A promising looking house in a decent location hit the market this weekend. 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths.
And then I got to the bedroom dimensions. Master was 11x11, and another was 9x9. OK, not awesome but acceptable sizes. Except the third bedroom was listed as 15x6, and the fourth as 9x6. What in the actual fuck, people? That is a hallway and a closet.
Post by penguingrrl on May 1, 2018 11:53:00 GMT -5
Wow, those are tiny bedrooms! When we were in NYC my girls shared an 8x6 bedroom and had to share a twin bed, but outside of city living on a very tight budget I can’t even imagine!
Post by karinothing on May 1, 2018 11:55:29 GMT -5
Ha, I want to see pictures of the hallway bedroom. IT is so frustrating. When we were house shopping stuff would be marked as bedrooms that were only accessible through staircases in the masterbed (and had no windows..so basically an attic) or were like closets in basements where I Couldn't even stand. A lot of that stuff violates housing laws too.
Ha, I want to see pictures of the hallway bedroom. IT is so frustrating. When we were house shopping stuff would be marked as bedrooms that were only accessible through staircases in the masterbed (and had no windows..so basically an attic) or were like closets in basements where I Couldn't even stand. A lot of that stuff violates housing laws too.
Ha, I want to see pictures of the hallway bedroom. IT is so frustrating. When we were house shopping stuff would be marked as bedrooms that were only accessible through staircases in the masterbed (and had no windows..so basically an attic) or were like closets in basements where I Couldn't even stand. A lot of that stuff violates housing laws too.
Ha, I want to see pictures of the hallway bedroom. IT is so frustrating. When we were house shopping stuff would be marked as bedrooms that were only accessible through staircases in the masterbed (and had no windows..so basically an attic) or were like closets in basements where I Couldn't even stand. A lot of that stuff violates housing laws too.
I spent way too long trying to figure out whether the nursery bedroom's ceiling is actually lower, or they were just standing on a chair or something to take the pic and it came out really unflattering. I guess looking at the door frame (which has no header over it), it really is low.
Between that and the bizarre proportions on some of the rooms, I'm guessing there's some serious frankenhouse "by owner" renovations that went on to make it into a 4 bedroom somewhere along the way. Too bad, it looks nice otherwise. Having only 1.5 bath isn't ideal, but that's what we have and we can make it work. I'm a lot more flexible on 2+ vs. 1.5 than I am on 1.5 vs. 1.
So the 9 by 6 room is an office at best. The 9 by 15 room was more functional because you can get a bed at one end and a dresser and desk at the other. It is awkward but I've seen worse. Without seeing the house it isn't clear to me the rooms can be combined to be 3 larger bedrooms.
That half bath is interesting. What is that pipe going across it? It looks like it was an afterthought and "hey! we could use this for a half bath!" space.
Post by Velar Fricative on May 1, 2018 13:16:46 GMT -5
Honestly, it's not terrible. But I've lived in small spaces all my life before we bought our current house and my one requirement was more than one toilet (well, that and a dishwasher, and washer/dryer inside the house), so 1.5 bathrooms is fine with me (we've since added a second full bathroom in the basement, but we managed with 1.5 baths just fine since my family of six growing up shared only one full bathroom).
Like, the 15x6 bedroom would never be able to fit more than a twin bed but that's still fine. The fourth "bedroom" could be a closet or an office or something. The thought of knocking down walls makes me an anxious mess but maybe it's doable, especially if Susie is correct and they turned it into a frankenhouse in order to make it have four bedrooms.
Also, tiny bedrooms like that in general are not uncommon around here, even in the suburbs.
My mom's house has a bedroom that is probably 9x6. We refer to it as the baby room. She has a queen sized pullout couch in there and when it's open it basically takes up the entire room. It'd be fine for a nursery. Crib, chair, small changing table/dresser.
I was curious so I pulled up the map showing everything with at least 3 BR and 1.5 baths and clicked on the first thing I saw in the price range to which I am accustomed.
It's perfectly normal (and lovely) till you get to what I assume is the master suite.
The bedroom sizes don’t bother me. But the description says both bathrooms are on the first floor. Having to go downstairs to use the bathroom in the middle of the night would not work for me.
This cute but very basic (and one bath!!!! ONE!) was listed at $695k and closed for $850k: www.redfin.com/WA/Seattle/8323-10th-Ave-NW-98117/home/495040. That is par for the course right now. Tiny little houses are selling for goddamn near $1 million and going for $100k+ over asking.
I was curious so I pulled up the map showing everything with at least 3 BR and 1.5 baths and clicked on the first thing I saw in the price range to which I am accustomed.
It's perfectly normal (and lovely) till you get to what I assume is the master suite.