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Preferred size for a walk-in closet?
"h" wrote in message ... We're going to be putting a second story over our existing living, which will become our master bedroom. The new space will be a perfect rectangle, 23'x18'. This space is for the bedroom and closet. We're going to put in a walk-in closet, but are debating how big it needs to be. In our current bedroom we have a walk-in that's 8'x10', and it's much more space than we need. We keep suitcases and sports gear in there and it's nowhere near full.We are both VERY low-maintenance, and DH actually has more hanging clothing than I do. I'm planning a closet with a center door, two hanging racks (one down each side), with some shelving above the racks and floor-to-ceiling shelves/storage on the far wall across from the door between the racks. The architect is telling me that a walk-in "should" be "at least" 10'x12' or we "won't be able to sell the house". Since we plan to be carried out of here feet first, we couldn't care less about resale. Plus, I refuse to design new construction solely for "perceived" resale value when I plan to live here for at least 35 more years. I don't care what the architect says, I neither want nor need a closet that big especially since we will still have the current master closet for storage when that room becomes the guest room, plus the tiny closets in the other two bedrooms (office and exercise room). So...those of you with walk-in closets - how big are they and do you wish your closet was bigger or smaller? I see a lot of closets in my installation business. Newer homes have larger closets. Closets are also sized along with the selling price of the home, bigger = bigger. The latest trend I am seeing on the upper end homes is that most people store all their clothing in the closet. Many of the high end ones have built in drawers and sweater shelves and so on. One could spend almost as much in a master closet as they do on kitchen cabinets. - A 300K plus home should have at least a 10x12 for the MBR. Most newer 200K homes have that as a minimum for the MBR. Our MB is to the rear of our BR and one walks a short hall to enter it. There is a walk-in closet to the left and right of that hall. Both were built as 6x8 with a bypass door on the center of the 8' span. There is a chase for the chimney out of one taking a 2x2 cut in the corner. I use that one and the wife overflows the larger one. I, personally store nothing in drawers except out of season items. I even hang my tee-shirts. Socks and jockys are in a wire basket. Everything I use on a daily basis is in the closet. I don't do it that way to emulate the bigger homes, I do it that way because I like it that way. For my lifestyle I have more than enough room, but keep in mind that clothes aren't my thing. Men with lots of suits, suit jackets and shoes or boots would most likely fill it. I see closets larger than both ours that are overflowing with clothes. Depends on the lifestyle of the homeowner. I realize you don't give a hoot about resale right now but only a fool would completely disregard it. Think about the neighborhood, what type of buyer would buy your remodeled home? Consider the price range. Make an informed choice and do what you want. It is your home. -- Colbyt Please come visit http://www.househomerepair.com |
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"Colbyt" wrote: A 300K plus home should have at least a 10x12 for the MBR. Most newer 200K homes have that as a minimum for the MBR. Home prices are absolutely meaningless as a reference for closet size, unless you name a specific neighborhood in a specific city, which then makes them pretty much meaningless anyway on a worldwide discussion forum. (You can't buy a 600 sq. ft. 2 bed, 1 bath cottage for less than $850K around here, with the possible exception of a shack in the slums, then you're down around 700K.) |
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"Colbyt" wrote in message ... I realize you don't give a hoot about resale right now but only a fool would completely disregard it. Think about the neighborhood, what type of buyer would buy your remodeled home? Consider the price range. Make an informed choice and do what you want. It is your home. I live out in the boonies and can only see most of my neighbors in the winter when there are no leaves. We have tiny 600 sq ft farmhouses and 5000 sq ft McMansions in the mile-and-a-half between my house and the nearest cross street. There are also several other in-home businesses on this road, so it seems to be more about how you intend to use the house rather than its selling price. The McMansions seem to be 4br, 5.5baths, with gobs of wasted "living space", vaulted ceilings, etc. My final living space will be about 3800 sq ft, with 4br, 3.5baths, separate office and huge workspace. My architect says it's really 6br, because the office and the workspace count as bedrooms. Umm, no. |
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My final living space will be about 3800 sq ft, with 4br, 3.5baths, separate office and huge workspace. My architect says it's really 6br, because the office and the workspace count as bedrooms. Umm, no. in our area, if it has a closet, it's a bedroom. you should check with your tax code to see what it is in your area. |
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On May 19, 12:30*pm, "chaniarts"
wrote: h wrote: My final living space will be about 3800 sq ft, with 4br, 3.5baths, separate office and huge workspace. My architect says it's really 6br, because the office and the workspace count as bedrooms. Umm, no. in our area, if it has a closet, it's a bedroom. you should check with your tax code to see what it is in your area. That's generally the distinction, but in my last house it was the other way around. The tax roles defined the number of bedrooms. We had to pay $6K to list our house as three bedroom. The builder apparently had it listed as a two bedroom, though it clearly had three. |
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"chaniarts" wrote in message ... h wrote: My final living space will be about 3800 sq ft, with 4br, 3.5baths, separate office and huge workspace. My architect says it's really 6br, because the office and the workspace count as bedrooms. Umm, no. in our area, if it has a closet, it's a bedroom. you should check with your tax code to see what it is in your area. Exactly. Since neither the workspace nor the office will have a closet, neither is a bedroom. The architect doesn't get it. |
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