POLL: Upstairs of House layout

7 years ago

last modified: 7 years ago

Hi - so we are planning our house layout for the upstairs.

We have decided to have 4 bedrooms including 1 master bedroom and are trying to decide between two solutions A and B.

We have 2 kids so wanted a bedroom each for them plus a spare room and our own master bedroom.

Would be grateful if you could vote on which basic layout is better (A or B) - main difference between them is the master suite layout and the bedroom sizes.

Any comments/criticism is welcome, we are not sensitive!

Thanks! :-)

Layout A

Layout B

Neither! (please comment why) :-)

Comments (5)

everylittlethingconsidered
7 years ago
definitely a....less circulation space. b has an unnecessary lobby. wondering where windows/light/ views are tho?
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jesenice_project
Original Author
7 years ago
Best views (and best light) are towards south of diagram (facing roughly south west) where most bedrooms are directed. Also the east side of house has an ok view. North and west sides have the worst views.
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A is a much better layout and easier to live in
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croftendhouse
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I didn't care for either of the layouts. Can't stand bedrooms where one side of the bed is right against the wall: makes making the bed a pain; requires someone to crawl over the other to get out on the side, or get out crawling down to the end; and just plain doesn't look nice.
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A design uses the space much more efficiently. Good Luck with your project.

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