{"id":401,"date":"2015-11-09T03:14:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-08T17:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manasons.com.au\/?p=401"},"modified":"2015-11-09T03:14:26","modified_gmt":"2015-11-08T17:14:26","slug":"not-everyone-has-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manasons.com.au\/not-everyone-has-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"NOT EVERYONE HAS KIDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tSometimes it feels like houses are only built for large families with multiple children.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When you don&#8217;t have children, it feels like society expects you to be happy with 1 bedroom apartment living for the rest of your days because it&#8217;s \u2018only you&#8217;. People without children tend to shy away from the grand 5 bedroom, 4 lounge room mega houses but they still have many similar wants and needs as their larger family counterparts. Perhaps they\u2019re early retirees with a bit of money from years of hard work or professional couples that still want the bells and whistles but without unnecessary extra rooms. Here are some examples of floor plan attributes that can be difficult to find in houses that are not designed for large families:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spacious, comfortable and attractive living area that can accommodate a large couch or two as you still get visitors or want to sprawl out on a Sunday afternoon to watch the footy.<\/li>\n<li>Spacious outdoor entertaining as we live in Brisbane so it\u2019s a must! You also still have guests and spend time outside, regardless of how big your family is.<\/li>\n<li>Gourmet kitchens complete with walk in pantry, quality appliances and plenty of storage space.<\/li>\n<li>Master bedroom complete with ample space to display lovely belongings and a double sink in the ensuite. How many have partners whose belongings are relegated to a hallway cupboard or guest room?\u00a0 How many of those partners would appreciate a drawer or two or maybe 12 inches of hanging space in their actual bedroom?\u00a0 Personally, we have two wardrobes so we don\u2019t have to share but maybe that&#8217;s a little selfish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yes we&#8217;re stereotyping and we know there are exceptions but we believe new houses in Brisbane can favour the larger family. When constructing homes for those that don\u2019t qualify, there seems to be a little neglect in the plans. At Manasons, we&#8217;re fans of something in the middle &#8211; something that\u2019s comfortable and spacious enough to give you everything you need and want but still cosy and practical so the price doesn\u2019t get crazy and you\u2019re not spending your life cleaning.<\/p>\n<p>For all of you out there whose children don\u2019t run your lives because you don\u2019t have any or they don\u2019t live with you &#8211; rest assured, we\u2019re thinking of you!\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes it feels like houses are only built for large families with multiple children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manasons.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manasons.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manasons.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manasons.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manasons.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/manasons.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manasons.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manasons.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manasons.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manasons.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}