Building a house - 3 or 4 bed

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I am converting a farm building into a house. I am restricted in what I can do due to planning. This means that I cannot alter the existing roof line which has quite a slope.

The plans currently show three bedrooms upstairs and one downstairs. The master bedroom has the sloping ceiling. It is 4.5 meters long and 5.6 meters wide but 2 meters of length have a ceiling below 1.5 meters due to the roof sloping.

The other two upstairs bedrooms are roughly 3 x 3.5 meters.

Do you think I should keep as is or only have two bedrooms upstairs: a really nice sized master and a good sized second bedroom?

The plan would be to rent it out so interested to know what people think from a rental perspective.

Thanks

My thoughts are that anyone renting a 3-4 bedroom house is likely to have children. 3x3.5m is a decent sized single bedroom for children and people would rather have kids sleeping upstairs close to the adults than downstairs on their own (also the factor of noise downstairs in an evening once they've gone to bed and adults are still up). A 4th bedroom downstairs has the flexibility to be a play room, study, guest bedroom etc and with the increase in people working from home i'd guess any of those might be welcome!
Unless you're in the sort of area where you might get 2 young professionals house sharing then I would keep the bedrooms as they are.

Make sure to put some built in storage or wardrobes upstairs as often houses like this dont and it makes them difficult to sell or rent out as you cant fit a normal piece of furniture in under the eaves.

Keep it as is and yy to built in eaves storage-cupboards and drawers.

I’m struggling to imagine the size of the 3 bedrooms as they would be great sizes with normal ceilings and not sure how much the sloping ceilings eat into the space.

Having said that, families are used to upstairs bedrooms and are likely to regard the downstairs one as a study etc. so I’d stick to 3 beds upstairs.

I think even if you take off 2 metres of length completely (which wouldn't be totally lost if you build in storage) then a bedroom of 2.5m x 5.6m is still a decent size. Even better if you mean it'll be 4.5m x 3.6m. The first option is slightly weirdly proportioned perhaps, but definitely plenty of room for a single bed to fit in in a couple of directions which gives flexibility.

3m x 3.5m will both an ok-sized double rooms especially if they are squarish without chimney breasts etc.

As a family with young children (statistically probably, renters are more likely to have primary aged kids due to stage of life they're at?) I would not consider putting one in a bedroom on a different floor so I think 3 beds upstairs and an extra reception room - marketed as study / playroom - downstairs is probably the way to go.

3 bedrooms, cupboards/low wardrobes in the eaves. Maybe set the bed back into a slight alcove?

3 beds upstairs definitely. Downstairs bedrooms are only really good for guests.

Maximise the qty bedrooms as it will be marketed on that basis. Remember that it is a business investment and not your own house when decorating and doing the finish. I don't mean do a poor job, just don't buy a luxury suite when a simple decent one will accomplish the same function.

Thank you all. 3 bedrooms upstairs it is!