Small Rooms

So we have a problem.

As some as you may know, if you even knew anything to begin with, We lost the house. We, and by We I mean my Parents, were going to buy a house in Derby then rent it out to me and three mates. Cheaper living costs, nice house, quiet area, closer by, etc. This fell through. Devestating both me and my parents, and leaving me and my uni mates in the lurch about where to go or what to do.

It seems that most, if not all, 4 bedroom student houses in Derby consist of a Master Bedroom, Second Bedroom, and a Small Guest Bedroom/Study. The forth room would come from a converted Dining room. This is the norm. When searching for house in Derby is was almost impossible to even find a 3 bedroom house. Most estate agents agreed on this.

So where does this leave us?

Well, you are all paying for a room in a house, and more to the point your all paying the same ammount, despite room size, and at the end of the day your going to have to pick one unlucky friend to move into that small room. So you have to think how would you do this? Obviously if you just outright pick someone then its going to hurt their feelings, and if you suggest that you deserve the bigger rooms then you seem arragant, no matter if you're bringing an indian elephant thats vital to your studies with you.

Trust me, this has everything to do with Psychology

Now I was all for giving the room to the person with the least ammount of stuff, and with the least ammount of plans. For example, (Warning: Extreme Cases ahead) if someone was only bringing a laptop with them... Then that wouldn't suggest that they needed a bigger room. Also, if someone was only using the room to sleep in and was planning to spend the rest of their days in the garden, then they wouldn't need a big room either. It is, on this logic, that we have given Woody the biggest room. Why? Well, he has the most stuff, which ticks box one. Plus he lives furthest away. He also says he would be happy to open up the room as a lounge, obviously not while he is in bed or having some "private time". This ticks box 2, the fact he is making good use of the big room.

Now this leaves us with 3 rooms, two of equal size, to give to 3 more students. Obviously nobody wants the small room, and obviously everyone is going to believe that they are going to: A: Bring a lot of stuff, B: Make good use of their room. Therefore the other two lads have picked leaving it to fate and picking straws, and from there we will change around and swap. This will be a mission, but atleast it will be 'fair'.

It's all up to you guys now!

Common said the room isn't 'livable', stating that he 'couldn't see himself living in there', and saying he wouldn't be able to get all his stuff in. While I agree with the latter statment, (there is absolutely no way I would get all my stuff in, 360, ps3, wii, desktop +dual screen, accessories and games for each individual system, 42" Tv, Freeview box, DVDs, books/magazines/comics, clothes, etc) I don't agree with the first two statements. The room is perfectly livable; else it wouldn't be allowed to be rented out. I mean if Harry Potter can live under the stairs we could live in that room.

Curse you Potter! You and all your living space!

The second statement, not being able to see yourself living in there, well, I totally disagree. Now I don't mean to sound all for the idea of the small room, but it is inevitable that we will all live in it at one point so I figure, why not make the most of bad thing? If I big it up as much as I can to myself it will be better!

I have already imagined, if possible, how I am going to style it when that wonderful little room is mine. I will have to move my dual screen and just hide them somewhere, in a box under the bed somewhere, and then I will have the desktop linked up to the 42" (hopefully this combination will fit on the desk, if not there will be hell to pay as it messes up my plans). Then I can just lie in bed and use my pc. Also, when its night time, I will shut the curtains, turn off the lights, cuddle up in a big double duvet with extra cushions and other comfy things, and relax. Imagine it, with the 42", at that close distance, in the dark, it would be like a cinema!

Possiblities are I might go blind by the end of my term though, but oh well, its a small price to pay to have a mini cinema.

Appart from size the only problems I can see with it are A: Not being able to have friends to stay, B: Bringing girls back and having to go in the small room (possibly using the excuse "The other guys are just overcompensating, this room reflects the fact I have a massive penis", C: Not having room to have people to play multiplayer games and D: Not being able to bring my double bed up to Derby with me. I am not sure which of these is most distressing.

It is inevitable that we will all have the small room at one point sooner or later. So can't do anything but try to make the best of it, can we?

Could be a new fad. 'Your plans for the small room?'
We could make a mini movie at the start of each term, like changing rooms or other such nonsesense, chroniceling the tale of each housemate converting the small room into their own glorious kingdom...


If you are looking to rob us after I have named all the expensive stuff I will have please contact me for the address