3 storey townhouse

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Went to view a 3 storey house, 3 beds with one on ground floor, it's currently used as a small sitting room and has french windows onto the garden (only way to access the garden).

We live in a similar house now and don't really like it, but keep thinking about this new one... it is muchnicer than ours, rooms are huge and could convert brick garage into a 4th bedroom so feel we could grow into it.

Downside is that someone, potentially my eldest age 6 would.be miles away from our bedroom, plus garden access via bedroom not ideal.

Anyone live in a similar set up? How do you make it work?

I live in a similar setup but don't have the other issues you do.

Have you considered a conversion of the garage to living room instead ?

My garage is the length of the house plus there is an extra bit to grab out front.

The three bedder could easily become a four bedder in my place by converting the upstairs living room to 2 bedrooms, having the living room downstairs in the garage/third bedroom. Plenty of room to add a kitchen or extra bathroom downstairs as well.

The kitchen is pretty big so has a table, so you are not porting food up and down the stairs.

Also maybe look at loft conversion (not sure whether viable on 3 floors) but my place has a huge loft - the trend in some of the 3 floor town houses is to build the bedrooms into the loft.

Not a chance I would have my 6 year old 2 floors away from me. Apart from them possibly being scared, I would be scared they would be alone if there was a potential break-in (it happens) or I wouldn’t hear them if they were sick/choking/poorly etc.

We have a town house but it has three beds on the top floor, kitchen and living room one on the middle floor and living room two on the ground floor and I love it - it’s a great study / guest room and when the kids are teenagers they can have friends over without them trailing through the house - the seperation is brilliant - but I wouldn’t want to have one of the kids two floors away from me - though a neighbour with three teenage kids has her two boys sharing the downstairs room as a bedroom - would that work when they are older?

We also live in one of the three bed plus small living room/study on ground floor. We love it. It's so bright and airy. Downstairs is great and multi-use.Can you split one of the large bedrooms upstairs into two?

Good idea I'll have a look at the plans... I agree, I'd hate to gave one of the kids so far away from everyone else

We lived in similar and we ended up moving kitchen/ dining room downstairs knocking through into the garage to do so. We then had a lounge and two bedrooms on first floor and three bedrooms and bathroom on the top floor. For me the location of the property was perfect but the property itself was not. Those stairs got old very quickly and we're now in a dormer bungalow!

I'd consider it a 2 bed house with a separate dining room/play room tbh

We have an old 3 storey. Used a baby monitor when ds was on a different floor. New style town house we were told a double bed and wardrobe don't fit up the staircase and round the door!

me too! particularly if it's the only way to access the garden.

I'd urge you to think of life stages; if someone could break in to where a 6-year-old was, then think how easy it would be for a teenager in a downstairs bedroom to sneak out! Also, as teens, they will gravitate to their bedrooms you run the risk of being quite spread out when that happens.

If you live in a similar house but don't like it try and narrow down what it is you don't like and if it is anything to do with the set up of rooms or stairs, then don't go for something with a similar layout.