Standard Size of Rooms in Residential Building

Drawing or Living Room

Drawing room should be located in the middle of the building and should be connected to the
front verandah and dining place. It should be well-lighted and ventilated.

Standard size of drawing room: 4200mm (14ft) x 4800 mm (16ft) to 5400mm (18ft) x 7200mm
(24ft)

Bedrooms

Bedrooms should be so located that they are well ventilated and at the same time provide
privacy. Generally, they should be located on the sides of the building so that at least one wall is
exposed for good ventilation and lighting.

Standard size of bedrooms: 3000mm (10ft) x 3600mm (12ft) to 4200mm (14ft) x 4800mm (16ft)

Guest Room

Guest room should be well lighted and ventilated. It should be located on one side of the
building, generally by the side of the drawing room.

Standard size of guest room: 3000mm (10ft) x 3600mm (12ft)

Verandah The best location for verandah is south and west. If the frontage of the building is east
then they are located in east also.

Verandah have width: 1800mm (6ft) to 3000mm (10ft)

Office Room

Office rooms should be on one side of front verandah, disconnected from other rooms.
Sometimes an office room serves the purpose of guest room and vice versa.

Standard size of office room: 3000mm (10ft) x 3600mm (12ft)

Dining Room

Dining room should be provided in rear of the drawing or living room and near the kitchen.

Size of bedrooms may range from: 3600mm (12ft) x 4200mm (14ft) to 4200mm (14ft) x
4800mm (16ft)

Kitchen

Kitchen should be provided in rear corner of the building but NE corner is the best.

Standard size of kitchen rooms: 2500mm (8ft) x 3900mm (13ft) to 3000mm (10ft) x 3600mm
(12ft)

Store Room

Store rooms should be located near the kitchen and should have sufficient number of racks.

Standard size of store room: 2500mm (8ft) x 2500mm (8ft) to 3000mm (10ft) x 3000mm (10ft)

Pantry

Pantry is a small room adjacent to dining room for keeping cooked food.

Size of pantry may range from: 2500mm (8ft) x 3000mm (10ft)

Bathroom and WC

Now-a-days it has become common practice to provide attached bathroom and water closets with
each bedroom. This is preferable only when good drainage and water supply is available.

Common sizes of bathroom and water closet:

Bath and WC (combined): 1800mm x 1800mm to 1800mm x 2500mm

Bathroom (separate): 1200mm x 1800mm

WC (separate): 1200mm x 1200mm

In a residential building, there should be following types of rooms :- Living room, Master bed
room, Child bed room, Guest Bed Room, Dining room, Kitchen, Bath room, Dressing room,
Foyer, Store Room, Pantry, Office room etc.

Besides, some other types of rooms like study room can also be included in your residential
building.

Given below the standard sizes of the above mentioned rooms:

Standard size of living room: the standard size of a living room should be under:

Small: 12′ x 18′ (3600mm x 5400mm)

Medium: 16′ x 20′ (4800mm x 6000mm)
Large: 22′ x 28′ (6600mm x 8400mm)

Standard size of master bed room: The size of Master bed room should have been larger as
compared to other bed rooms. The standard size should be as under:-

Small: 12′ x 14′ (3600mm x 4200mm)

Medium: 14′ x 20′ (4200mm x 6000mm)
Large: 16′ x 24′ (4800mm x 7200mm)

Size of child bed room: The size of child bed room should be similar to the size of normal bed
room. The standard size is given below:-

Small: 10′ x 12′ (3000mm x 3600mm)

Medium: 12′ x 14′ (3600mm x 4200mm)
Large: 14′ x 16′ (4200mm x 4800mm)

Standard size of guest bed room: Guest bed room is also known as common bed room.

The standard size of guest bed room should be as follow:

Small: 10′ x 12′ (3000mm x 3600mm)

Medium: 12′ x 14′ (3600mm x 4200mm)
Large: 14′ x 16′ (4200mm x 4800mm)

Standard size of dining room: If dining room is segregated from living room then the standard
size of dining room should be as follow :-

Small: 10′ x 12′ (3000mm x 3600mm)

Medium: 12′ x 14′ (3600mm x 4200mm)
Large: 14′ x16′ (4200mm x 4800mm)
Standard size of kitchen room: The standard size of the kitchen room should be as follow:

Small: 5′ x 10′ (1500mm x 3000mm)

Medium: 8′ x 13′ (2500mm x 3900mm)
Large: 10′ x 12′ (3000mm x 3600mm)

Standard size of dressing room: The standard size of dressing room should be as follow:

Small: 4′ x 4′ (1200mm x 1200mm)

Medium: 5′ x 5′ (1500mm x 1500mm)
Large: 6′ x 6′ (1800mm x 1800mm)