bedroom or Dressing Room??

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Hi,

I'd like some advice from you good people, please.

I have a period flat that's totally separate to the rest of the house in as much as we all have our own front doors, front and back gardens etc. there's no communal areas, so my place, although officially a flat is very much like a semi.

Anyway, I have 3 double bedrooms, all good sizes, including a small box room which was called a 4th bedroom when I bought it. The previous owner turned it into a dressing room with nice fitted wardrobes along the whole wall, which is nice, but is now too small for a bed.

It doesn't bother me as I don't need the bedroom, but if I were to sell would I do better removing the wardrobes and selling it as a 4 bedroom flat (albeit one bedroom is single), or leaving it as a dressing room?
Thanks in advance!

kinger101

I'd probably put a single bed in it so people can see it functioning as a bedroom. Particularly if the fitted wardrobes are dated. But I think dressing rooms are rather naff anyway. In semis at least.

Nothing wrong with box rooms. Perfect for those guests you don't want staying too long.

sidefx

Leave it as 3 bed.

Anyone who needs or wants a 4 bed property, for children most probably, is more likely to look for a house.

A large 'period' flat/apartment is more likely to appeal to a couple; either young with one or two young children or childless but wanting rooms for guests.

ETA yes dressing rooms are naff but so are incredibly small bedrooms, that you can barely fit a child size single bed in to.

Poppie68

We have a 5 bedroom house with the 5th turned into dressing room using fitted wardrobes etc...When we were thinking of selling a few months ago the estate agent told us to leave it as it was, apparently dressing rooms were becoming rather common on requirement requests....

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sidefx wrote: »

Leave it as 3 bed.

Anyone who needs or wants a 4 bed property, for children most probably, is more likely to look for a house.

A large 'period' flat/apartment is more likely to appeal to a couple; either young with one or two young children or childless but wanting rooms for guests.

ETA yes dressing rooms are naff but so are incredibly small bedrooms, that you can barely fit a child size single bed in to.

Good advice but my property is just like a house, except it's officially a flat. The house itself is detached and very big (huge really), and my flat is at one end. I have two floors with bedrooms upstairs. The back garden is very big too, and I get to it through my French doors leading off the lounge. When people come round they assume it's a house as it looks like a semi..if that makes sense. I have a big front garden, own front door including a side door too, so I can see why people think it's a house.

Whatever, I have 3 double bedrooms and the main bedroom is huge with a fireplace etc. all very period, high ceilings etc. space wise it's bigger than your typical 3 bed semi, many of which have 2 double bedrooms and a box room, which my last place was - 3 bed terraced house wth 2 double bedrooms and a box room. That's just how many of them were built years ago. And new builds are usually tiny...they're usually smaller than older houses.

I'm not bothered about being naff, and my place is anything but. The dressing room is handy, and I can squeeze a single bed in there, but it's really cramped with the fitted wardrobes.

My other dilemma is that the wardrobes are very nice and really good quality. If they were rubbish I'd have no qualms knocking them down and turning it into a single bedroom.

I'm none the wiser really...ll

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sidefx wrote: »

Leave it as 3 bed.

Anyone who needs or wants a 4 bed property, for children most probably, is more likely to look for a house.

A large 'period' flat/apartment is more likely to appeal to a couple; either young with one or two young children or childless but wanting rooms for guests.

ETA yes dressing rooms are naff but so are incredibly small bedrooms, that you can barely fit a child size single bed in to.

Poppie68 wrote: »

We have a 5 bedroom house with the 5th turned into dressing room using fitted wardrobes etc...When we were thinking of selling a few months ago the estate agent told us to leave it as it was, apparently dressing rooms were becoming rather common on requirement requests....

I agree there's a definite plus to having a dressing room, providing you can afford the space. I can as we only use one bedroom (my family are grown up with their own houses now), but I'm thinking ahead for selling. Some eople might love a dressing room, whilst others may prefer an extra bedroom, albeit a single.

I can't see how dressing rooms are naff, nor can I see how a small single bedroom is naff? What are you supposed to do with a small room? You've got to turn it into something lol

comeandgo

If you were to get rid of the wardrobes would there be enough cupboard and wardrobe space in the rest of your house? I would prefer a dressing room to a small bedroom.

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sidefx wrote: »

Leave it as 3 bed.

Anyone who needs or wants a 4 bed property, for children most probably, is more likely to look for a house.

A large 'period' flat/apartment is more likely to appeal to a couple; either young with one or two young children or childless but wanting rooms for guests.

ETA yes dressing rooms are naff but so are incredibly small bedrooms, that you can barely fit a child size single bed in to.

comeandgo wrote: »

If you were to get rid of the wardrobes would there be enough cupboard and wardrobe space in the rest of your house? I would prefer a dressing room to a small bedroom.

Thanks for your question:)

Yes, all the other bedrooms have fitted wardrobes that stretch across one whole wall, so there's lots of space in that regard.

If I were to remove the fitted wardrobes in the dressing room - and my dilemma is they're really good quality and do look nice, which is why I'm undecided - I'd have to buy a single wardrobe for the room, which isn't a problem.

It just seems a shame to remove the fitted ones I have, but it's a toss,up between selling the place as a 3 double bedroom with dressing room, or a 3 double and 1 single bedroom place.

I'm not sure what would appeal most...l

Owain_Moneysaver

Leave it as a dressing room but make it clear in the property details it's able to be used as a single bedroom. Get the estate agent who does the floorplan to do an alternative layout for the dressing room with some/all of the wardrobes removed showing the layout and measurements for a single bed, chest of drawers and wardrobe. Then buyers can choose.

This assumes you are actually going to put the place on the market, of course.

prosaver

what about a office ?

Tixy

It sounds like you are not actually planning on selling just yet?

When you come to sell then I'd take advice from your estate agent (or the various estate agents you interview). They'll know whichw would be more desirable in your area and style of property.

It may well be that they will sell it as "bedroom 4, currently being used as dressing room".