2 Kids in a 2 bed house and visitors? Have you done it? How?

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My family isnt broke either as I'm sure sunshines family wouldnt be but its nice IMO to have family stay over, saves them the unnecessary cost of staying at a hotel & I find it's always a great time had by all with the whole "sleep over" experience.

We couldn't physically fit an extra two people in this house unless we moved the kitchen table in front of the sink/pantry/oven or stood the lounge suite on end. We've already got boxes or bits of furniture taking up space in the bedrooms so there's nowhere for more beds. And the other half is up in the kitchen until 3am most days so having someone sleep in the kitchen that isn't practical anyway.

There's a damn good reason we're building a 4br house. This one is just waaaaaaaaaay too small for us, especially as we have big furniture from the old house. I've seen bigger 2br units.

Actually our neighbour's house is even smaller than ours and they obviously have the same problem with visitors that we do - they've got a caravan parked on the street outside their house! We've asked to borrow it when my parents come to see the new baby, to save that hotel expense thing

[~Kim~]

Nah, it's all doable.
Like Rumpled Elf we've had visitors offer to stay at a local motel, we've given up our bed and camped in with the kids, or slept on the lounge (our parents are quite immobile and elderly, so the floor isn't an option for them).
Someone you know always has a blow up bed too.

[Doing my best]

We don't have family near by either, and even when we lived in very small units, we always managed to fit everyone in (everyone always seemed to visit at once).. You have to rent what is right for you and your family.. Guests will work around it.

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You have to rent what is right for you and your family..

That's our problem - we didn't. But it's cheap, and its only for another 6 months. I couldn't cope here longterm, I'd go nuts.

[Cassius2]

atm we have a sofa bed in the lounge room. our family are interstate and international so can get cramped if they stay for longer periods of time. although now that DD is older my mum is now able to sleep in DDs bedroom and DD sleeps on a trundle on the floor. it of course would be nicer for guests to have their own room, but you can make it work easily enough and doesnt (well in our experience) deter them from visiting lol! although when my grandparents used to visit we would give them our room and bed and we would sleep on the sofa bed...

another option is to buy one of those wizz bang air beds that i saw for sale at a furniture store. surely they are cheaper than a sofa bed and can be packed away in a cupboard...