Double or two singles?

[Davros]

We bought a holiday home last year which we also let out (no lectures please, it's a long story).
I think one of the bedrooms should have two single beds rather than all doubles for holiday lets but also for our own use, it would be more flexible, but I don't know if it will work. I attach a photo, it needs to be the smaller room 13'x8'10", sorry I don't know how to rotate it. I've had the beds delivered, bought bedding, mattresses are in the pipeline. I think they will fit, but I'm not sure if it will look ok. I can put a stop to it and keep the double bed but I need to decide asap. Any advice/help much appreciated

I would have got them all as Single Divans so you could put them together or apart in all the rooms.

So you could have 5 single; or 2 doubles / 1 single and all the combos in between.

We have holiday let. 2 bedrooms. Both rooms are zip link beds so king size together or two singles.

I spend the whole summer moving them together and apart depending on who’s booked.

Thanks for your replies. The issue is, not what to do with the beds once they are there (link or not?), but if someone with a better eye than I (!), can see if I can realistically get two singles beds in that room. Then, whether it is really worth it for the flexibility or will I be compromising too much on space and layout. Any insights welcome

Well I think as long as they fit it’s fine.
You can keep the two singles together as a double for photos and day to day. Then just move apart if needed ie for children staying

Thanks again. Do you think I should either
A) keep the double bed with plenty of room and good layout
B) get the singles in if possible for the flexibility
At the moment I can do either but I need to choose asap

Lots of people won't want to share a bed. I would be inclined to have singles in all but 1 room.

Why can’t you put them in the middle-sized room? I think the room you’re proposing is too small for two singles.

Get single beds with trundles under and a double bed in the main room

I’m not clear what your question is. Is it, what do people renting holiday homes prefer? Or is it, will two singles fit with a gap in beteeen them? If the latter, surely you just measure the room and then calculate using the beds’ width and whatever space / bedside table you’d have between them?

It looks to me as if the two singles will fit with a bedside table between them but it will be a bit cramped, that said I think it's better to offer more flexibility than just a double, particularly for families with children who might share a room but not a bed.

Good question. As it is very much a family home that we let out to make a few £ when we are not there, that bigger room is DD's room and she wants a double and would be gutted if we put two singles in there. Of course, we could impose it on her but I'd rather not.
We had to sell our family home of 25 years last year due to illness and debt. It was very hard for all of us but especially DD who was 16 at the time and had never lived anywhere else and no siblings who could share the experience. So I want her to really enjoy this house. She was so worried about our finances that she was originally against us buying this house and she has just started to really like it.
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Sooty folks, I took a long time to type that. Yes, my question is a combination of do people renting holiday homes prefer two singles in at least one bedroom AND can I squeeze them in?

2 singles should fit in that room without a problem. Our master bedroom was the same size in our first house and we could easily have put two beds in there. One running the length of the wall with the door and one on the opposite wall will give you a 2.5ft gap between them, then there's room for furniture at the door end of the room. Either that, or put the headboards on one of the longer walls and you can adjust the space between them as necessary. There'll be enough room to get round the end of them. People don't expect loads of space on holiday.

Well, honestly, given that context I would do everything I could to make sure your DD got a double. Put two singles which can be connected to make a double into one of the other rooms?

For us yes we do get asked for singles a lot, but it will depend on who usually rents your place. It’s tricky if it’s your own home as well, I’m not sure how that works exactly.

We have families with teenagers a lot, or grandparents with grandchildren. So configure as one double and one room singles. Other times we have x2 couples so connect as two doubles
The two singles are exactly like a king size btw, so your daughter could use them as one king size day to day. Just add a king size sheet across them both together to reduce gap down middle

The 13x8x10 - is the 8 or the 10 the width of the room (assuming the 13 is the length?) and what are the size of the beds? Surely they will be more helpful than asking randoms on the internet if they think they will fit.

If they don't give dd the choice of the smaller room with the double or the larger with the twins. She can always put her clothes in the larger and just sleep in the smaller. Tbh I think it's ridiculous limiting the availability of your holiday home (because most people would much prefer single beds) because of the whims of a teenager who doesn't even live there most of the year. If she stays in halls in uni in a few years most of them have one single bed anyway so two should be a luxury!

3/4 small double in the smallest room, would be cramped with singles.

Zip links in the 2 larger rooms as they could take 2 singles or the bigger beds comfortably.

Thanks so much everyone. I thought this was a technical question but it turns out the emotion is just as important.
I really appreciate everyone's thoughts and I think I will plough ahead with the singles and, if it doesn't work, persuade DD to swap. Of course I feel guilty about the background but she often surprises me by not minding something I'm trying hard to avoid for "her benefit"! It's not our main home, we rent elsewhere, but we are spending more and more time here. I'm proud of what we have achieved to make this house so well presented and equipped for renters and I want it to be the best it can be, for us too