ᐅ Overwhelmed... Is my calculation or knowledge correct?

Evolith schrieb:
I already addressed your "accusations" above.

However, I am surprised at how much some people seem to pamper their children through my eyes. Does a teenager really need a couch and a side table in addition to their bed? Does it have to be a 15m² (160 ft²) room to nearly set up an entire apartment there? Why is 4m² (43 ft²) of play space no longer enough for playing with Lego? Our teenager moves around in his current 20m² (215 ft²) room on about 8m² (86 ft²). He doesn’t use the rest at all. He’s actually looking forward to moving into a smaller room. "Then I won’t have to walk so far anymore." And our youngest zips around the living room and hallway on a balance bike, chases the cats, or plays in his play corner (1m x 1.5m (3 ft x 5 ft) rug in the living room).

For the thread starter: From the discussion, which risks drifting away from your topic, you can take away that you should think carefully about what you really need. If you don’t have children yet, it’s a bit harder to estimate. I also always imagined that kids would play in the children’s room. Well, now it’s mainly the living room. Define precisely what is important for you. Maybe don’t just think about the kids but also about yourselves. YOU will still be living there once the children have long since moved out. YOU will still be paying for it then.

So now I’ll send you the list first.

Curly schrieb:
I’m surprised at how little time most people spend in the bedroom. For me, a large bedroom is important. I do the ironing there and like to watch a movie in bed in the evening, so 12 sqm (130 sq ft) would be far too small.

Best regards,
Sabine

Climbee schrieb:
Evolith, this is my first time commenting here...

Exactly, I primarily live there, which is why, for example, I planned our bedroom on the north side. A third room is on the south side. Since we don’t have children, we use that room as a hobby/work space during the day; we sleep at night and I prefer the bedroom to be cooler with no direct sunlight and don’t need much more space than enough to comfortably fit our bed (and if you don’t have a walk-in closet, enough room for a wardrobe).

Especially considering that the children won’t live in the house forever, I would carefully think about how to use these rooms FOR MYSELF later on. With many couples, it happens that they eventually sleep separately (because one partner starts snoring heavily). A good solution then is if both rooms can accommodate double beds (because you don’t want to sleep apart all the time but want to keep all options open). I don’t see how that would work with 10m² (108 ft²). The former children’s room can then be used as a guest room; it also makes sense to have at least a small double bed there (children might visit again, possibly as a couple). I can use one room as a hobby/workroom and, as mentioned above, I find it more practical for that space to be on the brighter side facing the garden, as it is used during the day, unlike the bedroom.

Especially when thinking about how children’s rooms can be used after the child-raising phase, such a layout should be avoided.

Climbee schrieb:
I have space for ironing in the utility room, and if I’m watching a movie lying in bed, do I really need more space??? (Not that we don’t do that sometimes, but the TV will probably be mounted on the wall)

Peanuts74 schrieb:
Oh dear, poor cats. Hopefully, the noise won’t be too bad when they sharpen their claws...
It's at least funny that a young person finds walking across 20m² (215 square feet) too far ;-D
For example, I’ve never experienced a shared flat where people argue over the smallest room *lol*
But in the end, everyone plans for themselves, you’re absolutely right...