Advice on small bedroom before selling.

jonnyb1978

We are looking to put the house on the market in the near future however some work needs doing to get the house presentable for selling.
Next job in the small bedroom with not much space at all. Currently this is taken up by the youngest and is full of toys, bed, wardrobe and bedside cabinet
If we were staying i would like wall to wall cupboards above his bed that would create much needed storage.

However im not sure which is best to market the house but also make it practible to live in until we do sell.

My other half says to declutter, buy and install the cupboards to show how the small space can be utilised, but i say to declutter and put excess toys in the loft with only having the essentials in his room. I will be purchasing new bedroom furniture also.

Any advice

Mojisola

jonnyb1978 wrote: »

My other half says to declutter, buy and install the cupboards to show how the small space can be utilised, but i say to declutter and put excess toys in the loft with only having the essentials in his room.

This ^.

You don't know what the next owner will want to do with the house. Paying out on new cupboards when they may rip them out is a waste of money.

bluep

Yep, first thing we did in our new house was turn the smallest bedroom into a study as we didn't need it as a bedroom. If there had been cupboards over the bed, they'd have come straight out (as did the cheaply done tiny en-suite bathroom in the main bedroom which was restricting all the space in the room and not needed....I'm sure the seller would have been horrified just how quickly we ripped that out as they thought it was a real selling point!). Far better to clear the space and show as much EMPTY SPACE as you can.

cattie

I wouldn't pay out for installing cupboards prior to moving. Just present the room in the best way you can, removing all clutter to show how the room works as a single room.

There are cheaper ways to make a room appear larger.

In my last but one house I had the door opening changed so it opened against a wall, which made it feel much more spacious as you saw the whole of the room once the door was opened, instead of it opening into the room & making it appear far smaller straight away.

I also invested in the largest mirror I could find, which gave the impression that it was really rather a spacious single room & it also reflected lots of light into the room from the window.

pinkteapot

Definitely don't bother fitting cupboards. They won't add any value to the house and they're very much a personal choice. Even if someone new wants cupboards, they may not like the finish you choose (some people like white, some cream, some wood-effect, etc).

Declutter, and if the room takes a single bed then leave it in there to prove it's a single room. Many viewers will use the smallest bedroom as a study or similar rather than a bedroom anyway.

themull1

Everything into the loft!! Maybe declutter to a charity shop on the way to the loft....