Loft conversion - one big bedroom or 2 smaller ones?

blue_eyes777

Hi all!
We have a chalet bungalow and wish to create more space by converting the rest of the loft area with a full dormer conversion.
There is already a 14x 14 feet room upstairs.
We have had a builder look at the area and has told us that we have space for 20m square for bedrooms - so we can have 1 big bedroom or 2 smaller ones. There is also space for an ensuite.

What do you think would add more house value :
1.) 1 big bedroom at 20ms square, or
2.) 2 bedrooms at 10m square each?
Downstairs, there is a small bedroom of approx 10 x 8 feet, a lounge of 10 x 12, a dining room of 12 x 10 plus a conservatory of 17 x 9 feet.(plus kitchen and bathroom!)
Sorry that I have alternated between metres and feet.
I am guessing that 10 m square would be approx 10.8 feet by 10.8 feet. Trouble is, a one sq metre corridor would have to be built if we go for two smaller ones which would impact on the sizes!
Tough decision!
I would be grateful for any responses

neneromanova

Big one with ensuite that would be my preference over 2 small rooms anyway.

blue_eyes777

thanks - though sorry if I didn't make it clear - there would be space for an ensuite regardless

PasturesNew

I'd probably go for one, with an en-suite and a handy storage room/study/dressing room.

missbiggles1

I'd go for a master suite with dressing room and shower room and make a real feature of it.

(How can you have one en suite for two bedrooms?)

getmore4less

1sq mtr is close to 10sq ft.(10.76) for an easy conversion.

diagram of the stairs relative to space might help.

can you build off the corridor say storage wardrobes.

I think the two rooms upstairs might be better if they share facilities


Do you want a large master/ on suite.

do you utilize the space on the ground floor effectively, is there scope to move the stairs and revamp all the space?

blue_eyes777

lol - I would have to decide which bedroom to have the ensuite. It would be built as an external dormer.
Do you think the one big bedroom would add as much value as 2 smaller ones?

blue_eyes777

thanks for all your replies so far, guys! Amazing - so grateful.
I am getting drawings done soon.

mum2one

I would go as others as suggested a big master suite, luxury ensuite and dressing area.

although yes 3 bedrooms may be a preference and if it was a house, then I would say have 2 small bedrooms with a connecting bathroom, as mum and dad would be on the 1st floor an kids would have upstairs room,

BUT

A dorma bungalow - it would be very unlikely that the potential buyer is not a family with kids, and the buyer I would assosiate is someone downsizing, looking for a bungalow etc so they wont really need a 3 bedroom property, if they did want 3 beds = then convert the dining room,

x

blue_eyes777

thanks mum to one.
It's a hard one as we don't have kids, but may do so in the future

mum2one

blue_eyes777 wrote: »

thanks mum to one.
It's a hard one as we don't have kids, but may do so in the future

the other side of the coin is how long do you want to be in this accomodation, if its a "forever" house then look at 10 yrs ahead, where do you want to be, kids, jobs etc, would you need to move if you had kids, would you really want to be sleeping in the loft section whilst there downstairs on the ground floor or vice versa.... nappy changes, I wants, I can't sleep.

If its a "now" accomodation - maybe 5 yrs we're going to sell we're then going to need a "family house" - then look at what the target market would be... (I guess a 1 bed posh job).

a tip they use on the house/building etc shows is to map the new area out, whether that is a layer of bricks, some spray, or even mock it up in the garden, - use the whole space - then play around and do the floor plan, make the rooms, the bathroom, the corridor, - then in a room, grab some paper, cardboard boxes broken down and shape out a size of a bed,

Do this as a double bed in 1 room, a single in the other, the basic furniture would be a wardrobe, a chest draws and a bedside unit -

then try the 1 room approach

layed out I'm sure fall into place xx