Inside the Radfords' 10-bed home: Room sharing, kids' rent, and break-in terror
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The Radford family will be spending the Christmas holidays together in their impressive 10-bedroom Victorian home in Morecambe, Lancashire. While it may be a bit of a squeeze for Britain's biggest family to live under one roof, they have managed to fit 19 of their 22 children into their home.
Sue, 49, and her husband Noel, 53, bought the former care home for £240,000 back in 2004 and have managed to fit in their ever-growing family since. Currently, 19 of their kids live in the home including Chloe, 25, Jack, 23, Daniel, 21, Luke, 20, Millie, 19, Katie, 18, James, 17, Ellie, 15, Aimee, 14, Josh, 13, Max, 12, Tillie, 10, Oscar, nine, Casper, eight, Hallie, five, Phoebe, four, Archie, three, Bonnie, two, and baby Heidie.
While eldest children Chris, 31, and Sophie 26 have now moved out, the family will be enjoying Christmas together under their huge roof. Here is a look inside the Radfords' house. Anyone who steps inside the Radfords' home is greeted by a massive colourful storage unit full of coats and bags. There are also rows upon rows of shoes - with mum Sue confessing there is "stuff everywhere".
"Anyone that comes in the house who hasn't been before laughs at this shoe storage,” said Sue. "As you can image we go through lots of them [shoes]." There are loads of photos, certificates and medals on the walls throughout the house. The living room has high ceilings and a giant brown leather corner sofa, which almost takes up two walls and can fit 10 kids.
The dining room has a super long table, 14 chairs and two high chairs. While the kitchen, which has a granite-top island in the middle, has a whopping 20 cupboards and drawers to store enough food to feed all those hungry mouths. So where does everyone sleep?.
