When is a bedroom not a bedroom

jonnyb1978

Made an offer on a house we like which has been rejected. I personally think it is overpriced so have come in low(ish)

Upon deciding on our next move etc i have thought more about the fourth bedroom. Size is 2.8m x 1.9m but with a storage cupboard taking up space.

You enter the room and from the door to the far wall is 2.8m.
Directly behind the door is a store cupboard. So impossible to get a single bed in. 1.9m is to to small for it to go width ways.
Length ways along the right hand wall is to small due to the storage cupboard, and length ways along the left hand wall to small as the corner of the storage cupboard in the way plus access through the door is needed.

We want it for a spare room and have a sofa bed in it. Again too small so are looking at something like this

http://www.johnlewis.com/house-by-john-lewis-kix-single-sofa-bed/p1115657?navAction=jump

But when is a bedroom not one. Can this sort of room actually be classed as one?

cloo

People class all sorts of things a bedrooms, including ones you can't actually get a bed in. In our case, we're looking for 4 beds, but we don't mind if the last is this sort, as all we really need that 'bedroom' for is a study ultimately.

If you're talking about a sofa bed (assuming a double), for my money a room has to be least 9ft x 9ft to just about be classed as a double, though if the bed is only taken out occasionally and there's not much else in the room, maybe you can get away with less.

In looking at 4/5 bed houses, we've generally found that there will be one bedroom (maybe two if a five bed) that's no bigger than about 8x7ft.

jonnyb1978

Thanks. Well this is stated as 9'3 x 6'3 but the 9'3 is deceiving as this is where to door opens and the storage cupboard starts. So no bed can get in.

ACG

If you were selling the property would you class it as a bedroom?

Mallotum_X

jonnyb1978 wrote: »

Thanks. Well this is stated as 9'3 x 6'3 but the 9'3 is deceiving as this is where to door opens and the storage cupboard starts. So no bed can get in.

Can you remove the cupboard?

daveyjp

I had a bedroom a similar size to that for 18 years. I had a short single bed which fitted the length and width of the room.

needabed

If you can't get a normal bed in there then it isn't a bedroom.

mgarl10024

I looked around an extended house with my GF. The owners had put a corridor in to access the extension, but had made the space by shrinking the small single room into what was not much more than a cupboard.

My GF asked "is this actually a bedroom? You couldn't get a bed in here".
The Estate Agent answered, and I think I could precisely pinpoint the exact moment he lost that sale... "oh, you could just use it as an ironing room".

My GF's face was a picture - she absolutely hates ironing!

booksurr

needabed wrote: »

If you can't get a normal bed in there then it isn't a bedroom.

define "normal": a "captain's / cabin" bed would be ideal, especially if 2ft6 wide http://www.bedroomworld.co.uk/c/Cabin_Beds.htm

as with daveyjp I spent 18 years in a 8ft 4" by 6ft 2" bedroom. It contained a 6ft 6" x 2ft 6" bed, a full height 3ft wide wardrobe across the bottom of the bed, and a (bespoke) storage unit down the long length of wall. the one concession to room use was the door was rehung to open outwards rather than inwards

in the Op's case it sounds like a bed would fit in the room easily, but not until the storage unit is re-jigged

the fact that OP wishes to install a sofa bed rather than a normal bed suggests intention to use the room for something more than just a kids or guest bedroom

PasturesNew

jonnyb1978 wrote: »

Thanks. Well this is stated as 9'3 x 6'3 but the 9'3 is deceiving as this is where to door opens and the storage cupboard starts. So no bed can get in.

That's quite a good sized bedroom. Turn the door round so it opens the other way.

phill99

This has been done to death on this forum.

For the purpose of selling and buying a house, there is no definition of a bedroom size.

There are many thousands of people (me included) who were nought up in a 7' x 7' bedroom. Mine actually had bunk beds in it. Thousands and thousands of houses are like this in the UK.

Your room would get a childs bed or cot in it, easily.

Its quite simple, if you don't like it, don't buy it!