Would you move your master to the lower level?

jlw2505

House set up is a split level - you walk into the foyer and can then go up or down.  If you go up, you are on the level that currently has the kitchen, dinning room and 3 bedrooms plus bathroom.  If you go down, you have the family room/play room, a guest room and bath and then the laundry area and storage.  We also have a 3rd level over the garage that has a family/entertainment room and a 4 season porch that we use as my office since I work from home.  My kids are currently 3 1/2 and 5.  Would you be OK having the kids on the main level of the house and the master in the lower level?  DH and I are considering moving the master to the lower level - taking part of the storage area to make a walk in closet, moving the bedroom door back some so that the bathroom in part of the master rather than just in the hallway and redoing that bathroom.  The room and bathroom would then be way bigger than our current master.  We would turn the current master into a home office for me and have a future or pull-out couch to use when my parents come visit and could also put in a computer/study area for the kids when they get older depending on how we space the room.  We don't have the money to do this now - might be a few years depending on what we can do ourselves vs pay someone to do.  Would you do it?  Our current master is tiny and the kids can really hear every move we make plus having my 4 season porch back would be great and it would be an overall better use of the space in the house.

jessica1080

I would.  We live in a 2 story house with the master on the first floor and the rest of the bedrooms on the 2nd floor.  It sounds like it would be better for many reasons and your kids are old enough to sleep through the night so you won't be running up and down all the time.

Brewtowngrl

We are on the 2nd floor and the kids are on the first.  Works out fine. 

CarolinaDaisy

Absolutely. I wouldn't be comfortable with 3.5 and 5 on a separate level, but in a few years....absolutely. When the 3.5 year old is 5 or 6, I'd be comfortable with it. If you want to do it sooner, just leave a baby monitor upstairs so you can hear if the kids cry out in the night and need you. I wouldn't want my 3.5 year old to have a nightmare and try to wander downstairs on his own.

 

franciscaz

Maybe when the kids are a little older, I would do it for a 2 story.  It would be a pain at this point to still have to climb upstairs and I like that they can't get to the kitchen with out me noticing (we are behind the kitchen).  We live in a split floor plan but it is a single story.  I love the privacy.