House renovation how many bedrooms

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Hypothetical question as we don’t have the money but does more bedrooms equate high sales price.

the situation is we bought a large house with an odd layout that had 3 large bedrooms we’ve now made that into 4 double bedrooms but at the next stage there would be an opportunity to convert our en-suite into a 5 bedroom - large single and put a smaller ensuite in the our bedroom.

moving water and waste is not a problem and our bedroom would stilll be 14x12 and access to the new bedroom again would be easy from the landing.

oh thinks it’s a good idea I’m not sure.

if we did it we would have 5 bedrooms 2 which are en-suite and a family bathroom. Also looking at making one of the living rooms smaller to add a separate study.

thoughts.

Most people are having 1-2 children these days so 5 bedrooms is unnecessary. You want to make sure there's enough office/s for home workers and each bedroom feels well purposed with plenty of storage space.

Personally I find too many toilets and bathrooms a negative. Just unnecessary and more to clean. Kids don't need ensuites. For 4 beds, two bathrooms plus a downstairs cloakroom is fine.

one bedroom is downstairs and can be locked off from the main house so when DD2 leaves we will look to Airbnb it. We live in a touristy area so should okay. (She’s just finished uni) so hopefully soon.

mostly likely we will keep it as is, just been looking at lots of houses on Rightmove and very few 5 beds for sale - though all 4 of our bedrooms are bigger than most of the expensive new builds locally. Some of the prices are mad £700/£800k. We paid £285k for ours and next door has just gone up at £580 in a poor state of repair.

It’s just interesting to look at what’s about and see the options we don’t need the bedroom and have a study space down stairs that will eventually be a separate room once we’ve got the money to switch the kitchen and living room.

It’s a fairly unique layout of a house partly why we loved it and also seeing the potential just need to find another 50-60k to finish it off.

There’s room for a wardrobe and a desk or drawers if we wanted.

its a spare room so not putting much in there.

When it comes to resell, I'd be surprised if you'd want to call it a bedroom. We're moving currently and I couldn't believe the amount of houses who call a downstairs reception room a bedroom. Most families won't want that and won't consider a downstairs room a bedroom if it's not a bungalow.

Is it a full annex? So someone will have space to prepare food, relax and sleep? If so, it's more of an annex? Can you Airbnb singular rooms? Do people want that?

Your 3 smallest bedrooms are pokey. Just because you can fit a king size bed in a 9' wide room doesn't make it a double bedroom. The smallest is a box room, and the next two up are stingy guest rooms with no room for meaningful storage.

Labelling it a 5-bedroom property will attract people looking for at last 4 usable bedrooms. If they miss the detail of the online listing, they're going to be kicking themselves for wasting the time on a viewing.

Sorry if that's too brutally honest. But unless you need every single one of those beds every day and there's no possibility of moving, turning 4 beds into 5 is not going to be an investment that will add value.

Those are fine guestrooms, but I wouldn't be attracted to the house if I needed the rooms for permanent living. What about storage, both for clothes and kids' toys, or desks for homework later? You may think there's a study, but that won't accommodate for 4 children who all want to do homework at the same time.

The people saying the bedroom sizes are small and not a proper bedroom must either be rich or live in cheap areas of the country. Modern houses usually have much smaller rooms than that. Period houses that size would be around £1M+.

It’s very much a bedroom as was for granny. We already have a very bottom heavy house with large lounge/ dining room, secondary living room and large kitchn / dinner. Utility, downstairs loo. We are looking at making the secondary living room slightly smaller into a snug with a separate study.

All the rooms have plenty of space for desks, wardrobes. Draws

im stuck as there’s a 4 bedroom Excutive house for sale locally with the master bedroom similar size to our smallest bedroom.

Pokey? brutal no, just no clue really or live in mansion

If one bedroom is downstairs that changes my view. Is it set up as a proper annex? If not, despite being a bottom heavy house, it’s not a bedroom. I think 4 bedroom upstairs with one box room is worth considering. It really depends on your target market. As someone with young children, I wouldn’t consider a house without 4 upstairs bedrooms.