Master Bedroom: drives rent value

[David Edwards]

I am looking at a few designs for this duplex layout. There are complex reasons but just understand that I am limited in footprint and cannot add more total square footage to the build.

My opinion is that the Master bedroom sells the place to tenents, after all those in the master are paying the bill, and that a trade off to have an excellent master but a smaller size for the secondary bedrooms is acceptable. Secondary rooms will be 9x9 while the master is 15x10 main room with an en-suite, a 5x5 walk in and something we added due to covid times a second walk in that is 5x7 and could function as an office nook for those that work from home.

There is no other good place for an office in the home plans.

This design gives the home a great (comparatively) Master.

Alternativly, we could drop this idea for the second walk in/office nook but then be able to increase the junior bedrooms to 10x9 a small increase to the footprint of those rooms.

The livingroom/kitchen/dining areas is 10x29 feet. We could keep the master as it is now, with the two walk in closets and instead trim 2 feet off the living area, but then things may be a bit tight when you figure in walk paths and furniture etc.

what makes the most sense? Will renters want the master bedroom with 2 awesome closets while one can be a nice private work space (personally I work from home so I like the idea but I really shouldn't design a place to niche) or it can be maintained as a large walk in close which gives the room an A class feel? Critically will they want it enough to forgo considerations/concerns about other room sizes?

Thank you for your feedback!