Who should sleep where?

[Sharedbedroom]

3 story house. One bedroom on bottom floor, 3 bedrooms second floor and another bedroom on third floor. Mum, dad, 7 year old twin boy and girl, 4 year old boy, and 2 year old twin girls. Who should sleep where?

2 year olds sharing, 4 yr old and mum and dad on second floor. 7yr olds one upper floor one lower floor as they will be slightly more independent at that age.

Second floor - mum/dad , 2year old twins (share room), 4 year old boy

7 year old - top floor or bottom depending on size, location etc

Personally at this age I’d put 7 year olds at the very top and on the third floor have the twins sharing, 4 year old in one and parents in another. Ground floor room can be a play room.
i wouldn’t have children on ground floor without an adult and with 2 and 4 year olds I’d want to be on the same floor.
when they get older you could change it

We were planning to have the bottom floor bedroom as a guest room as we often have my partners parents come to stay.

So if bottom floor bedroom is taken, then who should have the top floor room, and who should have the second floor rooms?

One bedroom on bottom floor - mum&dad
3 bedrooms second floor - 2 year old twins, 4 year old boy, 7 year old boy
one bedroom on third floor - 7 year old girl

I’m thinking we may have to extend to add another bedroom downstairs for me and dh, or for one of the 7yos?

This is exactly what I would do in a few years but with these ages and likely night issues I wouldn't want to be two floors away from the kids.

So I would do @Tbskejue 's suggestion for the short term.

I don't think with this many children, I could justify a spare room

Middle floor: parents; 2 year olds sharing; 4 year old (or 4 year old + 7 year old boys sharing). Twins (or just the girl) on top floor. Ground floor as guest room.

When they're older, parents on bottom floor; twin girls sharing/middle child/one oldest twin in the three bedrooms on middle floor; other twin on top floor.

Yes, maybe that in the future, maybe for a year now I you could have the 7 year olds sharing the top room and you can be on the second floor with the younger ones. But I dare say in 1-2 years your eldest girl twin will want her own room if there’s one going and either she or you guys take the bottom floor room.

7yo boy/girl twins? Seems a good time to separate them. If you must keep a bedroom free (questionable with 5 children imo) the 7yo and and 4yo boy to share. 7yo girl possibly alone. Twins to share. But that doesn't really seem fair. Nor does making the 7yo girl share with 2yo twins seem reasonable unless there isn't another choice.
I'd probably put either parents on the bottom floor, 4yo, 2yo twins and 1 7yo in the middle and other 7yo top floor.
Or 1 7yo top floor, 1 bottom floor, middle floor parents, 2x2yo and 1 x 4yo.
Maybe have downstairs child offered the option of sharing with younger siblings permanently, or moving temporarily when there are guests..

OR (won't last forever given ages)
Parents, 4yo and 2x2yo sharing, 1x 7yo middle floor. Last 7yo top floor.

I don't love the idea of one child downstairs alone. I'd prefer parents downstairs so you are between them and the doors.
Not logical, just doesn't feel right!

I x 7 year old on top
2 yo twins, 7 yo and 4 yo on middle floor
Parents on ground. Unless 4 yo and 7 yo boys can share and parents also on middle.

I always wanted to be in between the front door and my Dc

4yo and 7yo boys share biggest room on third or second floor. Twins and parents on middle floor. 7yo girl smallest bedroom.

If we extended and added another bedroom downstairs then me and dh could have a room, dh’s parents could have a room (we’d like a room spare for them as they come and stay for a couple of weeks at a time every few months as they live in Korea, and are getting older now), then have a bedroom for one of the 7yos, one for our 4yo, and one for the twin girls, and then one of the 7yos in the top room. Question is now, who should be in the top room, our son or daughter?

depends where the bathrooms / toilets are.
I would use all the bedrooms for yourselves and the kids but put a double bed in the downstairs room and a spare bed / pullout in one of the other kids rooms so they can be "bumped" out when the in-laws stay. There's no point having kids sharing when they're there all the time and visitors only ocassionally.

This would be a much easier and cheaper option tbh!

I think the twins and middle child dynamics might affect how you go here too

In that boy/girl twins can be very close at this age still and want to share for some time to come but they can also be starting to pull apart

The middle child between two sets of twins might desperately want to share with the 7 year old or absolutely hate the idea and want their own space

Ground floor - guests
Middle floor (room 1) - parents
Middle floor (room 2) - 2 year old twin girls

Middle floor (room 3) - 4 and 7 year old boys
Top floor - 7 year old daughter

Big family, interesting layout, very intrigued to know what your house looks like!

I think this makes the most sense. Yes it’s a tricky layout, hence the questions!! But we have chosen it as it also has acres of private land which our children and dogs will love, and also means I can likely own horses in the future (once we’re all settled, not in the near future!).

7 year old girl on 3rd floor, 4 year old boy and 7 year old boy sharing on middle floor, twin girls sharing on middle floor, parents on middle floor.

And yes, very big family! 7 people (9 including grandparents!), 3 dogs and 3 cats. Life is never boring here

the other option might be that if the loft room is big - to convert into two rooms for the 7 year olds? Cheaper than an extension

Is the top room much bigger?

If so I would get the older two twins to switch every couple of years to make it fair - though I suspect most people would say girls deserve bigger rooms.

I think - but it really depends on your kids personalities - your 7 yr old boy wouldn't take it very well if he has to share with the 4 year old while his twin sister gets a room to herself. Especially if there is a spare room empty most of the year.

I would have the 7 year olds share for the next years and then separate them. When the PIL come to say, you budge up/share rooms

The top room is about average size, definitely not big enough to split into two rooms, possibly big enough for sharing? But the other rooms below are a fair bit bigger, besides one which is roughly the same size as the top room, which is where me and dh would sleep.