Secondary bedroom minimum size

Description

Secondary bedrooms should be at least 100 sq ft (10'×10') to accommodate a queen or full bed with desk space.

Why this exists

Secondary bedrooms below ~100 sq ft fit a twin bed with no room for a desk or dresser. Useful as a 'guest room' but not a child's primary bedroom.

Categories

Source

Solver enforcement

The constraint solver runs check function sty-secondary-bedroom-01 as a soft constraint with weight 5.

Backed by research

• Secondary bedrooms below 100 sq ft fit a twin bed with no room for a desk or dresser. Useful as a guest room but not as a child's primary bedroom.

  Ramsey et al. (2017), Wiley (12th edition, AIA) — Residential layout

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Related directives

• Living room minimum size · LIVING-ROOM-SIZE
• Family room minimum size · FAMILY-ROOM-SIZE
• Dining room sizing · DINING-ROOM-SIZE
• Primary bedroom minimum size · MASTER-BEDROOM-SIZE
• Secondary bedroom minimum size · SECONDARY-BEDROOM-SIZE