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Question & Opinions about Masters on the Main

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We are thinking about moving and have found a home we love. The only downfall (aside from trying to sell our house) is that the master is on the main. In our current home, we are 15 feet from their room...can hear every cry and sound they make and can be in their room in two seconds if needed.

So- what do you think about master on the main? Would I hate not being right next door to them? Is it unsafe being so far away? Would I get tired of having to run upstairs?  If you currently have master on main- what are your thoughts? And if you don't- and are reading this- what is your opinion??! Thanks :)

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Re: Question & Opinions about Masters on the Main

  • Alison422Alison422

    We used to have a house with a master on the main and I didn't find it to be that big of a deal.  It was the house we lived in when Caroline was born.  She slept in the pack n play bassinet for her first 11 weeks in our bedroom and then we moved her upstairs. I think I used the baby monitor for about three days and then put it a drawer.  We had a really open floor plan, so I could hear her pretty easily upstairs from anywhere in the house.  The couple of times where she was up all night sick one of us just stayed up stairs in the guest bedroom.  I just personnaly didn't like the master on the main because I felt like our bedroom was part of the main area of the house and it wasn't private.

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  • UGAbrideUGAbride
    Master on the main was a dealbreaker for us when we were looking to buy our house.  I just want to be on the same level as the kids (even now at 4 and 2.5 years old, there's enough times that they get up to pee or with a bad dream that I wouldn't want to be so far away).  Both of my boys got up at least once a night to nurse until about 9-10 months old, so I wouldn't have wanted to be up and down for all those months, either. Once the kids are all older, it would be ok, but at this point in our lives it wouldn't work.
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  • kepkep member

    I am not a fan of masters on main. I like to be close to the kids. A friend and I were talking about it (her master is on main), and she said she worries about a hosuefire and having to try to get up the stairs to get the kids. Fire is a fear of mine, so I would worry about that too.

     It might be OK later in life, but I can totally see how it would be a pain as far as guests and privacy, noise, etc., if it was on the main level. I have thought about this, and I think I would prefer a house with everything on the same level. A basement would be acceptable, too. hahaha

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  • slwprincessslwprincess member
    I love my parents floorplan with master on the main and I think it is perfect for them in that stage of life.  But not for us.  I would not be comfortable with either kid being upstairs even with a monitor.  I also have an irrational fear of fire and just basically like being close to them.  It wouldn't necessarily be a deal breaker for me, but at this point in life, I'm not a fan. 

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  • slwprincessslwprincess member
    Oh and the other consideration is where is the laundry room?  Because you'll have to haul laundry up and down stairs (either yours or the kids).  I prefer all bedrooms and laundry to be on the same level.

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