If you live in a 3 bedroom house what size are the bedrooms?

[MadameGazelle]

We live in a terraced house with 2 large bedrooms that we're thinking of turning into 3. This would give us:

Mine and DH bedroom - 3.4 x 3.5m
DS1 bedroom - 2m x 3.5m
DS2 bedroom - 2m x 3m

Moving house isn't really an option at the moment as we want to stay in the catchment area for school and we love our location - this option would give the DS's a much needed room each - but is 2m too narrow for a bedroom? TIA

[Blankscreen]

My sister did this in her old house amd it worked.really well for.her 2 dc.

If.it works for.you then why not?

[NomDePlumeReloaded]

toiletbrush

You think yours would be doubles? Did you mean metres or feet? An almost 10 metre long/wide bedroom is very large indeed (about 32 feet!).

[Bluntness100]

If there is no other option then go for it. I'd say though my best friends parents did this when I was a teenager and I have to be honest and say you could tell, but they each had their own room and own doors and windows which I think was much more important than than the fact it was cramped.

I also have a friend now who has a house like this, I'm 100 percent positive it used to be a two bed and someone someone sometime turned it into three. The two bedrooms are tiny,

[NomDePlumeReloaded]

We lived in a tiny new build 3 bed with 3 children, when our youngest was a baby (teenager now). Looked up equivalent house on rightmove. The whole house was 870sq ft. The bedrooms were microscopic.

Master - 8'6" x 8'7" (2.59 x 2.62)

Bed 2 (shared by DC1&2) - 7'8" x 8'7" (2.34 x 2.62)

Bed 3 (baby) - 6'5" x 9'1" (1.96 x 2.77)


It was incredibly tiny. We sold up when youngest was 9mo as we were so squashed in.

[trixymalixy]

I'm 40 and only ever use metres.

[trixymalixy]

Our smallest bedroom in our old house was only 1.95m wide and it was absolutely fine.

[ILoveMyMonkey]

Wow, sorry for all the typos, that'll teach me to play and type . I meant to say *could take the stud down for moving. And I totally missed your recent post about building dormers so forget my sheet idea to judge the space. I still say do what works for your family.

[ILoveMyMonkey]

Ours is 3.6m X 2.85m
DS is 3.01m X 2.16m
Spare room is 2.54m X 2.05m

Our rooms feel small so I think splitting a room would feel cosy but if it gives them both their own space and they're happy with the size(you could hang a sheet to show the room widths) then I say go with it. If you do move then you couldn't take the stud wall back down.

[ShortLass]

Metres is useful when are wondering if you can fit in furniture which is measured in metric.

[MadameGazelle]

Thanks everyone :)

Yes 4yoniD they would have a window each and a separate door to each room so a proper conversion.

That's the thing TurqoiseDress - every 3 bed house we look at has rooms of a similar size (or sometimes even smaller) that what we could get by converting our current space.

HidBandSil - our house was originally a cottage so we're already in the loft otherwise we would have done that already. Our current rooms are dormer bedrooms so sloping ceilings so we would be building up to full height at the front and back and converting the 2 rooms into 3 plus a new corridor so each room has its own entrance.

[TurquoiseDress]

I only use metres to compare size, square feet doesn't really mean much to me.

We've been hunting for a property go several months now, whenever I see a new one come on RM I'm straight to the floor plan checking out the metres squared.

If it's smaller than our current rented property I tend to glaze over & rule that one out!

I am 38

[madeleinecreek]

Oh and you can also look at shorty midsleepers if that would help!

[Finola1step]

Ours has two big doubles and a small single. Small bedroom is 3.05 x 2.32m, so very similar to your measurements.

DS aged 8 uses this bedroom and it is small. But what helps is a mid sleeper bed with small bookcases and a little reading space underneath. He has the tall Stuva wardrobe from Ikea so drawers and hanging space all in one - no need for separate wardrobe and chest of drawers. He has a small desk as well. So all doable but it is a tight squeeze.

Under bed storage/ play space is a must in such a small bedroom.

[IHaveAToiletBrush]

Think ours would all be classed as double rooms.
Room 1:- 6.5m x 3.5m
Room2:- 4.3m x 4.3m
Master room:- 9.8m x 6.5m

[yomellamoHelly]

We have 2 of our dc in rooms smaller than your small ones (2m x 2.5m). So I would say it's fine. You just need to be creative about how the room's organised. Assume each room would have its own radiator, window and power sockets.

[4yoniD]

Would they have a window each? I'd say fine if they are proper rooms, nothing wrong with small.

[HiDBandSIL]

36 and only use metres. It drives me mad when estate agents' floor plans only show feet and inches.

On topic - could you do a loft conversion? We're just about to turn out two bed terrace into a 4 bed by doing one.

[DubiousCredentials]

I only ever use metres. Am 38.

[madeleinecreek]

I'd get the room really tidy and take some nice pics in good light before you do anything, so you have them to show prospective buyers if you ever sell.

But I'd say this is a perfect example of a time when you should do what's right for you, not what's right for selling the house.

[MirandaWest]

I can only visualise lengths in feet - I'm 41.

[Chewbecca]

Feeling really old reading this as I can only visualise room size in feet and inches. I have no idea whether they are big or small. Makes me wonder what age people who measure rooms in metres are, when was the 'real' switch?

[DubiousCredentials]

We have three bedrooms and the two smallest are both 2m wide. In fact I think one is 1.98. It is fine. As you say, a single bed fits across and both dc have wardrobes and drawers. It's small but, for us, infinitely preferable to a shared room. We had alterations to get three beds from the existing two. We don't intend to move unless we win the lottery so aren't really concerned about the resale aspect.

[FlouncingInAWinterWonderland]

We've done very similar but went from 3 to 4 bedrooms (were in a fairly cheap area). Modest master, approx 6x8 box, 12 x 10 ft original bed 2 thats now a 10 x 6 and by pinching a bit of the master an 8x7.

We needed to move to a very specific area to be near to family and thought about extending but actually reconfiguring the bedrooms and using bespoke furniture built in has ment the DC all love their rooms.

[JellyWitch]

16'x10'; 13'x10' and 9'x6'.

[llangennith]

I live in a row of cottages similar size to your house and some people with children have done just this.
The rooms are fine for single beds and stops squabbling. Next door sold theirs as a 3bed to a family who needed three bedrooms however small