Can we make an additional bedroom by splitting an extended lounge?

[estebancolberto]

We are considering extending lounge as rear extension and split it middle to create an additional bedroom. This house already has 2 bedrooms in the 1st floor. Will this make this house into a 3 bed house or still only be treated as a 2 bed house with a ground floor office or study room?

For additional context, there is a bathrooom in the 1st floor and we will be adding an additional WC in the ground floor.

If there’s a full bathroom on the ground floor it might be considered a bedroom, but depends on the layout. With just a WC in the ground floor it’s unlikely to be seen as one though, more like a multi purpose room that could be used as a snug, playroom, study or bedroom. If I were buying I would view it as a 2 bed with an extra room downstairs.

There’s no official definition is there, so long as there’s a window? So use it for whatever purpose suits you. If you’re thinking about selling though I don’t see how a prospective buyer would count it as a bedroom when there isn’t a bathroom on the same floor. Can you get a shower into the downstairs loo?

I would think it would still be a 2 bed with an office/playroom/second lounge potential. I think for anyone to consider it a bedroom it would need a shower room for it. If it works for you then do it for your needs but if you come to sell it would be a 2 bed with a bonus room.

I am pretty sure you could list it as a bedroom if you wanted when it came time to sell although as I assume the new bedroom would be at the front and the lounge at the back, it is arguably 2 reception rooms downstairs (3 if you have a dining area connected to your kitchen). But I often see things like,

"Downstairs includes a kitchen-diner, generous lounge opening onto the back garden and a bedroom/study/3rd reception room at the front." in property listings.

The lack of a full bathroom downstairs would make it less appealing as a bedroom though. Especially as I think often ground floor bedrooms in this scenario are particularly appealing for elderly relatives, who would need a shower at least to avoid stairs.

You don't want a layout where you have to walk through the living room to get to a bedroom and definitely not vice versa, will there be a hallway/reception opening onto to the bedroom? That would matter more to me than a full downstairs bathroom, although if you could make it en suite that would be better.

If it isn't access to any other room and has a bed in it when the agent views then it's likely to be called a bedroom

In my area it would be marketed as 2/3 bedroom if there was some sort of shower room adjacent. Without that it would be 2 bedroom plus office/snug.

@ScarboroughHair yes, you will be able to go to the lounge through dining room. Here's the proposed layout https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x5XF3XzQBEp9T48trEEf2l6eAt1yTDvm/view?usp=sharing

As a potential buyer, I wouldn't consider that a bedroom. This is because there is no bathroom on ground floor, and even the WC (if including a shower) can only be accessed via the kitchen or lounge.

Of course, use the room as you like though.