f1_fan

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I have a good sized bungalow and having no kids have no need for multiple bedrooms.

Now this year I want to put a new kitchen in but having spent some time in Aus I am also keen to make the living space open plan as I love the way their house are all designed like that.

Currently I have two options.

1) Leave the dining room as is and open plan the kitchen/living room putting the new kitchen into the same space as the old one albeit with a different design. This configuration allows someone to easily turn the dining room back into a fourth bedroom but is not as good space wise in terms of the living area/kitchen space.
2) Open plan the kitchen/living room/dining room and out the kitchen where the dining room is making a huge usable open plan living space but restricting the house to 3 bedrooms albeit all a good size.

I am not planning to stay here forever so a nod to any future owners is probably a good thing.

So I guess the question is what is more desirable a knockout 3 bedroom property or a good 4 bedroom property?

What do you guys reckon?

wrx300scooby

I'd go with three bed "knock out" option

donny andi

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Drop me a pm if you need a 'cash' builder

ScoobySteve69

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In my experience reducing the amount of bedrooms will always affect the resale price. If it`s easy enough to put back to a 4 bedder then that`s ok

SJ_Skyline

F1 can always blame any reduction in resale price on the coalition government

Wurzel

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Or the previous Labour government

stevebt

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A three bedroomed house will not be as desirable as a four bedroomed house.

Neanderthal

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A 3 (double) bedroomed house with modern open plan living will appeal to more people than a 4 bedroom place with 'traditional/compromised' living space.

stonefish

My opinion go for the 3 bed option because most people buying bungalows are Retiring, Down sizing they don't need all that room..
I had a 3 bed bungalow that was very spacious and struggled to sale.. it would of been a lot harder to sale a 4 bed..

f1_fan

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I don't if you know, but they weren't socialists

joz8968

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You knew I'd come on here to post.

f1_fan

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f1_fan

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So we're about 50/50 on the 3 vs 4 bed thing so far

I am leaning towards the 3 bed option.... the house would be pretty cool done in that configuration and although would appeal to less people will probably appeal to the right people more if you get my drift.

Turbohot

Chris, I think you should open the damn thing altogether (apart from the windows, front and back door, I mean). No point excluding the living room. Ah, can you imagine the feeling of feeling the space and freedom around you? Your kitty will love it as well. Good luck. So far future buyers are concerned, you will get people wanting a stylish open plan property, no probs. I wouldn't worry too much about it. Just personalise it to your (and your partner's) taste, and live it to full.

joz8968

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Sprinkle a few pros round the gaf and Bob's your auntie's live-in lover.

David Lock

Sounds like it was always a 3-bed with a dining room which you called a 4th bedroom? dl

ditchmyster

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I prefer open living, the only down side is cooking smells, so you need to make sure you ever egg the extraction system, especially is you like curries and wok cooking like i do.

As above most that are after a bungalow have dumped the kids and don't need loads of bedrooms and probably prefer the space, separate living,dining and kitchen is so last century and more suited to victorian times than present day, when women were chained to the sink (shame that part changed) and men retired to billiards room for a port and cigar.

Go for it, you'll not be selling the house this century anyway.

f1_fan

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Nope it was originally a 2 bedroom, I added 2 more and turned the master bedroom into the dining room. To put it back as a bedroom would simply mean blocking up the double doors from the living room and reopening the door off the bedroom hallway. £500 worth of work at most.

f1_fan

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Yes the more I think about it the more I think you are right

f1_fan

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Ain't that the truth

Turbohot

Dingdongler

Given its a bungalow I can't imagine 4 beds are needed. Those who are retiring now will be increasingly of a generation to whom open plan living appeals.

I have small kids and so am a different demographic but a family room open plan to the kutchen means we are always together ( my kids playing, me drinking beer and watching tv and my wife cooking)

Truss

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Id get rid of the fourth bedroom. If you do it well, I bet you won't lose any money for losing the bedroom as it's a bungalow and may appeal to someone other than a family.

Ive recently done work at a bungalow with 2 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms (go figure lol) and a big **** off kitchen/dining area. It was 3 bed, and its now up for sale at a considerable amount more that they bought it for.

joz8968

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Too Much Too Young

#...Now you're chained to the cooker
making currant buns for tea...#