Bedroom vs reception room

movilogo

What is the difference between bedroom and reception room?

Usually the lounge is considered reception in most properties. However, in some properties, there are multiple reception rooms. Is it up to the owners to classify rooms as they want?

Does turning a bedroom to reception (and vice versa) affect council tax?

HappyMJ

You can call a room whatever you want. It does not affect your council tax.

klolav

As far as I'm aware, you can use your rooms as they suit you. I have a ground floor apartment that has 2/3 bedrooms depending how they are used. I don't think it matters in terms of council tax. How different would they be anyway, no bed or an added bed?
I'll wait to see if i'm wrong now!!

movilogo

Then why some properties are marketed like 4 bedrooms + 3 reception rooms instead of 6 bedrooms + 1 reception room and like that?

HappyMJ

movilogo wrote: »

Then why some properties are marketed like 4 bedrooms + 3 reception rooms instead of 6 bedrooms + 1 reception room and like that?

1 reception room and 6 bedrooms would just not work. Too many people crammed into one room at night watching telly. A 6 bed house should have at least 2 reception rooms. I'd market it as 5 bedrooms and 2 reception rooms. It doesn't really matter. If they have marketed it as 4 bedrooms and 3 reception rooms the rooms might be walk through rooms (walk through lounge, walk through dining room and walk through conservatory, garden room, whatever.....) that would not be suitable as a bedroom.

LandyAndy

movilogo wrote: »

Then why some properties are marketed like 4 bedrooms + 3 reception rooms instead of 6 bedrooms + 1 reception room and like that?

Probably because that is how the vendor is using them and the EA goes with that?

Slinky

If the property is over two floors, the ground floor ones will generally be marketed as reception rooms (excluding kitchen and hall) and the upstairs will be bedrooms (excluding bathrooms). How you use them is up to you. Sometimes you'll see a "ground floor study/bedroom" if people want to show mixed possibilities for it.

lincroft1710

movilogo wrote: »

What is the difference between bedroom and reception room?

A bedroom has a bed in it, a reception room does not. Our 3rd bedroom is used as a study, but I always describe our house as a 3 bed.

It's up to the individual how he/she furnishes their home.

abankerbutnotafatcat

I'm guessing, but in the older days there may have been a difference as far as size of fireplace (bigger in reception room?) and 'fancyness' of fireplace and other fittings like ceiling roses in reception rooms as these were rooms that other people would see. Happy to hear otherwise but this is what I thought from our house.

hazyjo

Sometimes reception rooms sell houses, not bedrooms. I think the days of shouting about 'I have a [X] bedroomed house are gone. People would probably be more 'impressed' with a three reception room/four bedroom house. People these days want living space, not empty bedrooms. Okay, some might have a large brood, but it's less common.

Also, ground floor bedrooms aren't always favourable. They'd put me off. If you're talking about a substantially sized house with lots of rooms, I would want a kitchen-diner/dining room/lounge/conservatory - and more often than not, families want a playroom, usually downstairs. So long as everyone has a bedroom and maybe a spare bedroom for guests, I can't see why they'd rather market their house as a 7 bed house with 1 reception room over a 4 bed house with 3 reception rooms.

Jx

Winky,_The_House_Elf

It put me off when I saw a 4 bedroom house for sale, when in reality it was a garage conversion & 3 beds. For some reason it felt like cheating!