{"id":115874,"date":"2021-08-03T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T07:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/?p=115874"},"modified":"2026-05-07T07:14:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:14:45","slug":"cost-to-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/rental-market\/cost-to-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"1 in 3 Renters Are Looking to Upsize to an Extra Bedroom: What It Costs & Where to Upgrade for Less"},"content":{"rendered":"

Survey reveals that a third of apartment-hunters look for rentals with an extra bedroom to call \u201ehome office,\u201d as 75% don\u2019t have a dedicated space in their apartments for work. Upsizing by one extra room costs about $330, on average, our analysis shows.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

While some workers are gradually returning to offices this summer, many will still be able to do their jobs from home permanently \u2014 either full-time or in a hybrid system \u2014 and this is true for apartment renters, as well. To learn more about their arrangements, we surveyed more than 20,000 renters on rentcafe.com in May 2021 about working from their apartments and how they were managing in terms of space. What we found was that one-third (33%) of respondents confirmed that they were and would continue to work from home either full- or part-time for the foreseeable future.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Granted, space has been a persistent challenge for apartment-dwellers in the last year and a half. But, for that one-third, the realization that working from home is now a more permanent set-up has just turned a temporary need for extra space into a long-term necessity.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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