Browse Forums Increasing Home Value Re: No of rooms affecting house value ? 2Feb 05, 2015 9:00 am Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: No of rooms affecting house value ? 5Feb 05, 2015 10:22 am Need hints, tips and inspiration? Join me on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ournewhomecoach Who am I? See my LinkedIn page: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jennifer-crawford/1a/429/296 Re: No of rooms affecting house value ? 6Feb 13, 2015 8:42 pm Paddington 29 @ Blue Horizon Estate (Lot 105, Wattleridge Crescent, North Kellyville) Our Build Progress Blog: http://light487.wordpress.com/ Re: No of rooms affecting house value ? 9Feb 15, 2015 3:33 pm Paddington 29 @ Blue Horizon Estate (Lot 105, Wattleridge Crescent, North Kellyville) Our Build Progress Blog: http://light487.wordpress.com/ Re: No of rooms affecting house value ? 13Dec 31, 2015 11:11 am Our plan (30sq single story) had four beds plus study. We increased the study slightly and it came with a double door robe. It was a no brainer to us to delete bed 4 and increase our bathroom size and wir in master. Still a four bedder but with a beautiful bathroom and big master! I have older kids and know from experience they need their own spaces for everyone's sake so The media is off bed 2 and 3 which will be our little boys own area for gaming etc and as he grows he basically will have that entire end of the house to himself! Complete with beautiful bathroom lol and we used a cavity slider to close off media from family and dining and installing a study nook bench along the end of it. Resale was in my mind too even though it's our forever home but we may want to bugger off to the beach one day to grow old! Re: No of rooms affecting house value ? 14Dec 31, 2015 11:47 am As above it is area dependent - but there are a lot of 1/2 kid families these days who don't want or need a 4th bedroom / spare room. Personally I'd rather have 3 decent sized bedrooms on a smaller block than have 4 cramped ones everything else being equal. FWIW, a 3x2 in my suburb (Harrisdale WA) is more desirable than a 4x2 in both rental and sales. Re: No of rooms affecting house value ? 15Jan 01, 2016 10:34 am Our division is very small and over the months we have met quite a few of our new neighbours, a lot of them are building to resell and from talking to them and having a look at the houses already under construction it would appear the majority are going with the 4 bedroom, media room scenerio and some of those bedrooms are tiny (we know someones plans have the 3 spare rooms at 2.9 x 3). This is what we had planned with one builder before they burnt us for our deposit. We then went into one display home and the salesman suggested a design, 4 bedrooms with no media which we laughed at initially then went home and started running a tape measure around and realised we could quite easily add another 8 sqm into the design (I was concerned it was a little too small) and giving us much roomier bedrooms. Also one bedroom lended itself quite well to been converted into a media room should a future buyer prefer that. At the same time I saw a programme about building and one of their key tips was build to the land. As we have views and a breeze, this design took full advantage of that unlike some of the homes been built with the same aspects. We've not even laid a slab yet but the bank has valued it at $25,000 over what we're spending just on the plans so we're really happy we've choosen something unique for that area. Re: No of rooms affecting house value ? 16Feb 07, 2017 2:18 pm I'm not an expert, but I think that the room sizes look okay just off first glance. Of course it will depend on how much stuff you have to go in the room and all that at the end of the day. After all, there are people in other countries who could probably fit a whole family in a room that size! Haha! Just speak with your builder and take into consideration how long you intend to live on the property. If you're going to stay put for a decade or so, best you love the place more than the considerations about the resale value. Re: No of rooms affecting house value ? 17Feb 07, 2017 7:25 pm Realestate dot blah lists properties by the number of bedrooms, bathrooms and car spaces. Nowhere does it list room size. If you're going on resale value I think uninformed people may dismiss it initially. Maybe Re: No of rooms affecting house value ? 18Jun 26, 2018 9:00 am Hello All Instead of starting a new thread I thought I might jump on the back of this thread, as my question is very similar. We have a 4 bedroom 2 storey house with a large area upstairs as a lounge area. Due to the location of the light switches, windows, and the built in cabinets it would be a simple affair to put through a stud wall and then create a 5th Bedroom out of this area. However it does reduce the openness of the upstairs area. So in this instance do you think that building the 5th bedroom will add value or will it be counterproductive? Graham Regards Graham and Kathy Owners of 2.5 acres of Paradise.......now working towards the house! Re: No of rooms affecting house value ? 19Jun 26, 2018 9:12 am Grakat Hello All Instead of starting a new thread I thought I might jump on the back of this thread, as my question is very similar. We have a 4 bedroom 2 storey house with a large area upstairs as a lounge area. Due to the location of the light switches, windows, and the built in cabinets it would be a simple affair to put through a stud wall and then create a 5th Bedroom out of this area. However it does reduce the openness of the upstairs area. So in this instance do you think that building the 5th bedroom will add value or will it be counterproductive? Graham In our last house, we wanted to use the bedroom near the kitchen as a kids toy room. So, instead of putting a standard door on it, we put 2 cavity sliders. When we sold the house, the new owners said they would be using it as a bedroom. So, if you put in the stud wall, maybe add 2 cavity sliders instead of standard door and then it could be used as either. When not in use you could leave the doors open and still get the openness feel. As a tradesmen get a private inspector although I don't think there worth it in their profession themselves the reminder they serve to the tradesmen doing the work is… 3 27520 They make the room much easier to clean for one, reflect more light (if light colour tiles are used), and you dont end up with dust on the top edge of tiles (cause most… 3 9721 The last home I lived in didn't have a pool and when i went to sell it the agents were not happy, even telling me to put one in to sell the place. The agents weren't happy… 2 4372 |