S/O floor plans

sometimesalwayschaotic · September 2014

We are going to look at a Cape Cod style house. It has 2 bedrooms upstairs and 2 downstairs. We would have the master/baby room upstairs and then the "bigger girls" and the play room would be on the main level. Would it bother you to be on a different level than your toddlers? I love the look of the house but am not sure about the "big girls" being on the main level alone.

Andrewsgal · September 2014

We have a master down and all kids rooms up. I love it. The mess stays contained and as they get older the noise too.

likeanoldtimemovie · September 2014

That's my husband's ideal house plan, but I don't like it. I prefer all the bedrooms on one floor. I always have this paranoia that something will happen and I can't get to the kids.

hmd · September 2014

iheartthe80s said:

I liked having the kids upstairs and master downstairs. However, I would not want to be upstairs and then have the kids down (as you are describing).

This.

jensriot · September 2014

Andrewsgal said:

We have a master down and all kids rooms up. I love it. The mess stays contained and as they get older the noise too.

This is us too and I definitely prefer it.

ababymaybe · September 2014

I am neurotic and need my kids on the same floor as me. At least for now. I always worry about a fire etc. Maybe in the teenage years it could be ok, but then you have other issues (sneaking out etc though we have a house alarm)

spring_time · September 2014

I like my kids on the same floor. If I had to split up the rooms, I would put the master on the first floor and the kids upstairs.

I do not like the idea of young kids with easy access to the kitchen and main living areas. My younger sister was a sleepwalker, so I would be concerned about the kids accidentally or purposely going outside. In the teenage years, I would especially want the rooms upstairs to at least make it a challenge to sneak out at night :-)

jesselayne8 · September 2014

We are on the main floor and the kids are on the lower level. I was nervous the first night but now it's no big deal.

caybeh · September 2014

We currently have a split level house - 2 bedrooms up and 2 bedrooms down. I don't like it. We currently have everyone in the rooms up. We are going to look next summer for a different house. Preferably one with all the rooms on the same level.

joyfullyfound · September 2014

I think being on seperate level is ideal, especially in the long run. It's my ideal scenario as far as house layout goes. I think older kids like being farther away from their parents and having some independence in another part of the house, and the parents get some space too for, ahem, their activities

ASullivan1231 · September 2014

We have a Cape house with this floor plan. At the moment we only have DS and we are using just the bedrooms on the first floor. Eventually DS will move to one of the bedrooms upstairs. If we have another, we'll have that baby on the first floor and eventually move that one to the other room upstairs as he/she gets older.

Like others, I'm much more comfortable with DH and me on the first floor and kids on the second floor. I think it's going to be great for us as DS gets older. He can have his own space up there and we can just shut the door. I grew up in 2 capes and my parents' bedroom was always on the first floor so it was normal to me. I also just love the style of a Cape.

NicoleWI · September 2014

I wouldn't like it.

We have a split ranch and I don't even love that right now, but it should be okay as the kids grow. I'll keep the baby with us for probably almost a year b/c I don't want to be far from her room. I definitely wouldn't be comfortable on different floors.

littlemermaid · September 2014

It would not bother me to be on different floors, especially in the long run when they are older it's nice to have privacy from them, But I wouldn't have my kids on the main floor. I'd put the master on the first floor and the kids upstairs.

penguingrrl · September 2014

H and I both grew up in Capes. In both houses it was parents in the larger downstairs bedroom, two sisters sharing the upstairs and baby brother in the small bedroom downstairs. It worked out well.

We turned down a really cute cape this summer because the landlord had done some work to make upstairs this amazing master retreat that was too nice to trust the kids with (and a poor layout for three people) but we weren't even a little comfortable having ourselves upstairs and them down. Drew would have had a window in his room onto the front porch and that felt very risky for a toddler and in case of burglary and, if we ended up there long-term, way way too easy for a teen to sneak out/sneak girls/boys in.

vlagrl29 · September 2014

Andrewsgal said:

We have a master down and all kids rooms up. I love it. The mess stays contained and as they get older the noise too.

This is us too. It works well for us. The only thing is that I find myself always cleaning the main floor way more than the 2nd floor.

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