Enlarge master bedroom/Garage conversion

wobblegobble

Totally clueless re building costs/practicality so hoping some of the lovely people on MSE can give some advice. The master bedroom (en-suite) in a modern house we are looking to buy is smaller than the adjoining second bedroom (why I don't know, but thats another story!) Would like to move the connecting wall about a metre in the master bedroom to make the master bigger and second bedroom smaller. This would leave the second bedroom as a reasonable size double and give us the space required in the master. The wall between the two bedrooms has built in wardrobes on each side ie wardrobes in master bedroom and second bedroom.

Is this an easy and inexpensive job? Seeing that it would only give an extra metre in space I don't want to do it if it's expensive.

Second option is to convert one of the double integrated garages to a study and then combine the second and master bedroom to make one very big master bedroom? This is my preference but I am worried about resale value as a three bedroom with a study? I'm assuming you can't market it as a four bed if one bedroom is downstairs and used a study?

Doozergirl

You will devalue it by reducing the number of bedrooms.

It should be easy to change the existing layout as it sounds like it may just be studwork if there are wardrobes either side as there wouldn't be a long enough run for it to be load-bearing. If it's a modern house, then it's even more likely to be studwork. To save money, if you only knock out the side in the masterbedroom you can reinstate the wardrobes but swapping the sides that they work from, iyswim. So if the wardrobe was on the right in the master, you knock out the front wall and then rehang the doors on the left from the other room so that they now open the other way and rebuild a wall on the other side to create the new wardrobe.

Less complicated than it sounds, anyway!