How would you layout this house. Floor plan attached

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My house is very quirky. It has a fairly small living room and a kitchen that fits a dining table in but isn’t large by any means plus a separate large utility/WC in.

On the first floor there are two double bedrooms a bathroom and a box room.

On the top floor there is another double ‘bedroom’ that has beautiful views and a balcony...

At the moment we have downstairs as described, the middle floor is used as two bedrooms and the box room was a nursery and top floor as a hideous multi coloured playroom littered with every toy known to humankind or so it feels.

The house is quite narrow and could resemble a town house in its layout but we’ve chosen to keep only the ground floor as living space as it’s ok that way for us but it is quite tight since having dd tbh and all her 1000’s of toys.

Time has come to sell and we are now wondering if to change the house about. We think the top floor should be changed into a second living area to make the most of the views and the box room an office as we need one really but the desk got squashed into the toy room. The attached pic is how the last estate agent decided it should be sold as but we won’t be changing the middle floor into a living room now.

Any ideas? The house is a beautiful Art Deco one and super quirky with curved walls, I love love living here but we want to relocate and sell so alas.

Wow thanks for all the responses. I have a bedroom all set up at the front in the middle so I’m unsure if to move everything now up stairs. It’s the nicest bedroom now damn it.
But would appear many people prefer a bedroom at top and living room in middle.
not sure who our market is.
We had it on the market once before 3 years ago (sold it stc and couldn’t bare to move as love it that much)

we had every market come for various reasons to view, a gay couple who wanted it as their ‘party pad’, a super Art Deco fan (has a few original features inside and we’ve decorated it modern with touches of Art Deco plus the whole blimmin house shines Art Deco) we had a few offers and settled on a family like us with one dc then we sadly pulled out because we couldn’t find anywhere we loved more (we were honest about that happening very quickly when we realised)
Now we would very much like to cut down the commute time & we have our act together and are ready to tidyyyyy finally

It’s a strange house to sell, it’s no ‘normal’ family home. It sells, but I want it to sell for maximum £££ for next home and last time I recall the playroom was a shocker to all who went in it

If there is a toilet in the utility room it needs to be shown on floor plan IMHO

If there is a chimney on ground and 1st then what happens to it on 2nd floor?

Could you show a photo of the balcony showing the roof where chimney is please?

@SubtitlesOn yes that floor plan is from when we bought the property, we put the downstairs wc in so we willshow that

The house is a semi and that’s a really good point re chimneys, I’ve never noticed, the two fire places align on ground and first and the top floor must be next door as it’s not in our house, I’ll have a look when I’m back home (happy to get pics once there).

I'd have it as:

Ground floor - kitchen/breakfast room and dining room/family room

First floor - bedrooms x2 and bedroom 3/nursery/study

Top floor - lounge. Make the most of beautiful views!

Just a thought, but do you have a handy builder? I'm wondering can you run water up to the top left corner of the top floor bedroom as you're nearest the bathroom on the floor below, and run a drain down?

If so, it'd not take too long and not be expensive so I'd turn that corner over the stairwell, into a tiny kitchenette with just room for a fridge under, with worktop small sinkset in & maybe microwave. This could then make that room a lounge or a bedroom, and, as it then has water & drainage already in situ, thus 'could easily be adapted for an en suite'. Or just get a quote you can always explain potential plans to possible purchasors, as I imagine many would not want a glorious bedroom with a view with bathroom a floor below.

I don't think that is necessary in order to sell the house though. The best use of the top floor would be as a living room - especially during the summer with all the great weather we're having.

If you’re going to have an upstairs living area, I’d make it the top floor.

Leave all bedrooms as the first floor, especially if that’s how you’ve actually been using it.