Bedroom Question.....

pulliptears

After another viewing, the feedback from our EA was that the viewers adored the house but thought the third bedroom was too small.

Now this room is tiny, and part of the reason we want to move ourselves. My daughter currently has a junior bed in there in an attempt to make the room look bigger, but obviously this isnt working. We have done all we can to declutter in there and the poor child has most of her toys etc in storage, but as she is still only ten it seems a little cruel to empty her room further.

My son had a futon in his room so he and his mates can sit on the sofa and play on the playstation etc and the thought just occured to me that I could replace DD's bed with a single chair futon. This would make the room look much much bigger.

So, the question is, if you were viewing a house would it put you off if there was no bed in the third bedroom?

Jorgan_2

I've sold many a house without a bed in the third bedroom. Many people use it as a study/office/walk in wardrobe. It all depends on the needs of the viewer. Is the third bedroom too small to put a full size single bed in?

BettiePage

Wondered what the thread was going to be about then

pulliptears

Jorgan wrote: »

I've sold many a house without a bed in the third bedroom. Many people use it as a study/office/walk in wardrobe. It all depends on the needs of the viewer. Is the third bedroom too small to put a full size single bed in?

The room has the bulkhead "box" to the stairs in it, so to fit a full size single bed you need to saw off the legs of one end so it sits on the box if that makes sense This is why she has a junior bed in there. It was an attempt to make her a little more space so she could at least go up there and do whatever ten year old girls do!

There is no wardrobe in their either and she shares the huge built in wardrobes in my room. I think a small chair bed would make the room look a lot bigger.

PasturesNew

I think your daughter has been messed about enough. While her brother gets a big room. Poor thing! How unfair.

If you were thinking of a futon chair, then I think she would need to be fully up for it and not yet another thing you ask her to do for you.

However, are the measurements of this room clearly shown on the details, in inches and in those darned odd metres? If people have seen the measurements before they come then this can't be the real reason.

Good luck!

pulliptears

BettiePage wrote: »

Wondered what the thread was going to be about then

:beer: Lol Bettie, thats a thread for The Arms I think

pulliptears

PasturesNew wrote: »

I think your daughter has been messed about enough. While her brother gets a big room. Poor thing! How unfair.

If you were thinking of a futon chair, then I think she would need to be fully up for it and not yet another thing you ask her to do for you.

However, are the measurements of this room clearly shown on the details, in inches and in those darned odd metres? If people have seen the measurements before they come then this can't be the real reason.

Good luck!

I know bless her. we had a conservatory built for her as a playroom last year as well. She is more than up for it actually, she loves her brothers bed so when I mentioned it she jumped at the idea.

I also mentioned perhaps painting the pink walls white but she wasnt keen so Ill leave that one!!

I can live with my life being in boxes, but I agree its unfair to expect the kids to be completely disrupted and I hope buyers would understand that.

And yes, measurements are clearly shown, its just the fact that when you walk in all you do see is a bed, and in such a tiny room it just makes things look so much more cramped.

chappers

If the room is that small i don't think it's going to make that much difference, where will it end, dolls house furniture?

Ishtar

We've just put our house on the market and also have a small third bedroom. When the estate agent came round to value the property he commented that having the bed in the small room would show potential buyers that there was space to use the room as a bedroom. (DD has a junior bed - we couldn't fit a single in there and get away with it.)

If it were me, then I'd wonder why a futon was in the room when it was being used as a bedroom...just my opinion...to my mind it might indicate that the room was too small to contain a bed. When we viewed our house the third room was being used as a study - didn't put us off at all.

Having said that, people come up with all sorts of 'reasons' not to buy - my next door neighbour was told on numerous occasions that buyers weren't interested because we're 'too far out of town' (1 mile). It might just be their way of saying they don't want the property.

Sorry if that was a bit long-winded!!

D.

Merlot

You say you have a box over the stairs in the third bedroom, so did we in our last house, and we built a wardrobe on top of that, you could suggest that to your buyers, personally speaking I wouldn't buy a 3 bedroom house without a bed in it, I would think it wasn't big enough for a bed. The viewers know the measurements, and you will find the right buyer soon, I would hold off from de-cluttering anymore.

P.s. I too only looked at this thread because of the title!

pulliptears

Ishtar wrote: »

We've just put our house on the market and also have a small third bedroom. When the estate agent came round to value the property he commented that having the bed in the small room would show potential buyers that there was space to use the room as a bedroom. (DD has a junior bed - we couldn't fit a single in there and get away with it.)

If it were me, then I'd wonder why a futon was in the room when it was being used as a bedroom...just my opinion...to my mind it might indicate that the room was too small to contain a bed. When we viewed our house the third room was being used as a study - didn't put us off at all.

Having said that, people come up with all sorts of 'reasons' not to buy - my next door neighbour was told on numerous occasions that buyers weren't interested because we're 'too far out of town' (1 mile). It might just be their way of saying they don't want the property.

Sorry if that was a bit long-winded!!

D.

That sounds exactly like my situation. Im half tempted to just leave things as they are to be honest. I cant make the room any bigger and I really dont want to disrupt my daughter.

I guess it will sell when it sells and we are in no rush. Its just some days I have these grand ideas, but after Ive sat and thought about it for a while I cant see that a cheap sofa bed is going to clinch a sale :rolleyes: