Everyone said we’d need a bigger house for five kids but we figured out a way to fit them in ONE room – here’s how
A MUM-OF-FIVE has revealed how she managed to fit all her kids into one room - despite people saying they needed a bigger house.
Jeri explained that her growing brood all love their "shared space", after she and her husband came up with a way to squeeze all of the beds into one room.
She took to to show off the finished results, with one side of the room taken up by a double loft bed.
Underneath that was two rattan single beds.
And on the other side of the room was a single loft bed, accessed by a climbing wall and fire pole.
The single bed is for her one daughter, as Jeri explained in the video caption: "I gave Naya options what set up shed like and she chose climbing wall and a fireman pole - of course, boys got jealous and asked for a fireman pole too lol!
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"They used to take turns who sleeps on the bunk bed but now our Naya has her own bed.
"Just needed to get her something pink and sparkly to add more magic to her space."
Jeri is currently expecting baby number five, and said that one of the rattan beds would be replaced with the new baby's cot when it was time for them to go into their own room.
All their clothes are in one cupboard between the two single beds, as she added: "They don’t have much!
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"Toys doesn’t belong in the bedroom - just in their playroom!"
While some of the comments on the post praised Jeri and her husband for their ingenuity in designing the room, others insisted it would only work for a short amount of time.
"This is good for ages infant-10 years old,"; one wrote.
";Once they reach puberty they’re gonna want their own space and need it for individual growths."
"I shared a room with my brother until I was 11 and he was 13 and it was absolutely awful," another added.
"It was always a mess, we argued over everything, and we never had privacy/a safe space to go when we needed alone time.
"I absolutely do not recommend having your children share rooms after age 9 and up."
"What a great room for children but what when they grow older?" a third questioned.
But others defended the family for their set-up.
"This is awesome," one insisted.
"Coming from a person who has 6 siblings, living in a 3 bedroom house.
Are you allowed to convert a garage into a bedroom?
USING average house price figures from Zoopla, Admiral Loans crunched the numbers and worked out that each square foot of living space is worth £350 on average.
Typically, the size of a small single garage in the UK is 128 square feet making the additional space worth £45,000.
A standard conversion costs between £4,995 and £7,500 depending on what work you have done, according to householdquotes.co.uk, which will of course eat into your profits.
If the garage is attached to your home you won't even need to pay for planning permission, which currently costs £206.
The work falls under "permitted development rules", which allows you to make certain changes to your home as long as it's within limits.
This is because you're not really altering the outside dimensions of the building.
But you will need to apply to the local authority if your garage is separate to your house, you live in a flat or maisonette or in a listed building.
It's worth checking before starting any work that there aren't any planning conditions attached to your property - you can do this by writing to the local authority.
If you plough on with building work that actually required permission, you may be ordered to take it down.
"And the two older siblings bag their BF/GF living with us too... I never felt neglected, I never felt poorly done by.
"I always had someone to talk to if I needed it.
"Teenagers don't need the privacy you are all talking about.
"That's just a luxury if they have. It's not a necessity!"
"Speaking as a mother of 5 I can honestly say that even when I was married in a 6 bedroom and my kids had their own room they still CHOSE to sleep in one room and one bed!!" another added.
"They are now 16, 11, 10, 9 and 6 and the 4 younger ones STILL sneak in each other’s room and sleep like baby cubs!
"I love it and they love it so what’s the problem?
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"Eventually they’ll grow out of it ON THEIR OWN and changes can be made, but as a kid this is LIFE!!!"
While a third agreed, writing: "Humans have been sharing rooms for centuries… we’ve been fine!"