Does my house count as two or three bedroom?

gfplux

There seems to be a lot of discussion on this thread that has nothing to do with the original cloudy question.
IMO the OP wants to know how he can get the most money and the MOST interest when he puts the house on sale.
It is not a discussion on how rooms can be used but about money.
So it is a marketing question.
What will get the most people with the most amount of money to come and visit and see his property.
I don't have an answer to that as only the OP knows ( or he should) what attracts the most money and the most punters in the streets where he lives.
Where I live ALL property is marketed on size.
So a small house might be 100 square meters but have in the description 2 bedrooms. That means in this market that they must be big rooms. A normal semi here will be 250 Square meters but could have 6 bedrooms or 3.
In property the uk is wrong NOT to concentrate on size by square meters and only look at the number of bedrooms.

moneyistooshorttomention

Thank you for those thoughts that it will vary depending on part of the country the house is in. That helps explain different views on the matter. I'm also in a part of the country where bathrooms could equally be upstairs or downstairs in starter houses - but, fortunately, mine is upstairs. I never really "clicked" to just HOW much layout matters when I bought the place (typical First Time Buyer - ie a bit naive) but was fortunate enough to at least get a house with "correct layout" if nothing else:rotfl:. I also had to contend with VERY few houses in my particular area having the "correct layout" I absolutely HAD to have (part of the reason why the house itself was Renovation Territory at the time - the compromise I had no choice but to make):cool:

Anyway, I've had in 2nd estate agent this morning and made a definite decision that I LIKE this estate agent firm (the "facts" and my "vibes" are both telling me "It's Them") and will be using them. Both firms have come to the same price conclusion on this house.

The house will be described as "2 bedroom" and the room concerned will be described as "dining room/bedroom 3" and the plans and description will indicate to the brighter buyers that its a 2 bedroom house as far as homeowners are concerned - but a 3 person-renter place as far as BTL'ers are concerned. Obviously I can't be held responsible if a buyer turns up expecting 3 bedrooms upstairs and hasn't read the details/plans in advance and expects ME to be responsible for THEIR not having read the details properly. Read the details and they will certainly have the picture quite clearly.:cool:

PS; Thank you for comment above re square feet in a property. I know it's a peculiarly British idea NOT to have "square footage" in property details and guess that the reason is because so many British houses are so incredibly small. Part of the reason I have chosen the estate agent I have is because they DON'T follow that practice - they will put the square footage automatically on vendors' details (unless requested otherwise) and it will be obvious from that that my house is bigger than a lot of 2-bedders and in fact bigger than some "3 bedders". I would guesstimate - at a very rough guess - that there is a pretty substantial amount of "square footage" if the loft storage (could possibly be turned into a bedroom) is taken into account. The estate agent has also clarified that quite possibly my loft could be another room if someone wanted to put in that effort/money.

googler

Put the square footage as well as the square metre-age on the details. Nothing's worse than seeing a room/property of X sq ft and trying to compute whether it's larger or smaller than the Y sq m on the competing property's schedule.....