Change of upstairs layout/Bedroom size.

The_Bullman

I was thinking of changing my upstairs layout.

My original plan was to have 2 large double bedrooms(on one side of the house) but when I look at them now they seem huge to me.

I'm thinking of adding a small room between them. Would this room be too small to use as a spare kids room in future? Until then I'd probably just use it as an office.

And would it make the other 2 rooms too small. My brother's house has 2 large double rooms on one side of his house and they seem to be too big to me.

Original Plans


New Layout

mrsWhippy

Do you need 5 bedrooms? I think I'd be inclined to keep the 4 larger rooms.

That small room is really tiny, and probably wouldn't be all that practical for more than an office tbh. The larger double could be arranged to have an office 'nook' at one end and should still give you the long term flexibility of a larger bedroom so 2 kids could easily share.

Edited to ask, would that small room not have a window?

The_Bullman

mrsWhippy wrote: »

Do you need 5 bedrooms? I think I'd be inclined to keep the 4 larger rooms.

That small room is really tiny, and probably wouldn't be all that practical for more than an office tbh. The larger double could be arranged to have an office 'nook' at one end and should still give you the long term flexibility of a larger bedroom so 2 kids could easily share.

Edited to ask, would that small room not have a window?

The small room would need a window alright. Which I wouldn't mind as there are good views to be had if a window was put in.

Not sure if I need the extra bedroom though

Gumbo

The_Bullman wrote: »

The small room would need a window alright. Which I wouldn't mind as there are good views to be had if a window was put in.

Not sure if I need the extra bedroom though

And maybe a planning application

sydthebeat

kceire wrote: »

And maybe a planning application

and definitely a planning application... and in a lot of cases a refusal of a first floor habitable room side window in a rural setting

Metric Tensor

Also worth noting that an extra bedroom means a larger design population for any septic tank / treatment system. Could mean a larger system and would most likely mean more percolation trenches or a bigger filter area.

Angry bird

The hall at the front seems a bit of a wasted space, while light would be needed, this could be twigged a bit I think, assuming it's making the most of space you're after. As for four bedrooms or five, depends on your family needs/people regularly staying over. I'd always leave a downstairs that can be readily converted into a bedroom. As for percolation area, an extra bedroom means an extra percolation trench, moving from a population equivalent of 6 to 7, and designed for such, and of course as syd has said, any potential overlooking of neighbours for an upper floor side window. But now is the time at design stage to thrash these things out.