Single Beds?

Debt_Free_Chick

My house is currently on the market. I'm about to give it a mini-makeover.

Two of the bedrooms measure 9'9"x8'7" and 10'8"x8'7". Each will take a double bed with two bedside tables on either side.

One currently has two single beds instead (historically, used for two young girls sharing the room at the weekend).

In general, if you viewed a property with two single beds, would you see that the room could accommodate a double bed instead? Or would the single beds lead you to believe that the room wasn't big enough for a double?

I need to decide whether to retain the single beds or ditch them and replace them with a double.

Incidentally, it's a five bed property. The master bedroom (15'5"x13'5") has a Super King Sized bed and the other three already have double beds.

TVM

Sagz_2

If I saw 2 singles in a room, with space to walk about, I'd think the room was plenty big enough for a double.

So I'd not bother if I was you.

go_cat

I wouldn't worry the space will speak for itself.

googler

I know that two singles at 3 feet wide each are wider - 6 feet in total - than one standard double at 4 feet 6 inches, and my OH concurs. Queen, King sizes will differ, of course.

I think many others in the country would also concur.

Debt_Free_Chick

googler wrote: »

I know that two singles at 3 feet wide each are wider - 6 feet in total - than one standard double at 4 feet 6 inches

That's a very interesting point. In fact, I think that the two single beds make the room look smaller than one double bed and your maths would confirm that.

Sagz mentioned "room to walk around" and that's not the case with the singles. Imagine you're at the door, looking at the opposite wall. There's a single to your left and right with a narrow strip in between. It holds an 18" (or so) bedside table.

With a double, in the middle of that space, I can get two bedside tables in, one on either side.

Thanks guys - you've given me food for thought. I might move the furniture around just to get a feel for what works best.

Once done, I'll post the piccies for further feedback. And, yes, I'll expect it to be nothing but brutally honest!

If anyone else has a view, do please post it

phill99

If you have 5 bedrooms, why worry about the space of the other 2? No one will expect 5 double rooms. Some singles are acceptable and expected. I've never wondered what the obsession is with double bedrooms all the time. If you have a 3 bedroomed house, it's not going to be occupied by 3 couples is it? It's going to be occupied by Mum and Dad and 2 kids. So why do kids need double rooms?

Debt_Free_Chick

phill99 wrote: »

If you have 5 bedrooms, why worry about the space of the other 2? No one will expect 5 double rooms. Some singles are acceptable and expected. I've never wondered what the obsession is with double bedrooms all the time. If you have a 3 bedroomed house, it's not going to be occupied by 3 couples is it? It's going to be occupied by Mum and Dad and 2 kids. So why do kids need double rooms?

A very fair point. I had a viewing recently and apparently the house was too small :eek::eek:

But the downstairs space is substantially bigger than upstairs

hcb42

as you have five bedrooms I wouldnt worry about it, just keep the singles.

Fortheloveofmoney

We're house hunting at the mo and if I saw a room with 2 normal sized single beds (not toddler beds) then I know it would be big enough for a double and probably even a king sized bed.

girl_withno_name

"There's only one thing bigger than a double bed, and that's two single beds" - comment from my OH on viewing a place with a room containing two single beds (while not strictly true, I think you get his point...)

phoebe1989seb

Our last-but-one house was a six-bed - all upstairs. When we sold (2007) only three of the bedrooms had beds at all, the other three had 1) a double futon plus large wardrobe and music room stuff 2) huge corner sofa, sideboard etc (20' x 14' room used by DS as a living room) and 3) desk, bookcase etc.

In our last house (sold last year) we had two upstairs bedrooms and a further three potential bedrooms downstairs - as well as another three reception rooms - and only the upstairs two were 'dressed' as bedrooms when we came to sell. The downstairs rooms were all full of sofas, sideboards, desks etc......

On neither occasion did any of this put off potential buyers.....in fact we sold our last house within a fortnight to a family of five who intended to use three of the downstairs *bedrooms* for that purpose

I can't understand viewers who are unable to see the potential of a room just because it isn't dressed for the purpose for which it was intended, but in your own case OP, I would leave the two single beds in situ........good luck with your sale