Convert 3 bed to 4 bed - floorplan help please

I like the way you think and pound for pound in 2770 say, an identical looking house that's 4x1 vs 3x1 will get more in rent correct?

 

Considered converting the garage into a room?

Can give a positive rental outcome for those that need occasional extra space. Especially in working from home households.

I am not suggesting Ruprecht live outside in the garage just a way to say there is extra over and above 3 bedders.

 

Absolutely! Housing department build mostly 3 x 1's, so a 4 bedder will get a premium.

 

You know I don't think I've come across a single property manager for any of my IPs who've said adding a bedroom's a good idea....my personal view is they think like OOs where everything has to be perfectly dimensioned. I don't have all the answers and that's why I'm asking, but the couple of times where I've added a bedroom under the roofline, it's paid off as long as the living areas aren't too pokey.

There are a lot of renters that look for value and are price sensitive and would prefer a 4 bed at the lowest end vs a 3 bed in the middle or upper end of its price bracket.

 

Nah wont work, its a detached, standalone metal/colorbond garage.

 

It may come down to the suburb...the lower end where rents < $400/500, people may be less fussy. But again, I don't know it all.

 

Not sure how the yard orientates but is it possible to move the kitchen living to the front looking over the patio and have the bedrooms at the back with the laundry now becoming an ensuite to the larger brown room. Still small but the living area flows better in an open plan and you could enclose the patio to make it have the indoor/outdoor feel.

 

The only other option I can think of is to put Bedroom 4 here by taking a smidge off Bed 3. It does mean taking out the laundry but allows you to open up the lounge/kitchen and you can probably find a spot for a cupboard laundry in the new rejigged kitchen

 

The yard is at the back behind the kitchen (unfortunately no large sliding doors atm leading to back). Be honest I've never contemplated that floorplan so thanks, will add it to the mix.

 

Thanks.. that would be a 4x1. Dont think there's any room for an ensuite (if I wanted to bear the cost in the first place).

 

Correct is does not give you a second bathroom but at that price point in Adelaide they might be ok with one bathroom. What it does achieve is 4 bedrooms without compromising the living area.

 

Sure it does.... Shave 1m off of the far right hand wall of bed 1, making it 3.3x3.5 (still big enough). Put shower at one end, toilet at the other & small skinny vanity in the middle, opposite the door.

 

OK thanks. You did allude to that.