3/2 + Laundry Room or 4/2

[Anonymous]

Adding a second story.

Square footage allows for either 3 beds, 2 baths, and a laundry room on the new second level or 3 beds, 2 baths and a 9x9 4th bedroom/nursery/office.

What do you pick?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Adding a second story.

Square footage allows for either 3 beds, 2 baths, and a laundry room on the new second level or 3 beds, 2 baths and a 9x9 4th bedroom/nursery/office.

What do you pick?

How many bedrooms on the main floor?

[Anonymous]

Where do you do laundry now?

How many people?

[Anonymous]

How big are the other bedrooms? If they are small, I might use the extra square footage to make them bigger. It kind of depends on how you use your space. Are you doing this addition for kids' bedroom space? Are you changing the first floor at all as a result of the expansion? Where is the laundry right now? If the laundry is already on the first floor (and not in the basement), I would be tempted to leave it there and expand the rooms upstairs. A 9x9 room is small as a 4th room upstairs. Can you make office space downstairs (maybe out of a bedroom that was there)? How many children do you have and do you really need a "nursery"?

[Anonymous]

Take the 4th bedroom—you won’t regret it. I look at basement laundry as free exercise.

[Anonymous]

4th bedroom and a closet for 2nd floor laundry

[Anonymous]

Bedroom

[Anonymous]

We have a basic closet with stacked washer/dryer on our second level. It's awesome and takes up very little space. In our case, its accessed through the master bathroom.

[Anonymous]

Unless you have or are planning to have 3 kids, 3 bedrooms and laundry. No one wants guests staying on the same floor as themselves, you need separation! Hopefully there is a bedroom on the main floor for guests, or in the basent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unless you have or are planning to have 3 kids, 3 bedrooms and laundry. No one wants guests staying on the same floor as themselves, you need separation! Hopefully there is a bedroom on the main floor for guests, or in the basent[/quote
Wrong. Considering renovations suck on ROI compared to building new, you want as many bedrooms as possible

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Adding a second story.

Square footage allows for either 3 beds, 2 baths, and a laundry room on the new second level or 3 beds, 2 baths and a 9x9 4th bedroom/nursery/office.

What do you pick?

You’re adding a second floor to a ranch style house? If so, how many bedrooms would remain on the first floor? If at least 1, I’d add three plus laundry to second floor. If you’re eliminating all bedrooms from the first level, I’d add 4 bedrooms total for the home. Laundry on main or basement levels. I’m assuming if you’re adding bedrooms over a ranch style house, the new bedroom sizes and storage should be generous (because you’re doubling the footprint of your home). If not, reconsider your floor plan.

[Anonymous]

Fourth bedroom over laundry.

[Anonymous]

4th bedroom before a new laundry room but I'm also curious where the current laundry is.

[Anonymous]

We lived in a house where the fourth bedroom had been removed. The space along the hallway was made into a laundry space (folding doors open to front loading appliances with shelves above). The space along the outside wall connected to the master bedroom, so it was made into a huge walk-in closet. It was amazing and I know I will never have such a large closet again.