10 sq mtrs room, is it large enough to fit essentials?

MelaBella

Hello everyone,

I put oan offer on the 1bd flat, the flat is empty at the moment so difficult to judge the room sizes and what can fit in there. The bedroom is 10 sq mtrs (3, 71m*2.71m) which seems small to me. I need to feet double bed, probably small chest of drawers at the bedsite, warderobe and small computer desk table in there. These are the necessary items i need to squeeze in in the bedroom and i wonder if it is possible to fit all this in 10 sq meters?

There is one window on one side of the wall (not in the middle).

Any advise? :T

googler

10 sq m tells us nothing. It could be 10x1, 5x2, 3.2x3.2, it could have doors and windows in odd places, it could be oddly-shaped, etc.

J_i_m

10 square metres? I think I've heard of larger broom cupboards.

MelaBella

googler wrote: »

10 sq m tells us nothing. It could be 10x1, 5x2, 3.2x3.2, it could have doors and windows in odd places, it could be oddly-shaped, etc.

good point, updated:)

MelaBella

J_i_m wrote: »

10 square metres? I think I've heard of larger broom cupboards.

well i purchase 1bd in London and most of the 1bd flats at least the ones i have seen comes with 10-12 sq mtrs bedrooms.

Dunroamin

Depending on where the window and door are situated, that seems perfectly doable to me.

googler

Well, I'd suggest that, armed with the measurements you have, and the measurements of the items you want to fit in, you figure out where you're going to put them, and how much room that leaves around them.

SternMusik

The best way to get to grips with floorplans and furniture is to get some graph paper and draw the room to scale. Then draw the furniture to scale on a separate piece of graph paper and cut it out. I always did that when I considered moving in somewhere. You can download graph paper online for free.

It is a bit fiddly but the advantage is that you can rearrange the furniture and you can see immediately what fits and where.

Definitely worth doing that before you spend a fortune on furniture only to find out it won't fit the room.

Make sure you take account of door, window and cupboard openings. Also, headhight might be an issue (if it is an attic room for example).

martinsurrey

SternMusik wrote: »

The best way to get to grips with floorplans and furniture is to get some graph paper and draw the room to scale. Then draw the furniture to scale on a separate piece of graph paper and cut it out. I always did that when I considered moving in somewhere. You can download graph paper online for free.

It is a bit fiddly but the advantage is that you can rearrange the furniture and you can see immediately what fits and where.

Definitely worth doing that before you spend a fortune on furniture only to find out it won't fit the room.

Make sure you take account of door, window and cupboard openings. Also, headhight might be an issue (if it is an attic room for example).

I'll add a 21st century spin on this,

what I do is get an excel spreadsheet and set the rows and columns to the same size (20 will do) then call each square 0.1m and draw a rectangle the size of the room (insert > shape) so in your case 37 by 27 squares.

then you do the same for all of the furniture, its the same as above, but with less cutting, and you can mess around with different type of furniture (if your planning to buy new for the house) without getting more paper out.

PasturesNew

12'2" x 8'10"

It's a big enough room, but I'd be looking at taking up a whole wall/corner with ceiling to floor cupboards.

As others have said though, it depends on the room layout, door/window and plug sockets/radiator how much can be achieved.

Notmyrealname

MelaBella wrote: »

Hello everyone,

I put oan offer on the 1bd flat, the flat is empty at the moment so difficult to judge the room sizes and what can fit in there. The bedroom is 10 sq mtrs (3, 71m*2.71m) which seems small to me. I need to feet double bed, probably small chest of drawers at the bedsite, warderobe and small computer desk table in there.
Any advise? :T

So the room is 12.25ft x 8.94ft.

Should be doable although a tight squeeze. 4ft 6in double bed in the middle of the short wall of the room with a small chest of drawers either side. Desk on the other short wall with the wardrobe next to it.