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Would a house lose value if we combined a 2 single bed sized rooms into one bigger double bedroom?
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Blank11 said:The 2 single bed sized rooms would be 2.65m x 2.3m - would you consider this to still be better than one big room?
However, this depends a lot on your family set up and whether that works for you. It would potentially solve the problem of whether or not to remove the wall if you are worried about saleability.0 -
Ideally it would be long term and I know if you consider living in the house to not think of it as an investment. But really I can’t help but think about losing money when selling. It is a new build so I don’t know how much it will fare. This is the first time where 2/3 of the bedrooms are tiny. Maybe I’m being impatient given how long I have been house hunting…0
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lika_86 said:Blank11 said:The 2 single bed sized rooms would be 2.65m x 2.3m - would you consider this to still be better than one big room?
However, this depends a lot on your family set up and whether that works for you. It would potentially solve the problem of whether or not to remove the wall if you are worried about saleability.0 -
Blank11 said:lika_86 said:Blank11 said:The 2 single bed sized rooms would be 2.65m x 2.3m - would you consider this to still be better than one big room?
However, this depends a lot on your family set up and whether that works for you. It would potentially solve the problem of whether or not to remove the wall if you are worried about saleability.
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lika_86 said:Blank11 said:lika_86 said:Blank11 said:The 2 single bed sized rooms would be 2.65m x 2.3m - would you consider this to still be better than one big room?
However, this depends a lot on your family set up and whether that works for you. It would potentially solve the problem of whether or not to remove the wall if you are worried about saleability.1 -
How hard would it be to undo? My parents knocked two rooms into one - the wall came down when looked at a bit fiercely, the second doorway had a bookcase built into it. Making it back into two rooms should not be hard or expensive. The challenge would be how to advertise it for sale as you need to put a number for bedrooms and want the right people to see it.
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Blank11 said:Ideally it would be long term and I know if you consider living in the house to not think of it as an investment. But really I can’t help but think about losing money when selling. It is a new build so I don’t know how much it will fare. This is the first time where 2/3 of the bedrooms are tiny. Maybe I’m being impatient given how long I have been house hunting…
I would personally continue looking for a larger property with bedrooms that are more suitable to what you want.0 -
A 3 always generally sells for more than a 2 bed, regardless of room sizes. People want 3 beds if they have kids, more than 2 beds and that will be reflected in the sale price.
I lived in a 2 bed with the exact same downstairs space and layout as the 3 beds, and 2 really good sized bedrooms, while the 3 beds nextdoor had the it addition of a box room and smaller bedrooms. The 3 beds sold for £40k more, just because they are 3 beds. The sqm was almost the same on both properties.0 -
How do you want to use the space? I might want to keep, say, a home office and a (small) guest bedroom separate.2
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Did you choose your username, OP, because you like to leave out pretty important info?
Anyhoo, you'll been given the answer.
Yes, it'll almost certainly drop in value.
Yes, that value should be fully restorable by rebuilding the wall.
Yes, the wall could have some/a lot of structural implication, so it needs doing properly - you need an SE to advise.
No, we cannot advise if it's a 'good' idea as you haven't told us 'why' you wish to do this.
It could obviously be a 'good idea' if all that you were looking for in the first place was a 2-bed house, and it was priced closer to this than a three. But surely unlikely to be a good idea compared to finding a 2-bed in the first place?
If you do this, some good ideas above such as retaining the unused door if possible, but simply removing the handles and overboarding it to be flush.
If you are happy to post a link to the house, an idea of your max price, some details of the 'important' stuff, and the areas that suit, I've seen folk on here come up with good alternatives for folk.0
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