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Master bedroom dilemma
How do the mom?s here feel about having the master bedroom on the main floor of their house? If you had to pick, would you stay in a regular bedroom (no attached bath) upstairs to be close to the kids? Or would you just use the downstairs master?
This is the norm out in TX and I?m pretty anxious about it, especially since we end up with at least one kid in our bed every night. It?s rare to find a newer home with the updates we want and a upstairs master. Plus, our TX realtor actually mentioned that she has a lot of difficulty re-selling homes that have the upstairs master. I?m hoping we?ll be able to find a home with 2 master bedrooms (up & down) to allow us to be near the kids, have a private bath & protect resale value... I?m not sure how likely it is that we?ll find that though.
Re: Master bedroom dilemma
Page Amber. Her bedroom is downstairs while the boys are upstairs.
It is funny that it is so common in Texas. There is a house down the street from my parents that has been on the market for a while because it has a first floor master which was popular when the house was built 10 years ago.
Personally I would love it if it was going to be my house for a long time b/c I foresee the steps in my house getting old on my aching knees. But for kids it could present a short term problem. Either they would always be in your room early on in the night or you would be heading upstairs quite a bit. Is there another spare room you could sleep in for those days that the kids need someone? In the long run remember those days pass quick and I think a first floor master would be ideal.
My DH's boss bought a huge house in Gibsonia a few years back & it had a first floor master and they had twins + 2 more under 5 and it worked for them. I think the mom slept upstairs in the early months after the twins were born.
How time flies! Caileigh (9), Keira (6) & Eamon (3)
I'm in the minority, but I a few weeks ago sat with a family whose master was on the 1st and their baby's room was on the second...and their house caught on fire in the middle of the night. I know that it was a freak thing and and not that common...but talking with that distraught Momma as she relived having to run upstairs to get her baby was enough to make me not want to be separated by steps from S and any potential future siblings until they could get out on their own in an emergency. Not to mention the middle of the night wakings. (By the grace of God they all got out OK, but the house is a complete loss.)
I hate to be all "Dena Disaster." It makes me sad that I worry about stuff like that...but since I had to live through it with someone else, it definitely colors my perception.
Ditto. In fact, when the kids are young, it might be nice to have a place for guests to sleep that's a separate area. I always feel bad for people who stay with us, I know they hear my early-bird kiddos waking up at the crack of dawn.
Jake - 1.15.08
Liam - 5.17.11
Yea, I feel bad for our guests too Emmy. Plus my dad has horrible knee's so it'll be really difficult for him to do that walk more than once a day.
I'm really hoping we can find a house with 2 master's - I've seen it a couple of times in my automated listings but it's not too common. I don't need huge & fancy but I get cranky at the idea of not being able to fit our king bed and not having an attached bath!
I think 2 Masters would be ideal!!!