The more I think about the “spare bedroom” stuff, the more of a fiasco it is in my mind. 1) Plenty of married couples don’t or can’t sleep in the same bed, more than you might expect, for all sorts of reasons. 2) If you have a 15 year old son and a newborn baby daughter, guess who’s not getting a full night’s sleep while in high school but also has to keep the lights and all devices off after 8pm? And the decor disagreements! 3) No one is ever allowed to plan for the future. “I just had twins, a boy and a girl, I know they’ll need 2 rooms in 10 years by these standards.” Too bad! Move then, and not a day sooner or later! 4) At least in the US, rooms are legally bedrooms or not based on means of egress and minimum size. Not by use. You think this is a home office? Nope, bedroom, sorry.
The more I think about the “spare bedroom” stuff, the more of a fiasco it is in my mind. 1) Plenty of married couples don’t or can’t sleep in the same bed, more than you might expect, for all sorts of reasons. 2) If you have a 15 year old son and a newborn baby daughter, guess who’s not getting a full night’s sleep while in high school but also has to keep the lights and all devices off after 8pm? And the decor disagreements! 3) No one is ever allowed to plan for the future. “I just had twins, a boy and a girl, I know they’ll need 2 rooms in 10 years by these standards.” Too bad! Move then, and not a day sooner or later! 4) At least in the US, rooms are legally bedrooms or not based on means of egress and minimum size. Not by use. You think this is a home office? Nope, bedroom, sorry.