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We are looking at buying a house that has three bedrooms. One bedroom is huge 14 by 21 but the others are mini size 10 by 10 and 10 by 11. I thought about knocking down the wall and creating one larger bedroom from the two mini sized bedrooms.
I am concerned about trying to sell the house in 5-7 years with only two bedrooms. Yes, the second bedroom would be larger but maybe families want two smaller rooms for their kids.
If you were buying a house, other than the large master bedroom, would you rather a large second bedroom- or two small bedrooms?
Last summer I bought a 2-bedroom house that used to be a 3-bedroom house. I prefer it as a 2-bedroom. It has a beautiful, spacious Master bedroom and I like that.
The sellers showed me where the wall had been, and indicated that if I wanted to make it a 3-bedroom again I could just have the wall put back. I got the impression that if they had had any problems selling it, then they might have put the wall back themselves. However they accepted my offer within just hours after they put it on the market, before it even got to the MLS.
The fact that it is 2 bedrooms instead of 3, means a smaller selling price in this neighborhood AFAIK. I don't have any numbers to back that up because I'm not a real estate person. However, I don't much care because I plan for this to be my last house so I won't have to sell it.
We are looking at buying a house that has three bedrooms. One bedroom is huge 14 by 21 but the others are mini size 10 by 10 and 10 by 11. I thought about knocking down the wall and creating one larger bedroom from the two mini sized bedrooms.
I am concerned about trying to sell the house in 5-7 years with only two bedrooms. Yes, the second bedroom would be larger but maybe families want two smaller rooms for their kids.
If you were buying a house, other than the large master bedroom, would you rather a large second bedroom- or two small bedrooms?
Out here 2 bedrooms homes generally sell for less than 3. You might want to find out what your market is like since you don't plan to be there for very long.
We are looking at buying a house that has three bedrooms. One bedroom is huge 14 by 21 but the others are mini size 10 by 10 and 10 by 11. I thought about knocking down the wall and creating one larger bedroom from the two mini sized bedrooms.
I am concerned about trying to sell the house in 5-7 years with only two bedrooms. Yes, the second bedroom would be larger but maybe families want two smaller rooms for their kids.
If you were buying a house, other than the large master bedroom, would you rather a large second bedroom- or two small bedrooms?
Taking out entire walls came be dicey..because of structural things such as "Weight-barring" if knocking out walls.. However if you have 2 bedrooms side by side..one can create a entrance with beautiful doors ( french type or other) which maintains the structural integrity.
So by connecting this way you can utilize them whatever way you want..split co-room ..yet can also lock doorway to allow privacy if needed. There's huge potential in doing that without huge costs when requiring to instal new load requirements when removing some walls!!
Good luck..as long as it's done with structural integrity respected and inspected to be sure..as That could be a real selling point to future buyers!!
We had a client who had a 4 BR house, and turned it into a 3 BR house with a KILLER master dressing room -- closet, packing island, shoe wall, the whole shebang.
She didn't have any trouble re-selling it three years later. :-)
I believe there is a big difference from taking a 4 bedroom to a 3 compared to taking a 3 bedroom down to a 2 unless you are in a old neighborhood built prior to 1950 and even then it might matter.
A two-bedroom will attract less interest and thus have a lower resale value than a three.
The point about watching out for load-bearing walls is important.
I agree with the earlier comments about moving to find the house you need if you plan on selling in 5-7 years.
Not out of a finished house, but out of house plans. My son is taking an unwanted 4th bedroom and splitting it in half to make one of the bedrooms bigger and to make a large closet for the bedroom on the other side.
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