What are the benefits of walk in closets?

Emeris yourself in the full walk in closet.
WE have two in our house and even as a guy I like the walk in closet.

What do you like about it @SQUEEKY2? What is the benefit?

It gives rich people more room to look at clothes they never wear.

They make a perfect den for your pet.

A great place to hide from the kids or to enjoy some afternoon delight when the kids won’t leave you alone.

It’s nice and quiet and private.You can actually turn it into a dressing area. Add a mirror to the door.

The big advantages are of course capacity and easy access to everything.

Easy access to everything. I like that! It could work!

I never met a person who needed more than to hear it’s a walk in closet. But if the closet is rather large, the dimensions would be nice. When I was house hunting and I would be lured by the mention of a walk in closet, I would be so annoyed when I would see a closet with wasted space that was actually quite cramp. All they did was make enough space for your to view the tiny area where your clothes hung up. I did end up buying a place with a small walk in closet but that was because the guest closet was twice as large and my home had and extra storage closet and 2 linen closets with one being a really large linen closet.

Pretty much everyone thinks walk-in closets are a luxury. You don’t have to say anything more than it is a walk-in closet for it to be considered a perk.

Sometimes, walk in closets don’t have as much hanging space as the closet in the next room that is simply a flat closet. The corners of the walk in often are not great usable space. What the walk-in does have is the feeling of space, empty space, it’s another room so to speak.

I think one thing people really like on walk-in closets besides the assumed luxury of space is it has a “real door” rather than bifold or sliding doors. People perceive that as more luxurious too. It looks visually more upgraded. The real door also often means more wall space for artwork or furniture.

In a brochure I’ve never seen someone mention the closet doors on a closet, or the wall space in a room, but you could mention all the doors if they have some sort of upgrade. “All doors 8’ six panel doors.” Something like that.

For the closets I’d just add an adjective:

Luxurious walk-in closets.

Large walk-in closets.

Spacious walk-in closets.

Walk-in closets with extra shelving. (And just add an extra shelf). Or, advertise extra hanging space, and double hand part of it. You can use the inexpensive wire shelves and bars. Most rentals just have the one shelf/bar combo.

If it has deep shelves for a linen closet that’s a big plus for me. 20” deep on one side for large items like bed comforters and blankets. Some markets just don’t think of that.

When my wife started staying in my house on occasion as my girlfriend I gave her ¼ of the walk-in too keep some stuff. When she moved in she got half. When we got married she started the relentless ingress on my side until I just gave her the whole thing and I took the small closet in another room. Now she is out of space again…..

Walk-in closets…still not big enough.

They offer ample room to store large items that will not fit in a standard closet, e.g. exercise equipment, vacuum cleaner,stowaway bed. One section can be for tools and hardware (if basements are not available).

When Ian was 2–3 we lived in an apartment that had walk in closets. The closet became his little play room, with a little tent and a touch-light and books.

I’d say for a walk in closet “You can never have enough closet space.”

We’re converting the upstairs in our holiday house and our bedroom has an ensuite bathroom and a walk in closet. It was just because the space was there – we changed our minds so many times about the layout. But I always wanted a walk in closet.

It’s easy to use the space all the way to the ceiling in a walk-in closet. It’s hard to do that when you have a doorway to deal with.

^^That’s a great point.

@Judi Will you let us know what you come up with please? I’m intrigued by this process

This has been niggling at the edges of my brain for a while.

What @jca said: “You can never have enough closet space”.

That reads as a negative. If I were making marketing materials, I’d say “You can never have too much closet space.”

Makes it sound more like “Look how big my closets are!” and less like “look how much storage space you need”.

Going back to shelving higher in a walk in, that’s similar to what I mentioned about double shelving as a perk. In a standard closet you can’t shelve above the door opening. In fact, you can’t really shelve above one foot below the door opening.

@Stinley, I need a short sentence so I think I’m going with what @dtanleybmanly said “Walk-in closets for easy access.”
My management company was wasting space by putting “120 units” on the brochure. I think that eliminates prospects instead of bringing them in.
The brochure should have one purpose, and that is to bring people back. It’s important to remind them why it was a great property