Are your current guineapigs sows? If they are then i do not see an issue with maybe trying to find another girl or a neutered boy to live with them to make a trio. I would not personally add another boy to a pair of boys, especially if they are well bonded.
No matter what the sex the pairs are i would not bother mixing them outside of their hutches. They may not like eachother and a fight could break out (and if they really do take objection fights can start lightning fast) and even if they will get along they will automatically start the bonding process of facing off and building a heirachy. It will confuse them to be constantly put together then seperated.
Yes they can go in a 2 storey hutch, just make sure you either have rungs or a material they can get their claws into covering the ramp, and if it's steep have a side attached to it so they cant come off the edge. My younger boys live in a 2 storey and love charging up and down.
An absolute minimum should be 4 ft by 2 ft but aim for larger. I do know some RSPCA centers will specify a hutch size they want from you.
I would recommend that you do what I did when I rehomed from the RSPCA rehoming officer: ask them for what housing they are looking for and in which dimensions before ordering anything - that way, you can't go wrong!
Whether you can mix your guinea pigs depends on the gender - sows you can try on neutral ground, boars no and mixed sexes a definite no unless the boars have been neutered.
I have two Aby brothers (6.5 mths) and adopted two little Coronets now 4.5 mths - they happily live alongside each other in a 12ft x 3ft C & C pen but are separated by grids. They can see, smell and chat to each other but have no physical contact (nose touching in short bouts The Aby's race to see what's going on if the Coronets wheek or have a tiff - almost paternal lol.
Am adopting two more very soon and have to build a 'loft' extension to house them, prefer to keep them in their 'own' space tbh. It's just peace of mind knowing they are content I think and they have their own little personalities.
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The Aby's race to see what's going on if the Coronets wheek or have a tiff - almost paternal lol.