Ideas on separating a rental unit bedrooms

[Steve Cho]

Hi all,

I am a new investor looking to getting into the rental property business in an apartment. I found a good unit that is being sold as a 2B/2B in a location that I like and am familiar with. Initially, I was thinking I could rent this out to a person/couple or to two friends who might want to be roommates. However, for some reason, the rooms in this unit (and the whole apartment) do not have actual doors (picture and blueprint attached). I feel that for a single person or a couple, this would not be a dealbreaker as one room could be used as the main bedroom and one as an office/personal space. However, for two people being roommates, some privacy would be better I think...

What would be the best way to somehow install doors or some kind of separation? The larger bedroom has a pretty narrow opening that a traditional door likely wouldn't fit. The other bedroom has two openings that make it a bit awkward as well.

Options I am thinking of

1) Thick curtains/drapes: easiest to install, provides some privacy. Fits the relatively narrow spaces well.

2) Sliding doors: a little more privacy but more difficult to install.

3) Walls: possibly need a permit, but might be easier. Thinking possibly two options (pictures below)

Any suggestions or thoughts would be highly appreciated! I am a completely new investor-wannabe and am trying to make this work.

Thank you.

[Theresa Harris]

I agree with the others that the room on the left is not a bedroom and the place shouldn't be marketed as that.  If you want to block it off, I'd do something similar to your diagram on the bottom left where the door to the new bedroom is closer to the bathroom.  In the living area, you could now pop a bookcase in that small 'dead' spot to the left of that window or a plant.