Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

I think that most children have no problem sharing a room. At least up to a certain age. It only becomes uncomfortable when there is too big an age difference. Then it can also be awkward with visitors. But that somehow works itself out. I find a garden or outdoor space for the children much more important than having their own room. By the way, our daughter also got the biggest room from us. After all, you only sleep in the bedroom, you live in the children's room.

Went down from 25.5k to 24.0k (just like that, from their side, no request from us, even though we had some upgrades offered (

It should be clear that 3…5 k€ was added on before…

Chores? In Poland it is normal and I don’t know of any statistic that shows a higher suicide rate among teenagers in Poland. Here in Germany it has simply become customary. If you can afford it, OK. What if that is not the case?

I already wrote that, then I limit myself in another area. We are talking here about single-family houses.
No, it will not cause a higher suicide rate. But maybe the kids will not perceive their childhood as happy in hindsight. I also only had my own room from the age of 10. And I found it terrible before to have to share a room with my brother who is 4 years younger. Hardly any space for toys, no visits from girlfriends possible, no reading a book in the evening, etc.
For me it was clear that it would be different with my kids, if possible. And we then partly slept in the living room so that the kids could have their own rooms.

Sorry, but correlating the quality of childhood with the available living space misses the reality for 99% of humanity. Children need time, rules, lots of attention, and trust. Whether they have their own room or not plays about as big a role as their zodiac sign.

If there is enough space, everyone gets their own room. If not, then not.

It’s not an existential problem, in my opinion even a luxury problem.

The three of us sisters shared a 15sqm room until the first one moved out (at 23).

Sure, it was cramped at times, but it couldn’t be helped and it never even occurred to us to complain about it.

Honestly, I’ve never heard of anyone else feeling unhappy because of that or anything like that. It just wasn’t questioned because those were the circumstances.

If I had several children, whether each had their own room would be my least concern.

We had the best years of our lives when we all still shared our rooms. And sometimes there were 2 friends staying overnight at the same time and it always worked out.

Wonderful times, when parents didn’t interfere in every little thing their children did and you could simply be a child without issues of recognition.

Our boys also share a room and (yet) they don’t want it any other way. They are only about 3.5 years apart and best bro-buddies. They actually only use the kids’ room for sleeping and when they want peace and quiet. Playing and homework happens in the living room. That will surely change when friends visit more often. But a separate room for each is not possible for us in this area. Four rooms don’t exist for under 2000,- per month.