house with unusual layout

w00519772

i viewed a house today and quite liked it.

the layout is unusual ie there is a kitchen and lounge on the first floor. One bedroom on ground floor; one on first and one on second.

is this likely to put anyone off if i want a lodger or want to sell in the future? The entrance is on the ground floor.

highguyuk

Everyone is different. If you liked it, others will too.

ihatemyhouse

you mean a 3 story house


are bed rooms big

Talc1234

Lodgers will like the idea of having a separate floor as this means more privacy for both of you.

Families with small children may prefer to have all the bedrooms on the same floor but not everyone is a family with small children.

Having a kitchen on the first floor will mean having to hump shopping and refuse up and down the stairs. Where is the bathroom?

AnnieO1234

We viewed something something similar on a strata development, I can see it working for someone with an older teen giving them freedom to come and go but no-one with younger kids will want them on ground floor. Also I personally prefer to sleep upstairs. The home we viewed was beautiful and would have suited a professional couple with no kids.

I know some will say every property will alienate someone which is true but these untraditional homes alienate several groups at once.

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G_M

Yeah - bathroom?

If on top floor it's a pain for the ground floor bedroom..... (or vice verse)

moneyistooshorttomention

Personally, I wouldn't be put off by an unconventional layout.

The first thought occurring to me is that having a bedroom on the "entrance floor" would be convenient for someone who (for whatever reason) either had (or might like to make arrangements in case of) illness that meant it was problematic to climb stairs to bed.

I gather that often people with heart complaints, for instance, find it problematic to climb stairs to bed. I don't intend to put up with any heart complaints I ever come up with personally...but for those who would put up/live with this then it is pretty common in our society and I think they would be glad of this for instance. No need to move home if they were seriously ill or ever got to be in the future.

Also the teenagers wanting their own "floor" scenario.

No reason whatsoever not to consider an unconventional layout imo.

phoebe1989seb

Personally I would rather sleep upstairs, but we have had a couple of houses with unconventional layouts and appreciate they do suit certain people......

Last house (very old, moved location and extended much later) had only two bedrooms on the first floor. Downstairs had kitchen, bathroom, shower room, conservatory and five further rooms. Whilst this layout suited us when we down-sized from a much larger house, we knew it would be harder to sell to a family with young kids. As it happened our buyers (with three kids) decided to use one upstairs bedroom for their newborn and the other for themselves - we'd added an ensuite to this room - whilst the two older kids (11 and 12) had two of the ground floor rooms which worked well as there were two shower rooms

Current house (not as old, around 200 years, but with nasty 1980s annexe extension) had three beds on first floor, two on second and one on the ground floor (in annexe). We intended to do away with the annexe bedroom after it became apparent my parents wouldn't be able to benefit from it, then re-thought as we felt that future purchasers may appreciate the option of a d/s bedroom for a variety of reasons......elderly/disabled relative, teenage kids, or just having a master bedroom with French doors onto the garden Instead of getting rid of the d/s bathroom we've re-sited it and replaced it with a shower room. We will use the space as an extra *Summer sitting room* but leaving options open for when we sell.

I like quirky/unconventional layouts - not necessarily 'cos I'll use the space that way myself, but because often they give you more options

theoretica

If the first floor view is better than the ground floor I can see if being a great idea to spend more of your awake time there, and it could be harder for people from the street to see in.

nearlyrich

We have a ground floor bedroom we used it as a guest room/ 2nd lounge when the kids were at home now it's my home office..

pinkteapot

Last house my mum rented was a three storey townhouse.

Ground floor had a single bedroom and a shower room.
Middle floor lounge, kitchen and dining room.
Top floor two bedrooms and a bathroom.

The ground floor bedroom would only appeal to a teenager or older. Most people wouldn't really want a young kid on the ground floor, by the front door, when they're two floors above them.

I find the house you've looked at a bit odd in that there's only one bedroom on the top floor. If the middle floor has three rooms, the top bedroom must be huge - could it be split in two? I say this because not even having two bedrooms on the same floor may put off family buyers. Last thing you want is a nursery on a different floor to you (if it can be helped).

What else can you get for the same money? As this has an unconventional layout, it might mean that it's bigger than other houses for your budget, so then you just need to weigh up how well the layout works for you...