Two doubles or a double and a twin?

[EmmaGrundyForPM]

We are in the process of buying a house which has three double bedrooms. I assumed that we would use them all as doubles. However, I'm wondering if there would be more flexibility if we had one double room and one twin room as our spare rooms.

It will just be dh and I living there, we have 2 adult sons who will be visiting from time to time. As we are moving to another part of the country we're also anticipating having friends visit frequently.

Most visitors will want double beds, but i can envisage that, very occasionally, the boys and their mates will visit, and the option of twin beds in one room might be good.

Any thoughts?

It depends on how good the double bed is that you’re buying. I personally really dislike staying at someone’s house when it’s a cheap, crappy, lumpy old mattress that says in the middle and you roll in to each other in the night.

Id much prefer to sleep in a single bed with husband in another if that’s the case!

its also more practical / flexible option so sounds like a good idea to me!

Why not have a double in one room and a single-under-single in the other?

I don't know what this type of breed is called. It looks like a divan-base single, but another single sided under it on a fold-out frame. The mattresses are identical singles that can zip together. So the same room can be one single, two singles, or one superking.

If 2 singles would fit, could you look at zip link beds, giving you the option of a king or 2 singles in one room?

This.

Trundle bed

But why bother with the trundle thing. Just get two singles that zip together.

Because with a trundle bed under a single you gain loads of floor space. Seems a bit silly to have 2 single beds taking up the whole room when they're only used occasionally.

We have something a bit like this and it's very handy.
www.bensonsforbeds.co.uk/products/hip-hop-3-in-1-wooden-bed-frame/

If it was me I'd have a double (or even king size) bed in one room and the single/trundle combo in another.

Thanks, we have considered trundle beds which work fine if it's a couple staying. However, our sons are both over 6 ft as are most of their mates.

We currently have a king-sized bed which we use, and then two double beds and a single. So if we opted for a trundle bed we'd have to get rid of a double and a single.

If both sons were visiting at the same time, would either of them want to be in a single bed?

My parents had a similar set up of double in one room and trundle single in the other, until they realised that neither me or my brother wanted to be at home at the same time, the single is too small when you are used to a double. They now have a double in both spare rooms.

Ah well you didn't mention that your sons and their friends are all over 6ft in your first post! In that case they'll obviously be more comfortable in double beds so get those.