Minimum bedroom size for valuation purposes

lobbyludd

When my house was bought it was marketed as a three bedroom (2002). However when the EA came round last year she made noises about marketing it as two bedroom plus a nursery.

What does a valuer for mortgage purposes take into account re bedroom sizes (if anything)?

the smallest bedroom is used as a child's bedroom, can fit a bed and a wardrobe (child's) in it (plus child's chair toys etc), has an opening window, but is about 6ft 4 by 9ft with a corner lopped off on a diagonal where the door is.

A three bed house is worth more than a two bed so are their any "rules" that a valuer would work by?

alexlyne

My old house had a bedroom that was 5ft x 10ft... it was still a bedroom, though you couldn't get much more than the bed and a chest of drawers or wardrobe in it (and that's by reversing the bedroom door to open out rather than in!).
Would have thought a bed is a bed, if it fits, it's a bedroom unless there are any legal rules that prevent it from being sold as one (e.g. dodgy loft conversion, walkthrough to another room, or is part of the bathroom - hypothetically speaking).

It's a reasonably poor market for EAs at the moment, I think they'd rather undervalue a house to get a sale.