Giving master room to DC?

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It's me and 3 DC. DDs are twins and would like to share. Should I consider giving them room 1? DS will likely have room 3.

I'm not particularly bothered about having an en-suite. DC are all under 7. Could always reshuffle when they're older!

Thoughts?

Bedroom 2 looks big enough for them to share.

I would be concerned they would get into trouble with the plumbing my cousin managed to flush clothing it was expensive even in the 90s

Agree with both of the above and 3 feet more isn't much bigger especially with the ensuite door meaning less wall space is usable. If under 7 they could get up to mischief in the ensuite and once they reach the age where they don't want to share neither will want to give up the ensuite so there will be trouble over who moves out. In different circumstances I have given older child the biggest bedroom though. All I do is sleep in mine whereas teenage/adult boys seem to live in theirs with their technology. 😂

An under 7 having an en-suite would worry me, my DD still has to be reminded not to play with taps. Also bedroom 2 doesn't look a lot smaller.

Put them in room2.

Normally I’d say yes but I’d not give kids this age an en suite.

I would give bedroom 2... with younger kids the bath is more convenient.

I'm not adverse to kids having a bigger bedroom in the grand scale of things too. DDs used to have the Master in one of our houses... bedroom 2 had a balcony and we didn't want them having unsupervised access to it.

The house looks big enough to accommodate you all without you giving up the biggest bedroom. I don’t think it’s good for kids to get the best things all the time (and you need to have a nice room too)

I don't see why given that room 2 looks big enough for them.

Nice for you to have a separate bathroom to keep your toiletries out of the way etc

They can keep some of their stuff in room 4 presumably if needed

Mine did - but we only had 2 bedrooms so they needed to share. Giving them the en-suite was a fucking mistake though - DD1 is the phantom poo-not-flusher despite any amount of nagging.

Give them room 2.

Bedroom 2 is big enough for bunk beds / sharing , keep the en-suite for yourself

Ok thanks, pretty unanimous then!

What about bunk beds and wardrobe in bedroom 4 with a playroom in bedroom 2 including a sofa bed if you are likely to need space for a guest at any point?

Bit of a different view here - I'd given them bedroom 1, but I'd close off the door to the ensuite. Shouldn't be too expensive to shut that off, then that gives you another wall to use. That solves the problem of giving youngsters access to an ensuite.

My DD was a devil for playing with water and DS used to leave the tap running.

Incidentally, DD and DS are twins - and personally, an extra 3ft of space would make a big difference imo. Also, bunkbeds were fab for us.

Bedroom 2 looks still very nice for you - and if you really wanted to, you could knock through the other wall to make it an ensuite from that bedroom!

This; kids need to work toward adult perks & privileges. Plus, I'd worry about the plumbing.

Why would you give the bigger room to your kids when you have a perfectly good size room 2...different if there was no space but you have plenty and deserve some space to yourself to

IME you need a bedroom hierarchy.

Im SP with 2 DD. DD1 has been gunning for the master bedroom since we moved here. Part of my "parent status" is enforced by me having the big bedroom & bed. If I had taken the smaller bedroom so she could have the master we would all be in a world of pain right now.

Might not sound relevant aged 7 - more important when they are a few years older.

You take the master - you need some place that's just yours and you deserve the en-suite.

Twins get room 2 (which is basically the same size as the master anyway, and even a better shape for a couple of small beds and room to play)

If you don't need an office, what's worked well here is my two kids share a bedroom, then the 3rd room is a play room (well, a computer room now they're older) - I've offered to switch it round so they can have a room each, but they actually prefer sharing to sleep, and having a separate room for the console etc. without it taking over the living room.

Just curious, what happens in bedroom 4 ?

I would put the twins in bedroom 2 but perhaps use bedroom 4 for some more storage of children’s things if you wanted to save more floor space for playing in bedroom 2.

Are you buying or renting? Could you move the door of the ensuite to the opposite side so that room 2 is en suite rather than room one?

No I'd keep bedroom 1 with en suite and if bedroom 2 is tight with 2 beds, get them bunks

Yeah why not? Give them lots of room to play, have friends over, etc.

In a lot of households, the bathrooms are used interchangeably depending who wants a shower or bath and who is in the other one, if that's fine with you, it's fine.

If there is a concern with little ones mucking about, you could put a bolt across the outside of the door well above where then can reach or even better, a lock that takes a key so they can't be mucking about in it late at night or early in the morning - and don't have any kind of bolt or lock they can use inside it. But that would go for any bathroom, including the family bathroom, if this was likely to be a problem, no? And I never had any major problems with my little ones messing about in the bathroom once they were the age not to have stair gates any more. I suppose it depends on your children. And your hearing and sixth sense 😉

You have the Master

Twins can share Rm2 and use Rm4 as a playroom until one of them decides they want their own room. My friends who are twins shared until they were about 12, one wasn't bothered but the other wanted her own room so she took the small room since it was her choice.
They had same friendship group so socialising was in the bigger room.

Possible!