Room sizes

[Wenway93]

Hi currently selling our home. Haven't had much feedback but a couple viewers have said that the bedroom sizes are too small, to me they are standard for the era of house 80’s. Why don’t people compare the sizes to what they currently have and what’s on the listing before viewing. We have 3 doubles one small double and one single. For reference the sizes are all in feet and inches
bedroom one 11’1” x 11”1’
bedroom two 11’3 x 9’9”
bedroom three10’9” x 9’7”
bedroom four 8’3” x 7’6”
bedroom five 8’ x 7’6”

Honestly can’t remember but we came from a 3 bed that was again an 80’s build and the 3 main bedrooms are bigger than what we had so for me they dont seem small but I guess it’s what your expectations are. Just wish people would look at the sizes in the listing before viewing

So no wardrobes in bed 1? That's quite off-putting.

I think most people looking for a 5 bed house are looking for a big house and yours is not. I imagine the downstairs is fairly small too if the dimensions are similar?

But what can you do about it? Is it priced correctly? I.e. not in line with spacious 5 bed houses. You want a buyer who needs a 5 bed (lots of DC) but can't really afford one, and they will buy yours because it is cheaper than other 5 beds.

The only other option I see is to knock 2 rooms into one so you have a decent master and 3 small bedrooms.

You don't need to market it like a smaller house, just price it like one. People care about number of rooms.

I don’t mind changing the listing. I put the post up for some advise and I do appreciate the comments. The agent hasn’t said anything to us about changing anything

Honestly, those are all small rooms.

I would just be cross if i clicked on a 5 bed and those specs came up...People are buying a 5 bed to have a bit of space.

We have a 5 bed semi in london which is imo about average.
Our box room (which is an uncomfortably small double with furniture in and we use as a home office with pull out bed) is approx. the same size your "bedroom two 11’3 x 9’9”

I think you need to have a think about how you market it as it will put people off.
I also think the big sticking point is you dont have a true "master bedroom" / principal bedroom... something that makes you go "wow! Yeah this is special"
Is there any way to improve the footprint on the attic room make it a bigger space / principal room even if it's with limited head height.

Are the measurements on the plan listed in both feet & inches and metres? That way, people who work in either can see what they are getting. I agree that people should look at the plan but they don't always and that's just the way it is I'm afraid.

For me, this is a house for a couple who work from home and have 2 kids. Bedrooms 2 and 3 are fine for children and the two smallest will make good offices or hobby rooms. Bedroom 1 could do with being at least a foot longer and wider. Expectations for a master bedroom would be that you can fit a king size bed, regular sized bedside tables, a chest of drawers and a wardrobe.

How many bathrooms / en-suites do you have?

Well given the feedback, that doesn’t reflect well on the EA

Yeah we have the smallest room as a dressing room that next to the main room. It’s priced similar to 4 beds of the same era so would be the same sizes as ours minus one of the doubles ( the extension)

Maybe they filter for 5 bed properties and just trust that two of the rooms will be able to fit more than a bed and one wardrobe

So if it is currently used as a dressing room, market it as such

and the other one a study

Presumably if used as a dressing room, the photos of it don’t even include a bed in it?

One bathroom one en-suite. No just in feet and inches
think I will talk to EA

Yeah it is marketed as a dressing room

The extension. How big is the reception room it created? It may not br bedrooms only issue with sizes

the Smallest room has just wardrobes in as we never needed it as a bedroom

If it was an HMO, then only room 1 is legally large enough to accommodate 2 people. Rooms 4 and 5, could only legally accommodate a child under the age of 10- so yes, the rooms are small! And HMO sizes are even smaller than new build requirements.

I'm clearly bored and did the rough calculations for you. In metric though because the UK moved to that 60yrs ago!
Room 1-11.5 m2
Room 2- 9.8 m2
Room 3- 8.9 m2
Room 4- 5.6 m2
Room 5- 5.5 m2

Minimum space standards for HMO
If you apply for or renew an HMO licence on or after 1 October 2018, bedroom sizes must be at least:

• 6.51 m2 for one person over 10 years of age
• 10.22 m2 for two persons over 10 years
• 4.64 m2 for one child under the age of 10 years.

So it is listed as 5 bedrooms AND a dressing room?

Same as bedroom 3. This an additional reception room we have a living room and a dining room as well

They are small but not unusually so nowadays. I’d want to knock 2 together to make a comfortable main bed room.

No 4 bed with a dressing room

So the dressing room you refer to is not one of the five bedrooms it’s listed as

So what the heck was this about then where you very clearly say 5 bedrooms but now you’re saying it’s actually being marketed as 4 bed and a dressing room. Ok

We have 3 doubles one small double and one single. For reference the sizes are all in feet and inches
bedroom one 11’1” x 11”1’
bedroom two 11’3 x 9’9”
bedroom three10’9” x 9’7”
bedroom four 8’3” x 7’6”
bedroom five 8’ x 7’6”

It’s listed as a five bed home but description of smallest room is as a dressing room

So anyone doing a filter for 5 beds is going to rock up disappointed

Can you post the floor plan?