'Sleep divorce' couples remortgage to get bigger homes - so they don't have to share a bedroom By Richard Marsden for The Mail on Sunday Published: 18:26 EDT, 5 October 2024 | Updated: 18:38 EDT, 5 October 2024 e-mail View comments Couples are moving to bigger homes, building extensions or forcing their kids to double up – all so they can sleep apart. 'Sleep divorce' is on the rise, with one in 20 owners saying they have re-mortgaged so they can move to a bigger house or expand their own to have separate bedrooms. And in London , where the stresses of modern life are perhaps more acute, the figure is one in ten, according to a survey.
Among those benefiting from sleeping apart are Heidi Scrimgeour, 48, who has been married to Matt, 49, for 26 years. She said they discovered the benefits of sleeping apart by accident. Now she has moved into her home office , sleeping on a sofa bed.
Couples are moving to bigger homes and forcing their kids to double up, amid a rise in 'sleep divorces' (file photo) One in ten couples in London say they have re-mortgaged so they can move to a bigger house in order to have separate bedrooms (file photo) Read More How SEPARATE beds became the ultimate aphrodisiac: Inside the shock rise of the 'SLEEP divorce' 'It all started with crate-training our puppy,' she added. 'I began sleeping downstairs in my office to help her settle, thinking it was a temporary thing. But to my surprise, I was sleeping better than ever.
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