Twins and unequal bedroom sizes

[MeAndTheTwins]

Very first world problem I know!

I've got twins and we're looking to buy a house. One has come up that's in our dream location, where properties very rarely come up (especially those we can afford!)
It's perfect in every way, except for having two double bedrooms and one single. I know this is common in 3 bedroom houses, but with twins I have no idea how we would decide who goes in the smaller room. The two rooms are 11ft x 9ft and 7ft by 8ft (plus the master).

The twins are currently babies so this definitely wouldn't matter for a while anyway, but we would be looking to stay in this house 10 years or longer, possibly even forever due to its location among other things.

Am I overthinking this?!

Just to add, there would probably not be any option to extend and we don't want any more children.

Are they same sex twins? I would use the double room for them both to share as a bedroom and then the smaller room to store larger toys etc with maybe a view to using it as a time away/chill out room as they get older.

You might find one of them eventually asks to move into the smaller room. This happened with mine, not twins but one year age gap.

Could you do a loft conversion in the future? Then you’d move up there and they can toss a coin for the two largest rooms downstairs?

Could they share both rooms, so playroom and bedroom, then later study and bedroom.
If one hates this, they may volunteer to have the smaller space to get the privacy.

Could they share them? Double bed room has beds and clothes storage, single is a playroom.

I would use the double room for them both to share as a bedroom

This is a good idea too.

Are they the same sex? Could they share the larger room and have the smaller as a playroom/study area? Or, they swap over each year?

Of there are stud walls between the rooms then you can move a wall to make the smaller room bigger.

I have the same issue, not twins tho.

We are going to take some space from the large bedroom to make 2 small doubles.

Could they share and use the single as a play room. As a twin myself I think it could cause issues in the future.

We were originally going to do a loft conversion. But spending £20k + just to get a bigger bedroom didn't add up.

The other option is they switch bedrooms alternate years. So they each get equal time in the bigger and smaller room, while always having privacy and a room to themselves.

We are looking to move and have twin four year old boys who are both autistic - they have specialist safety beds which take up a fair bit of space and rules out bunk beds which was our plan here before we knew about their needs.

When looking at houses like this we would be planning to make the bigger room a bedroom for one plus playroom and the other just a bed / maybe clothes storage in the other room. Or you could have bunk beds in the single room when ready (could you fit two toddler beds in there when ready) and the double for playing, toys and clothes.

I would put them in together regardles of their sex when they're little and then you may have moved again before it becomes an issue at puberty. My step children shared until the eldest girl was 10 and her brother was 9 and bunk beds in a double were great. When she was nearly 11 she asked if by the time she went to big school she could have the smaller room to be alone for friends to come over for sleep overs in her own room.

Definitely share - they won't need a bedroom each for years yet. I shared with one of my sisters until I was in early high school - we wound each other up a bit, but am sure we learned good sharing skills from it. Whichever one wants to move out first can have the smaller room, or to make it fairer simply toss a coin. Done.

This doesn’t relate to twins but I am one of 5 and there were four bedrooms (one tiny). The two girls had to share the biggest room but the boys took it in turns to have their own room (the tiny one). I guess they each had it for two or three years. So I’d suggest that, in the interests of fairness!

If you make the smaller room more exciting with nicely thought out storage you might find one prefers it

@Babdoc

The other option is they switch bedrooms alternate years. So they each get equal time in the bigger and smaller room, while always having privacy and a room to themselves.

My friend did this with her dc (not twins). 3 children, 2 large rooms and one box room. They switched round every year. It worked fine.

If you make the smaller room more exciting with nicely thought out storage you might find one prefers it

This ... and maybe kit out the smaller room with a really cool high bed to provide more floor area and cosy space underneath for desk/den/storage (for when they are big enough, obvs).

Sharing one and other as a spare/playroom/study.

Or pick your favourite and give them the bigger room! (Joke!)

Are they the same sex? My twins shared until they were 10 (we only had two bedrooms) … we then extended and they spent about 2 weeks apart and then chose to share again for a few years. Even now (20), I often find them having a sleepover .

I'd go for the house and not worry about that.

It's share the big room, until one of them decides they want their own room. The one that wants their own room can choose to take the smaller room or continue to share.

We have done that here - one enormous room and three small rooms (aside from our room). Twin shared the massive room until one wanted own room. Then DC3 moved in with the remaining twin in the big room, until they also wanted own room and left for a smaller room. DC4 will move in to the big room with DC3 when the time comes, and it'll be up to DC3 whether they share or move to a small room!

We had this. I had the box room and DTwin the bigger room, but it was agreed that it was more like "our" room where we would both play and I pretty much just used my room for sleeping, watching telly or reading. It worked ok until we got to mid-teens when boyfriends and separate friendships became more of an issue, neither of us had enough private space really. So I probably wouldn't think of it as a forever house if there's no scope to extend.

I would say however to maximise the space in the box room where you can. Mine had a decent sized built in cupboard which any sensible parent would have let me use as a wardrobe, but instead my DM used it to store obsecene amounts of bedding and twenty year old curtains she couldn't bear to bin.

Honestly thinking about that still grips my shit!

Overthinking I think :) you're not going to find loads of houses which happen to have perfectly sized rooms.

If they want a room each later and can't decide, flip a coin.

What's your floor plan like could you have a wall taken down and rebuilt to make 2 x smaller doubles?