How big is a box room?

[Sheilaroundthefountain]

We are thinking of splitting a big bedroom into two. I’ve seen posts on here about box rooms, and I’m just wondering if we’d be taking a good sized room and ruining it. Doors to both rooms would be fire doors

Sorry the plan is such bad quality.

I don’t think the photo is adding. Sorry

A box room fits a single bed in and not much else. A small chest of drawers maybe.

Don’t know why I couldn’t add it, but it doesn’t really matter. I just want to know what size is considered a box room

Depends why you are doing it as to whether it's a good idea or not. Remember it can always be 'undone' by future owners.

I'd say a box room is any room that can't fit a single bed and chest of drawers - ie too small for a bedroom so only good for boxes.

It should be able to fit a single bed. If not then it's more a cupboard.

Neighbours have find it and I’m looking at their photos on rightmove. They have single beds in my look fairly spacious

The room dimensions would be approx 10x10 and 12x10, but not perfect squares/rectangles because of eaves and window alcoves

If both dimensions are less than 6 feet, definitely a box room. One dimension > 6 feet would be a small bedroom.

We’d be going it to have a study. My husband works from home sometimes and has taken over the kitchen. I thought it might make our house more attractive to have an extra bedroom/study

Doing it I mean

I think our 4th bedroom would be classed as a box room and it is 2.5m x 3m.

Should have said, and in there we have a single bed, set of drawers and a small wardrobe.

DS's bedroom literally fits a bed (no frame), a modest wardrobe and could squeeze in a small bedside unit. It is only just big enough to be a single bedroom.
A box room, I'd say is not big enough for a single bed but could be used as a nursery with smaller furniture such as a cot.

DS likes his small room and finds it cosy and easy to organise. We had to construct a mid-rise sleeper which overhangs the window as there was no space to assemble a standard cabin bed frame, and any other bed would have obstructed the radiator.

It works much better for him than sharing.

Two of my bedrooms are approx 10x10 and 12x10 and I wouldn’t call them box rooms! They fit a double bed and other furniture in fine. I thought a box room was one with the ‘box’ over the stairs? Like you see in 1960s Gough Cooper developments.

My box room is a single bed and a small chest of drawers. Definitely no room for anything else and the bed only fits in one way.

I'd do whatever works for you now as a family.
It wouldn't be hard for a future owner to undo if they had a mind to.

But mine are both rectangles with no alcoves/sloping ceilings so are probably bigger than yours would be. It’s amazing how much you can get into a room

libcom.org/blog/how-combat-bedroom-tax-tape-measure-20022013

Does that help at all? I know it’s not a great kink but if you read it a follow some of the other links it might get you what you need.

I thought a box room was one with the ‘box’ over the stairs? Like you see in 1960s Gough Cooper developments.

No, a boxroom was where you stored boxes. My parents had a box room that was used as a linen cupboard in their time, it had a small dormer window. As a child I thought it was quite magical and would have loved it to be my bedroom (my actual bedroom was much bigger).

@Ohshitiveturnedintomymother

Two of my bedrooms are approx 10x10 and 12x10 and I wouldn’t call them box rooms! They fit a double bed and other furniture in fine. I thought a box room was one with the ‘box’ over the stairs? Like you see in 1960s Gough Cooper developments.

My friend had that in her bedroom when we were growing up. I had no storage in my room so was very very jealous of her huge cupboard she could crawl into!

Boxroom becomes a bedroom if it can fit a bed and furniture and function as a bedroom. If not them it becomes an office or boxroom.

@BekoMoooover

libcom.org/blog/how-combat-bedroom-tax-tape-measure-20022013

Does that help at all? I know it’s not a great kink but if you read it a follow some of the other links it might get you what you need.

That links brilliant Beko. I’ve saved it to refer back to

@Ohshitiveturnedintomymother

Two of my bedrooms are approx 10x10 and 12x10 and I wouldn’t call them box rooms! They fit a double bed and other furniture in fine. I thought a box room was one with the ‘box’ over the stairs? Like you see in 1960s Gough Cooper developments.

Yes that is what a 'real' box room is but the meaning has evolved to also mean a small room. Our box room is 5.8 Square metres.

I thought a box room was one without a window to the outside? Size irrelevant.

I was just going to come on here and say - it's a room without a window to the outside. Can't be called a bedroom even if it's big enough for a super king size bed.

The link posted above is interesting on what size constitutes a big enough room to be classed as a bedroom. I lived in a flat in which the bedroom was 9'6" x 6'9" and it was ridiculous to do anything but sleep in. I used to get dressed in the kitchen.

The word is now used almost exclusively for a single bedroom (especially if it’s so small that you’d only fit a toddler bed and small chest of drawers in it with little space for anything else). When we were growing up, the 3rd/small/box room was actually around 9ftx9ft and would have fit a double bed and some other bits of furniture in it; it also had a built in cupboard that extended into the landing space but only so it was then a symmetrical shape with the other side being occupied by the toilet. Now we’ve been looking at rental properties and most ‘box’ rooms are under 6ft wide and around 7.5-9ft long!!