus dining and kitchen and a small bathroom (1 toilet).
Currently both kids sleep in our room, and the third bedroom is off the lounge and quite tiny so it is the study and will stay that way. That leaves the other bedroom as the "kids" room, although as I said it's currently just storing their clothes. There are bunks in there, and there would be room for another set of bunks, and then I would get one wall covered with built in robes/storage etc to cover all kids. So it would be squashy but manageable.
The toys are in the lounge and we go to the park a lot to get them out the house lol.

[PunkyDiva]

Our house is not overly huge for a family of 8(7 living here atm).
It is a U shape with 4 bedrooms (kids), bathroom, laundry on one side.
Formal dining room (used as study/playroom), open plan kitchen, dining, lounge on the bottom.
Adult space on other side, our bedroom, walk in robe, ensuite with spa and small study.
The space in the centre of U is a covered outdoor living area and all sides have an entrance out to it.

Only my two wee girls share a room but it is the old main bedroom so really good size. Teen boys always shared until eldest DD moved out a few months ago.

We live beside a park so the backyard being a bit smaller then we would like isn't an issue.

[supergeek]

The house we are living in now is one of FIL's houses he brought when he 1st started making "real" money.

Its got 8 bedrooms, 5 Bathrooms, guesthouse, 10 car garage( the reason FIL brought it) with a really pretty courtyard garden that has a undercover area for swings, trampoline, cubby.

Im lucky we have alot of room to spred out in this house and it is 1 of the reasons we love it.

Other things the house has 3 loungerooms, playroom, den, study with semi libary, gym and home cinema