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I've done the survey but found it hard to answer the questions as homes don't come much smaller than ours. It was a bit of a squash in our 2 bed cottage when the DDs were teenagers but before we got round to converting the loft for them, they were off to Uni and never came home to live, only to visit. Once they had graduated, worked away, been 'round the world' etc, they both settled down, in neighbouring towns and started a family. Our house is now perfect for the two of us with enough room to have the DGC for the odd sleep over, though they now prefer to stay at their Aunties' with their cousins.

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Done. It sounds Granny23* as if you got ahead of the game and downsized to start with and saved a whole lot of heartache and hassle!

Done - but, but,but... What is the point of asking how many 'spare' bedrooms people have, if you do not ask how many bedrooms we actually have. Some people will consider any bedroom over 1 spare, others 2 and so on

Most people will talk about, all the upstairs rooms in a house, or specific rooms in a flat as being bedrooms, even though they are used for other purposes. All except our main bedroom have double uses and in any week, all are likely to be used for one purpose or another.

Good point MOnica. We have three bedrooms. The one we sleep in, another which doubles as a study, a sewing room, a store and isolation ward as well as accommodation for visiting offspring, and a tiny one (originally a box room) which will only just take a single bed. So I put down one as the little room is the only one which is spare.

I’ve done it too but found it frustrating that it assumed by downsizing that you had released equity ( money to spend ). We downsized in order to lower our mortgage and mortgage payments and moving closer to the grandchildren in order to do more childcare .

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We downsized because we lived too far from public transport and the house/garden was far too big. This wasn't on questionnaire. Not enough reasons for moving!
We are fortunate in that our children are settled and not likely to live with us again. Occasional visit, but we seem to visit them more frequently.

Done. I agree - the reasons for doing it were not inclusive of the reasons we did it and the ones mentioned above.

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Done. Downsized a couple of months ago. Still in shock

Can`t downsize as have 2 ACs living back at home .

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I agree that the survey's apparent assumption downsizing is to release money. We certainly didn't release any equity when we down-sized as we moved into a market town and the new house needed work. In fact I think it cost us money.

Done but I don't think it has taken into account our kind of case where we moved to a cheaper but in fact nicer area and got a larger house.