# Should I get a sofabed or a single bed for a lodger?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-sofabed-or-a-single-bed-for-a-lodger/480215>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 7, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-sofabed-or-a-single-bed-for-a-lodger/480215 "2009-01-07T12:41:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-sofabed-or-a-single-bed-for-a-lodger/480215/41 "2009-01-08T14:40:53Z")

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Another vote for daybed. My guest bed looks like an extra-wide sofa with metal decoration on three sides during the day; take off the cushions at night and it’s a bed. There’s a folding bed underneath too.

My sofa isn’t a sofa, it’s a futon: again, room for two people. And no dreaded bars-in-the-middle.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-sofabed-or-a-single-bed-for-a-lodger/480215/42 "2009-01-08T15:01:23Z")

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Those daybeds look very nice indeed, but they’re far too big for the room, which is 2.4m x 3m or 8’ x 10’.

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**Author:** ![CutterJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@CutterJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CutterJohn)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-sofabed-or-a-single-bed-for-a-lodger/480215/43 "2009-01-08T17:48:01Z")

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If a person is going to be living in this room, I would not recommend a sofa bed, or really any sort of fold out, as the bed simply isn’t ever going to get folded up. You’ll spend more money for a less comfortable bed that has an unused function.

If I were going to live in a room that small, I would go for a loft arrangement, with a small couch or lazyboy underneath the bed.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-sofabed-or-a-single-bed-for-a-lodger/480215/44 "2009-01-14T18:05:51Z")

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Well, the intended lodger wanted a double bed and so we went for the sofa bed.

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