Boy and girl sharing room instead of boy and boy?

[TheDarkPassenger]

Currently live in a large 3 bed house. Looking to move to a smaller 3 bed house with huge garden and three car drive. To me this is more important than huge rooms.

Anyway. Kids are 11, 8 and 5, older two boys youngest girl. Boys currently share a large room, we’re thinking as eldest is due to go to high school in September maybe the younger two could share so he has some privacy? What do you think about this? Please give us some guidance :)

Does the new house have a garage? You could look at turning this into another bedroom if so. Is there only one reception room? If so & it's very big could this be divided with a stud wall to provide the bedroom space?

No garage, currently have a garage here but it’s unattached to the house and no electricity runs to it!

It has a conservatory which I’m not massively keen on them but I have no idea if this is easy to turn into a room? I’m sure they’re just plastic aren’t they? 😂

Have you any pics of the conservatory? Might be some MNetters here with the know-how. The garage in your current home could still be a contender though - a passage/hallway to it from the house, insulation installed & electricity run to it. Maybe you could get a few estimates.

What about a loft conversion to get another bedroom (or two)?

Could you not look at getting the loft conversion completed to make your house 4 (or even 5) bedrooms? Instead of paying for the associated costs of moving. And then everyone has their own space, and the value added to your current home may put you into the bracket of a 4 bedroom in your area if you're still desperate to move?

I understand wanting a bigger garden but you've got to think of what's going to work for your family in the future.

And also, big gardens are brilliant when the children are small but when they grow up, as I have found, they just don't get used and become annoying to maintain.