{"id":166255,"date":"2025-12-01T01:10:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/older-couples-need-a-living-room-of-ones-own-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T01:11:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:11:14","slug":"older-couples-need-a-living-room-of-ones-own-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/older-couples-need-a-living-room-of-ones-own-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Older couples need a living room of one\u2019s own | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSeparate rooms | Downsizing homes | Nigel Farage | Hong Kong fires | Idle Working Men\u2019s ClubIt\u2019s not just renters who need a living room (The death of the living room: \u2018It\u2019s hard to invite people over \u2013 not everyone wants to sit on a bed\u2019, 26 November). What about a couple of senior citizens, home most of the time, who do not\u00a0wish to spend every waking hour in the same room? In our local area there appear to be no flats for sale with a kitchen\/diner and separate living room. How can we escape from each other?Jennifer HenleyLondon\u2022 All five \u201chomes for downsizers\u201d (Fantasy house hunt: Homes for downsizers, 28 November) are larger and more expensive than the one I\u2019ve happily inhabited for many years. And I have to ask: from what palace might one be downsizing to a three-bedroom, three-bathroom apartment in St\u00a0John\u2019s Wood, London?Anne CowperBishopston, Swansea Continue reading…
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