Larger bedroom vs Smaller ensuite bedroom

Cakeguts

hounsehunterftb wrote: »

I am saying the en-suite is attached to a double bedroom but that reduces the bedroom size because of its ensuite nature with space just for a double bed and just about space for maybe two single wardrobe. So a slightly crammed up room. But you get an extra bathroom

How deep is the en suite? The ones I have seen are usually about the depth of a shower tray and the width of the room. You don't need a bath in an en suite so if there is a bath in there you could take that out put in a shower and rearrange the rest to reduce space needed.

hounsehunterftb

Cakeguts wrote: »

How deep is the en suite? The ones I have seen are usually about the depth of a shower tray and the width of the room. You don't need a bath in an en suite so if there is a bath in there you could take that out put in a shower and rearrange the rest to reduce space needed.

It is a cubicle and size wise its just about perfect for an ensuite. We will see how it goes else it could be converted to either a walk in wardrobe or just ripped off for more space. As of now we should be ok

movilogo

If the ensuite is 2nd toilet in the whole house, then ensuite is better.

Otherwise bigger bedroom with no ensuite wins.

wantonnoodle

I would go for the bigger bedroom - I've seen a couple of new builds with ensuite around our neck of the woods while house hunting last year, and the thought of losing the extra bedroom space really puts me off. Downstairs was ok size wise, but the master bedroom had an ensuite and one double fitted wardrobe, and because of how they had been done, there was barely enough room to get a double bed and some bedside cabinets in, let alone a chest of drawers. The EA was trying to sell it as some fantastic thing to have an ensuite and fitted wardrobes, but all I felt was that I wanted to rip it out to make more space.

firebird082

Another vote for a bigger bedroom here too - there's nothing worse than a double bedroom that you can't fit a normal amount of furniture in. Consider also if the buyers might want to fit a larger bed than a standard double, it would feel even more cramped... 3 beds and 1 decent family bathroom is fine.

Tyler119

bigger bedroom no doubt! too many new builds with 4000 bathrooms and bedrooms with room for a few tesco bags!

During our extension / renovation we went against every tradesmens advice we went with a large 4th bedroom. Then they attempted to convince me to split the large bathroom we were creating into two small bathrooms. Four people living in our house...no issue with the bathroom.

ellie27

For a 3 bed house I don't think there is any need for an ensuite, going to 4 rooms then I would.

Bigger bedroom is more important in a 3 bed house.

comeandgo

Having the luxury of one bathroom one shower room and one ensuite there is no way I would move to a one bathroom house. It's great when family stay as you give them their own private shower room and there is no queuing in the mornings.

phoebe1989seb

In a three bed house I'd prefer a larger bedroom to an ensuite. The last three bed we had - sold it when DS was two - only had one bathroom and a downstairs loo and it was fine when guests stayed over. The upstairs landing was quite small, so you never felt far from the facilities, lol!

We've been spoilt since with three bath/shower rooms in our last three houses and really miss having a second bathroom in our current (smaller) four bed Victorian house. We do have a downstairs loo, thankfully, and will be adding a jack and jill shower room to service the two second floor bedrooms.

Working out how to shoehorn it in without ruining the room proportions is a concern, imho.

zagubov

A three bed house with one upstairs bathroom and a downstairs loo is pretty much optimal. An ensuite adds nothing and removes storage space.