Which bedroom..... with a floorplan

[marmite157]

So I finally realised its my super soft mattress that has sunk in the middle which is giving me terrible back and shoulder pain, so DH and I moved downstairs to the spare bedroom while we decide what new bed to get.

The dilemma is not about a new bed..... it's about the fact the spare room is at the back of the house, no road noise and complete and utter darkness. Neither of us has woken before our alarms which is unheard of and I wake feeling refreshed (I really don't think it's just the bed)

DH has suggested we move downstairs permanently. I am in two minds and I need your thoughts?

I've attached a floor plan ( all of the rooms to the left of the hall have been rearranged since this plan) we are normally in bedroom 2 but temp in bedroom 3. (Dd is in bed one and ds in bed 4

My 2 biggest concerns are bed 3 is waaaaay smaller 3.6m x 3.8m vs 4.4m x 5.7m ( I think I'm feeling a bit cheated out of my big bedroom, potential first world problem) and it's on a different floor to the DC. Dd is 13 so that's fine but Ds is only 1, he sleeps well at the moment but I know toddlers don't come with sleep guarantees.

Can you suggest what I could do to make upstairs darker and quieter, what else should I consider before I decide or should I just suck it up and move downstairs as good sleep is super important?

I’d move downstairs, and give your other child the Upstairs bigger bedroom as bedroom 4 is very small. I’d turn that into a study.

I wouldn't sleep on a different floor to my kids to be honest but that's just me - I'd need a quiet room too though so I'd go for blackbout blind, secondary glazing to keep noise out and sound proof plasterboard upstairs

I'd stick with bedroom 2 and would make 4 bigger by taking the end off bedroom 1

There are no windows on the rear walls of bedrooms 1 and 2?

The other option would be to give your teen the downstairs rom and bedroom one and four into one room.

Thanks all

Enrique is right there are no windows on the rear of bedroom 1 or 2, it's a chalet style villa so part sloping ceilings up stairs ( although I could put a dormer on the back of bedroom 1 and split it in two but that's a way bigger job than I was planning right now)

Bedroom 4 is a box room but currently perfect for a cot and set of drawers. I'm secretly hoping that Teen DD will move out before I need to 'upgrade him'. I'm thinking custom high sleeper etc yo keep him in there longer (and still happy)

It's too hard! Blackout blinds, I'll start there

Hi marmite thanks for clarifying.

My first thought was going to be splitting one of the larger upstairs bedrooms, if not both, and having yourself a nice ensuite dressing room and more equally sized bedrooms for the DCs. That's because I like to be on the same floor of the house through the night.

As that's not practical, if it were me, because I also need my bedroom very dark and very quiet, I'd second secondary glazing if appropriate but in the first instance go for lined and interlined curtains rather than black out blinds. The reason for this is that curtains can have blackout linings and the interlining is good insulation too, that helps to keep noise out. You just need to ensure the track or pole is high enough above your window so the light doesn't leach through gaps, or you could go for a blind and curtain combo.
There's a bit more info here www.terrysfabrics.co.uk/blogs/main-blog/know-your-linings