Her windows were awful weren't they. And worse she's stacked all sorts onto every window sill. Things will get drenched and moldy plus she PUS will never be able to access them to wipe them down because of all the tat.
I keep thinking about her not-a-utility-room. How is she going to use it to store coats and shoes like in the old house if she she needs to walk through it everyday for her one daily load of washing? It's really troubling.
I don't remember her saying about a garage but surely they have a garage or shed? She's got boxes and boxes of mugs, seasonal tat, garden games, bikes etc... They can't all go in the loft.
Ahh the loft office. It is not going to be practical for any type of functioning office. A den style bedroom for a kid would've worked better. The ceiling up there looks low. It also looks dark. When she said she was turning the light on I thought it'd broken. Judging from the condensation issues I'm going to say the insulation up there is probably poor too and it'll be really cold in the winter and probably even hotter than her old loft conversion in the summer. Old office was so much better. They should've invested in getting Wi-Fi properly installed in there and got a gifted heated floor. I don't think this room was supposed to be an office and bedroom but they've got that sofa bed and nowhere else to put it. So cramped.
I'm going to be controversial but I don't like the kitchen. I actually think the layout is poor and the storage is crap. Her old kitchen may have been small but it was efficient. She said two people won't step over each other in this new kitchen but say you're chopping your veg (lol Babs and veg) next to the hob then you've got to turn around and walk across the room to the sink and bin. I'm predicting that walk will end up with food on the floor and people bumping into eachother. Just like the walk to the fridge in a different room. I don't think the kitchen is that much further away from the living room that it'll be much different than the old house especially if the fridge will stay next to the living room. Not very far away at all. I doubt they'll be closing the big adjoining doors often. But at least the washer is in Narnia for a bit of quiet.
Her bedroom is really cramped. I honestly thought all the new furniture she bought for her old room was in preparation for the move but I think I was wrong. The drawers were so much better in their old bedroom and in this bedroom look so clumsy. I don't know why their wardrobes keep collapsing, is PUS not putting then together properly? From a comment she made perhaps Pus didn't like his loft bedroom because he kept banging his bed, but I can guarantee Babs will not like her new bedroom. Not ensuite, can't hide away in bed, zero floor space, itll be really hard to film in there, and no dressing table. She must've known all of this? Why didn't they wait and see what furniture they needed to purchase after the move? More money than sense.
Aaand the bathrooms. I imagine PUS will be. Hanging his head a lot when he goes for a wee in the upstairs shower cubical. Bet he'll regret complaining about his loft ceilings in his old house after a few weeks in there. The downstairs bathroom bath looks small and uncomfortable. I imagine PUS tried to convince Babs to go for it by saying they'd redo the bathroom, which aesthetically won't be a problem, but the practical layout will be a problem. I do not see how they will be able to install a normal none corner bath without covering up Pus' shoe cupboard in some way. I'm interested to see how they do it.
I think the living room isn't in fact much bigger than her old one and certainly doesn't make up for losing one of the reception rooms from her old place. Either the two seater or the arm chair will have to go, especially if she wants a Christmas tree in there.
Yeah she's right, it is nice to nosey around people's houses. I don't understand her move at all though. I'm starting to think that the empty house viewing was on a day when their brains were not thinking about how the rooms would feel when their furniture was in. It feels cramped and although I don't want to encourage Babs back to her old house because I think the neighbours there are glad she's left, her old house was much nicer and practical. I think she knows that and I don't think she's proud of this new place at all. I wonder how she feels reading here seeing that we are saying what she's thinking.