15’6”x12 Master Bedroom?
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Ugh… I don’t want to post this. This community helped me get so far with our plans but I’m stuck on one detail. In previous plans, 13’ width was good, but we had to cut a foot to make things fit. Is a 15’6”x12’ master bedroom okay? We have a good size WIC, so won’t need much furniture in the room. King size bed will go on the long wall. Cathedral ceilings.
One caveat, our former master bedroom will become a second bedroom. It measures 14’ 11” x 13’3.5”, technically larger than the new master. Does this matter?
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Is having 2 master bedrooms by reducing # of bedrooms a pro or a con?
Comments (24)Multiple thoughts, not all in line with the majority: - Five bedrooms is a huge house. The potential field of buyers who want the space and upkeep of a house that large (and who can afford it) is relatively small. More plainly, You're looking to build a house that only a small percentage of buyers can afford to buy. Wanting a thing and being able to afford a thing aren't the same. Your pool of resale buyers will be small, so selling could take a long time, or you might be forced to take less than you want. - Yes, people will like the idea of a "master up and a master down": live-in space for mom, space for a live-in nanny or elder care-giver. Plenty of reasons people would like the space. But the real question is, Will your resale buyer be willing to pay what it will cost you to build it? Personally, I think you'll attract plenty of interest, but you may not attract the necessary dollars at resale to make this worthwhile. - How old are these small children? By the time you finish building this house, they'll probably be at least a year older -- how long will you want to have bedrooms close by? - I'm a highly practical person: you're talking about a short time when kids are small. To save money, could you sleep in a "non-master" upstairs for this short time, then move downstairs? - How "master" do you see your "masters"? That is, when you say "master bedroom", are you envisioning a slightly larger room with a modest walk-in closet and a private 3-piece bath ... or does "master" to you mean a spacious room with a seating area, a massive closet and a luxury bath? The question isn't just, "Should I have two masters?" It's, "Just how much will I put into a master?" Your own vision of "how much" can make a world of difference in this question. - Don't overbuild for your neighborhood. Remember that the biggest, most expensive house in the neighborhood is "drawn down" by the more modest houses that surround it. - Summary: Don't be caught up in just whether this is a desirable idea -- it is. Consider first and foremost whether it is an economically viable idea....See MoreA big window in master bedroom closet and none in the master bedroom
Comments (4)Guessing the window is there for curb appeal on the front façade. Have you drawn a mock up to see what that would look like? Sky light /solar tubes add TONS of natural light!! Gotta wonder who the architect was and if it would be cheaper to move the closet so the window is part of the room, than mess with outside walls!!...See Moreall bedrooms be master bedroom?or a big public bathroom is better?
Comments (12)I would think the most popular configuration would be what is typical for a house with three bedrooms. It would have a master bedroom with an ensuite of a nice size. A nice shower would be preferred by most people rather than a tub and small shower or a tub shower combination. The two guest bedrooms would share a bathroom and that bathroom would have a tub shower combination. I have always lived in dense urban areas (Manhattan and now Los Angeles high rise condo) and that would be the configuration for your target audience. Having three small master bathrooms would be a configuration if you were renting to three unrelated people who needed to share the rent and personally I don't think that is the optimum tenant as families and empty nesters are more reliable and probably long term versus constantly moving as young unrelated professionals would....See MoreFloor Plan ? 3rd bedroom loft only accessible through master bedroom.
Comments (9)Looked at a house a few years ago that had 3 bedrooms on the second floor and a fourth bedroom and bathroom in the third floor attic. Like yours it had the problem that you could only get to the fourth bedroom through the master bedroom. Even stranger you went through the master then opened a door to the stair, which was actually an open spiral stair on a little balcony open to the first floor stair below. It was one of several oddities to this house that told us to move on despite being on a great lot in a great location* I would only consider this house if you wanted to make the 4th floor the master (does it have it's own bathroom?) or make the second bedroom your master and shrink the current master to create a corridor to the stair, making the remainder your future kid's bedroom. Otherwise, see if you can find something that works better for your current and future family. * other quirks: the current owners had expanded the kitchen to gargantuan proportions to take over the dining room and breakfast room with 2 of every appliance. The counters were set at 42" with all of the appliances set on platforms. There was a finished and heated tacked on man cave bigger than any other living room that could only be reached by walking across the garage. And the master bathroom was being sold as-is in raw shell condition. A house rife with do-it-yourself and too-personalized conditions that ended up selling for way more than it should because of it's location....See MoreRelated Professionals
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