Can anyone help with floor layout

wifeforlife

Hope the picture shows!

We're purchasing a new build, the ground floor layout is great, however I really want to make the upstairs a 3 bed, 3 bathroom layout.

This will be our long term home, we're not having anymore kids so we want to use all the space just for us.

The difficulty I'm having is trying to give the kids equal space, so would love any opinions on how to achieve this.

Tia

lee111s

Interesting.

You could block up the door to the study, move the door to bedroom 4 flush with the wall on the left of the stairs. Move the stud wall between bedroom 4 and the study to the right of the plan so that's in line with the newly position door this creating a bigger bedroom. Then turn the study into an en suite. Only real difficulty will be pipe work.

You could seal up the door into the main bathroom and split the room in two and create two further en suites out of that space. Maybe not full en suites depending on space but definitely shower rooms. The only problem you have is no master bathroom and no bath. If you don't plan on selling for a long time then I wouldn't let that alone put you off!

To be honest seems a lot of hassle just so thay the kids have everything equal. Remember they'll be moving out one day!

lee111s

Probably easier would just be to turn the study or the 4th bedroom into another bathroom.

Actually a much better option! You'll be able to get a water feed and run waste pipes into/from the master en suite if you simply create a bathroom out of bedroom 4.

Doozergirl

How big do you want the kids rooms to be? You want a master bed for you then two equal rooms for the kids?

The main challenge is drainage locations, window locations and the internal block walls which will have some structural work to do. The builder isn't going to be keen on moving those.

The rooms aren't exactly small - If you want three baths then I would split the bathroom lengthways. Beds 2 & 3 equal sizes and mirror images of each. Both have ensuites and you can add a new storage cupboard into the hall next to the tank.

Both room will be 3.9m by about 3m. The en-suites only need to be 90cm wide, but the stud walls need to be built to fit the shower trays. The existing planned window will need to move but as it's side, the current position isn't essential. Windows in both would be nice, above the loos but layout there is perfect for drainage.

Terrible drawing for you:


You can have a dressing room instead of Bed 4. Move your door to the top of the stairs instead of the far landing so you have dressing room in front, ensuite to centre and don't end up circulating around the sleeping area.

Keep the study as we all need somewhere to put our paperwork and the kids will benefit later on for studying.

This layout should work for your builder.

CKdesigner

Hi

I'd take the corner en-suite out of bedroom 1 and create a master suite by turning bedroom 4 with the left bit of the study into the en-suite and dressing room. Then whats left of the study make that the en-suite for bedroom 3. Take a bit of space out of the family bathroom as wardrobe space for bedroom 3. Then whats left of the family bathroom turns into the en-suite for bedroom 2.

But I've only looked at it for less than a minuet!

CK

Doozergirl

I just changed the drawing. The last one was even worse.

wifeforlife

:j thanks so so much for even considering things and responding.

I spent all day yesterday looking at it and getting frustrated so it's great to get fresh eyes looking at it.

We had originally considered keeping the location of beds 2 & 3 where they are and splitting the bathroom between them, one with the window, but as its kids it didn't really matter. I've a boy & girl and my dh feels very strongly the rooms should be equal. I know it seems a bit of a luxury but if and when they move I think it'll be nice if people ever came to stay they would have their own bathroom and privacy.

Do any of you think it would have a big negative effect on resale? We do intend to stay here a very long time, our kids are only 10 & 4 now.

The study is 1570mm in depth, the length of the entire house is 8400mm. The master bedroom to the front, getting rid of the current plan for ensuite and making the bedroom 4 & study a bathroom and wardrobe/dressing room may work well.

I'll have to scale it out taking out for a stud wall, and will look into depths of wardrobes etc

Thanks again, I really do appreciate your thoughts, good or bad :T

martinthebandit

Bet your 10 year old moans because the 4 year old's bedroom is the same size.

wifeforlife

martinthebandit wrote: »

Bet your 10 year old moans because the 4 year old's bedroom is the same size.

The kids are great and don't care, it's my DH! It must have been an issue with him & his sister growing up.

I think girls heading into teenage years kind of need more space but I'm not going to argue about it with him.

If making them as equal as I can works, happy days I'm doing it for an easy life :T

The good thing is nothing is built yet, another family are keeping 4 rooms and making the study a bathroom, maybe we all really like the idea of useable space

Doozergirl

wifeforlife wrote: »

:j thanks so so much for even considering things and responding.

I spent all day yesterday looking at it and getting frustrated so it's great to get fresh eyes looking at it.

We had originally considered keeping the location of beds 2 & 3 where they are and splitting the bathroom between them, one with the window, but as its kids it didn't really matter. I've a boy & girl and my dh feels very strongly the rooms should be equal. I know it seems a bit of a luxury but if and when they move I think it'll be nice if people ever came to stay they would have their own bathroom and privacy.

Do any of you think it would have a big negative effect on resale? We do intend to stay here a very long time, our kids are only 10 & 4 now.

The study is 1570mm in depth, the length of the entire house is 8400mm. The master bedroom to the front, getting rid of the current plan for ensuite and making the bedroom 4 & study a bathroom and wardrobe/dressing room may work well.

I'll have to scale it out taking out for a stud wall, and will look into depths of wardrobes etc

Thanks again, I really do appreciate your thoughts, good or bad :T

Bed 2 is only 60cm longer than Bed 3 - I doubt the kids will notice much, but I was suggesting moving the walls to make them perfectly symmetrical and either losing the window altogether, or introducing 2.

Have a 3 bed instead of 4 will certainly affect resale value. The key is to keep things flexible so that a fourth bed can be created easily in future should your needs change or you sell the house. Using bed 4 and the study as ensuite is quite dramatic and you have more than enough room as it is, if bed 4 were simply a dressing room. Drainage will be a significant problem in that location. If you're worried the builder won't move a window, wait until you ask for the drains to be moved - they go in first!

We're talking about a house which is around 1800 square feet - a pretty generous size for four beds. Our last house was a similar size. We had four doubles, our room was huge with a dressing room and ensuite. No study, which I missed. But did have three receptions.