None of the 46 home designs we can build fits four bedrooms onto a block narrower than 10 metres. Every design drawn for a 6m or 7.5m frontage has two or three bedrooms, so the width of your block decides whether a four-bedroom home is on the table before anything else does.
At 10m and wider, the choice opens up. Twenty-three of our designs have four or more bedrooms:
- 18 four-bedroom family homes, from one design at 10m to fourteen at 12.5m.
- 5 dual-living designs at 15m, with four to six bedrooms split across a main home and a self-contained second dwelling.
All of them are single-storey. Our builder panel specialises in single-storey homes, with select double-storey options available on request.
Four-bedroom designs by frontage
| Frontage | Four-bedroom designs | Designs |
|---|---|---|
| Under 10m | 0 | None. All 6m and 7.5m designs have two or three bedrooms |
| 10m | 1 | The Horizon |
| 10.5m | 3 | The Velocity, The Momentum, The Collective |
| 12.5m | 14 | The Avon, The Beacon Hill, The Butler’s Pantry, The Grandstand, Kings Park, The Landmark, The Legacy Ridge, The Lookout, The Maker, The Monolith, The Sculpted Coast, The Southern Cross, The Swan, The Zenith |
| 15m | 5 (dual living) | The Duplex, The Yield, The Cornerstone, The Legacy, The Dual Income |
Every one of the 18 single-dwelling designs has two bathrooms and a double garage. Of the ones whose floor area is published, they range from 170m² (The Momentum) to 223m² (The Grandstand).
If your block is under 12.5m, the shortlist is short. If it is 12.5m, the shortlist is long, and the choice comes down to what each design does with the rest of the floor plan. Our guide to narrow lot home designs covers the narrower frontages in detail.
Four bedrooms is the easy part
Most of these homes share the basics: four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a master suite with a walk-in robe and ensuite, open-plan living with an island or U-shaped kitchen, and an alfresco. What separates them is the extra room, where the bedrooms sit, the kitchen, and how the home lets light in. Those are the questions worth deciding before you look at facades.
1. What does the extra room do?
Many four-bedroom designs add a fifth space, and what it is for is the biggest difference between them.
- A home theatre. The Avon, The Beacon Hill, The Butler’s Pantry, Kings Park, The Landmark, The Legacy Ridge, The Lookout, The Monolith and The Sculpted Coast all have a dedicated theatre room, and The Horizon puts its theatre at the rear behind the living area.
- A theatre that becomes a bedroom. The Velocity, at 10.5m, has a theatre that can convert to a fifth bedroom as the family grows.
- A study or office as well. The Monolith has both a dedicated study and a theatre. The Grandstand has a theatre, a home office and a walk-in pantry. The Legacy Ridge adds a flexible fifth room alongside its theatre, for kids, guests or a hobby.
- No extra room, by design. The Collective keeps the layout simple and does not ask any room to do two jobs. If you would rather have bigger rooms than more of them, that matters.
If you work from home, a dedicated study is not the same as a theatre with a desk in it. Decide which you need before you shortlist.
2. Where do the bedrooms sit?
How the bedrooms are arranged tells you who the home suits.
- A separate kids’ wing. The Landmark, The Maker, The Lookout and The Zenith keep the secondary bedrooms together in their own zone, away from the master. The Grandstand goes further: its separate kids’ or guest wing has its own bathroom with a soaking tub, which suits teenagers or a visiting parent.
- The master at the front. The Zenith and The Beacon Hill put the master suite at the front of the home, away from the family living at the rear.
- The master in the middle. The Horizon runs from minor bedrooms at the front, through the master in the centre, to the living and theatre at the rear, so sleeping and entertaining never overlap.
With young children, a master close to the other bedrooms is often easier. With teenagers, distance is usually the point.
3. How hard does the kitchen work?
Four of these designs have a scullery behind the kitchen: The Swan, The Beacon Hill, Kings Park and The Butler’s Pantry. Several others, including The Grandstand, The Maker, The Sculpted Coast and The Velocity, have a walk-in pantry. If you are not sure which you need, our guide to the difference between a butler’s pantry and a scullery sets out what each one gives you.
Two smaller features make daily life easier and are worth looking for:
- A shopper’s entry from the garage to the kitchen: The Grandstand, The Zenith and The Southern Cross.
- A drop zone at the entry for bags, shoes and keys: The Avon, The Butler’s Pantry and The Southern Cross.
4. How does the home bring in light and outdoor space?
Most of these designs put the open-plan living and alfresco across the back of the house. Two take a different approach:
- A central courtyard. The Lookout and The Momentum are both built around a central courtyard that brings light into the middle of the home. The Momentum fits that, plus three wet areas, into 170m² at 10.5m.
- A central alfresco. Kings Park places its alfresco between the kitchen and the outdoor living area, so the cook stays connected to guests inside and out.
Which approach suits depends heavily on your block. A rear-living design works best where north is at the back of the block; a courtyard design copes better where it is not. Our guide to which way your house should face explains how to read a block for this before you choose.
Five or six bedrooms: the 15m dual-living designs
All five of our 15m designs include a self-contained second dwelling with its own kitchen and bathroom. They suit multi-generational families, or owners who want to live in one part and let the other.
- The Duplex: four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a three-car carport.
- The Yield: five bedrooms, three bathrooms and triple garaging.
- The Cornerstone: a three-bedroom front residence and a two-bedroom rear residence.
- The Legacy and The Dual Income: six bedrooms each across the main home and second dwelling.
A dual-living home is a different decision from a four-bedroom family home, with its own questions about the block, approvals and finance. Our page on dual key homes in Perth covers how they work.
How to choose between them
A short list of questions settles most of the shortlist:
- What is the exact frontage of the block? It decides which designs are possible at all. Measure from the land sales contract or plan, not the brochure.
- Do you need a fourth bedroom, or a flexible room? The Latitude, at 10m, deliberately trades a fourth bedroom for a theatre, walk-in pantry and dual walk-in robes. Sometimes three good bedrooms and a study beat four.
- Who sleeps where? Choose between a kids’ wing, a front master or a master close to the other bedrooms based on the ages in the house over the next decade, not just this year.
- Theatre, study or both? Count the rooms you would actually use.
- Which way does the block face? Match a rear-living or courtyard design to the orientation of the land.
- What do the site costs look like? The same design can cost quite differently on two blocks. We check site costs on your actual block before you commit, and our guide to comparing builder quotes shows how to make sure every quote prices the same job.
Where House & Land Co fits
We are an independent building broker, not a builder. We work with a panel of WA builders, so we can start from your block and your brief and work back to the designs that fit, rather than steering you to one builder’s range. Our service costs you nothing, because the builder you choose pays us; how we get paid is set out in full.
You can browse every design with floor plans on our home designs page. If you have a block in mind, or want to know which four-bedroom designs fit the land you are looking at, contact our team.
Common questions
What frontage do I need for a four-bedroom home in Perth?
In our catalogue, at least 10m. The Horizon is the only four-bedroom design at 10m, three more fit 10.5m, and fourteen are drawn for 12.5m. Other builders’ ranges differ, so check the frontage each design is drawn for.
Are your four-bedroom designs single-storey?
Yes. Our builder panel specialises in single-storey designs, with select double-storey options available on request.
How many bathrooms do four-bedroom designs usually have?
All 18 of our single-dwelling four-bedroom designs have two bathrooms: an ensuite to the master and a main bathroom. The Momentum adds a third wet area, so the ensuite does not need to be shared.
Can a four-bedroom home have a theatre room and a study?
Yes. The Monolith and The Grandstand both have a dedicated study or office as well as a theatre. Most of the others have one or the other.
Which four-bedroom design is best for a family?
There is no single answer. It depends on the block’s width and orientation, the ages of the children, and whether you need a study, a theatre or neither. We can shortlist the designs that fit your block and brief at no cost to you.
General information only. Design details are taken from our current catalogue and can change; confirm the floor plan, inclusions and price for your block in writing with your builder before you sign.
