diff --git a/src/components/structures/LoggedInView.tsx b/src/components/structures/LoggedInView.tsx
index 26e127f21f..1769a96400 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/LoggedInView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/LoggedInView.tsx
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ interface IState {
     backgroundImage?: string;
 }
 
+const NEW_ROOM_LIST_MIN_WIDTH = 224;
 /**
  * This is what our MatrixChat shows when we are logged in. The precise view is
  * determined by the page_type property.
@@ -261,10 +262,15 @@ class LoggedInView extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
         let panelCollapsed: boolean;
         const useNewRoomList = SettingsStore.getValue("feature_new_room_list");
         // TODO decrease this once Spaces launches as it'll no longer need to include the 56px Community Panel
-        const toggleSize = useNewRoomList ? 224 : 206 - 50;
+        const toggleSize = useNewRoomList ? NEW_ROOM_LIST_MIN_WIDTH : 206 - 50;
+
         const collapseConfig: ICollapseConfig = {
             toggleSize,
             onCollapsed: (collapsed) => {
+                if (useNewRoomList) {
+                    // The new room list does not support collapsing.
+                    return;
+                }
                 panelCollapsed = collapsed;
                 if (collapsed) {
                     dis.dispatch({ action: "hide_left_panel" });
@@ -281,11 +287,13 @@ class LoggedInView extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
                 this.props.resizeNotifier.startResizing();
             },
             onResizeStop: () => {
-                if (!panelCollapsed) window.localStorage.setItem("mx_lhs_size", "" + panelSize);
+                // Always save the lhs size for the new room list.
+                if (useNewRoomList || !panelCollapsed) window.localStorage.setItem("mx_lhs_size", "" + panelSize);
                 this.props.resizeNotifier.stopResizing();
             },
             isItemCollapsed: (domNode) => {
-                return domNode.classList.contains("mx_LeftPanel_minimized");
+                // New rooms list does not support collapsing.
+                return !useNewRoomList && domNode.classList.contains("mx_LeftPanel_minimized");
             },
             handler: this.resizeHandler.current ?? undefined,
         };
@@ -299,8 +307,11 @@ class LoggedInView extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
     }
 
     private loadResizerPreferences(): void {
+        const useNewRoomList = SettingsStore.getValue("feature_new_room_list");
         let lhsSize = parseInt(window.localStorage.getItem("mx_lhs_size")!, 10);
-        if (isNaN(lhsSize)) {
+        // If the user has not set a size, or for the new room list if the size is less than the minimum width,
+        // set a default size.
+        if (isNaN(lhsSize) || (useNewRoomList && lhsSize < NEW_ROOM_LIST_MIN_WIDTH)) {
             lhsSize = 350;
         }
         this.resizer?.forHandleWithId("lp-resizer")?.resize(lhsSize);
diff --git a/test/unit-tests/components/structures/LoggedInView-test.tsx b/test/unit-tests/components/structures/LoggedInView-test.tsx
index 6d24cbe416..dd88625509 100644
--- a/test/unit-tests/components/structures/LoggedInView-test.tsx
+++ b/test/unit-tests/components/structures/LoggedInView-test.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,27 @@ import { Action } from "../../../../src/dispatcher/actions";
 import Modal from "../../../../src/Modal";
 import { SETTINGS } from "../../../../src/settings/Settings";
 
+// Create a mock resizer instance that can be shared across tests
+const mockResizerInstance = {
+    attach: jest.fn(),
+    detach: jest.fn(),
+    forHandleWithId: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ resize: jest.fn() }),
+    setClassNames: jest.fn(),
+};
+
+// Mock the Resizer module
+jest.mock("../../../../src/resizer", () => {
+    const originalModule = jest.requireActual("../../../../src/resizer");
+    return {
+        ...originalModule,
+        Resizer: jest.fn().mockImplementation((container, distributorBuilder, collapseConfig) => {
+            // Store the callbacks globally for test access
+            (global as any).__resizeCallbacks = collapseConfig;
+            return mockResizerInstance;
+        }),
+    };
+});
+
 describe("<LoggedInView />", () => {
     const userId = "@alice:domain.org";
     const mockClient = getMockClientWithEventEmitter({
@@ -475,4 +496,84 @@ describe("<LoggedInView />", () => {
             expect(mockClient.deleteExtendedProfileProperty).toHaveBeenCalledWith("us.cloke.msc4175.tz");
         });
     });
+
+    describe("resizer preferences", () => {
+        let mockResize: jest.Mock;
+        let mockForHandleWithId: jest.Mock;
+        beforeEach(() => {
+            // Clear localStorage before each test
+            window.localStorage.clear();
+
+            mockResize = jest.fn();
+            mockForHandleWithId = jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ resize: mockResize });
+
+            // Update the shared mock instance for this test
+            mockResizerInstance.forHandleWithId = mockForHandleWithId;
+
+            // Clear any global callback state
+            delete (global as any).__resizeCallbacks;
+        });
+
+        it("should call resize with default size when localStorage contains NaN value", () => {
+            // Set invalid value in localStorage that will result in NaN
+            window.localStorage.setItem("mx_lhs_size", "not-a-number");
+
+            getComponent();
+
+            // Verify that when lhsSize is NaN, it defaults to 350 and calls resize
+            expect(mockForHandleWithId).toHaveBeenCalledWith("lp-resizer");
+            expect(mockResize).toHaveBeenCalledWith(350);
+        });
+
+        it("should use existing size when localStorage contains valid value", () => {
+            // Set valid value in localStorage
+            window.localStorage.setItem("mx_lhs_size", "400");
+
+            getComponent();
+
+            // Verify the resize method was called with the stored size (400)
+            expect(mockResize).toHaveBeenCalledWith(400);
+        });
+
+        it("should enforce minimum width for new room list when stored size is zero", async () => {
+            // Enable new room list feature
+            await SettingsStore.setValue("feature_new_room_list", null, SettingLevel.DEVICE, true);
+
+            // 0 represents the collapsed state for the old room list, which could have been set before the new room list was enabled
+            window.localStorage.setItem("mx_lhs_size", "0");
+
+            getComponent();
+
+            // Verify the resize method was called with the default size (350) when stored size is below minimum
+            expect(mockResize).toHaveBeenCalledWith(350);
+        });
+
+        it("should not set localStorage to 0 when resizing lp-resizer to minimum width for new room list", async () => {
+            // Enable new room list feature and mock SettingsStore
+            await SettingsStore.setValue("feature_new_room_list", null, SettingLevel.DEVICE, true);
+
+            const minimumWidth = 224; // NEW_ROOM_LIST_MIN_WIDTH
+
+            // Render the component
+            getComponent();
+
+            // Get the callbacks that were captured during resizer creation
+            const callbacks = (global as any).__resizeCallbacks;
+
+            // Create a mock DOM node for isItemCollapsed to check
+            const domNode = {
+                classList: {
+                    contains: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(true), // Simulate the error where mx_LeftPanel_minimized is present
+                },
+            } as any;
+
+            callbacks.onResized(minimumWidth);
+            const isCollapsed = callbacks.isItemCollapsed(domNode);
+            callbacks.onCollapsed(isCollapsed); // Not collapsed for new room list
+            callbacks.onResizeStop();
+
+            // Verify localStorage was set to the minimum width (224), not 0
+            expect(window.localStorage.getItem("mx_lhs_size")).toBe("224");
+        });
+    });
 });