Cheeky Bricks - Episode 9

Well, what prompted me to suggest this as a subject for discussion was the motivation of why people buy houses, and that can vary quite a lot depending on the stage of their life.

Um, obviously, a house is a shelter and somewhere to live, and that's basic to everybody, uh, unless you're buying a second home.

But thereafter, the reasons that you might choose one house over another, I think, depend on the stage of life you're at.

So when you first start, you probably haven't got a lot of choice, your budget is probably limited, uh, and the house you buy is the best you can buy for what you can afford.

But as you go through life, and perhaps you, uh, have a bit more disposable income, and your family grows, you need more space, so space is an important consideration when you're choosing a house.

Location is probably important when you've got children because you want to be near schools.

But then you get to a stage of life when your children are leaving, and your house is then becomes something more of a place where your children might wanna come back, so you still need to keep a bit of space.

So the size of the house is important, but the way that you use it is equally important.

I think the layout of houses has changed, or the use of houses.

You know, a family kitchen with a dining area and that kind of arrangement is much more popular now than houses with dining rooms, for instance.

Mm.

I mean, dining rooms are rarely used nowadays, aren't they?

And kitchens-

Except on Christmas Day

... kitchens are huge now, aren't they?

Yeah.

Kitchens have got bi- Although I kind of sense that maybe they can't...

Maybe that, that trend has, has run its course, and they can't get any bigger.

Oh, I don't know.

I mean-

I went to a house yesterday that had the biggest room I've ever seen.

It was a kitchen, living, dining, everything.

It was just one big open-plan space.

But that, it's not brilliant when you've got young children because-

I think it is brilliant when you've got young children because you're all together as a family.