How many electrical outlets do you need?

I agree, you need many, these days everything needs electricity, and there is never enough outlets and or they are in the wrong places.

I agree there should be several outlets in each room. Can you imagine the old way of life before there was electric, don't think I would have liked that. I have a couple in each room but somtime that isn't enough.

With modern technology,now we can see different electrical devices for our day to day activities and the need of more outlet is a must.

Dayzz, you wouldn't believe in the houses , I've lived in, I've seen everything as far as old houses go! Depending on how old the wiring is on the house,and depending on how long you are planning to live there, you may be able to find someone to put outlets,in for you at a reasonable price, at least in the most important rooms!

People in the past had no reason to worry about having many electrical outlets. Likely in the day your house was built, the living room and kitchen were the entertainment rooms of the house and thus they had a few outlets for lamps and maybe the radio. The addition of TV was easily handled with the use of a remaining outlet. But since the '80s, we have more and more devices to attach to our TVs, receiver/CD/DVD/DVR players (radios), and in addition to all the kitchen devices of the past, i.e. blenders and hand held mixers, we have microwave ovens, toaster ovens, crock pots, kitchen TVs and radio, etc. So there is no way any building built before the onslaught of all this technology would have a sufficient number of outlets, let alone the wiring to handle them. As for where I live, there are two pole outlets on every wall. But like most people, I cluster units of similar function together, as in an entertainment center. So I too, do not have enough outlets per wall to suite me. Thankfully, power strips are inexpensive.,