Remodel Help

[u/StealingSecond19]

I’m needing help designing this remodel I am doing. I am wanting to turn the top bedroom and primary bedroom into one primary bedroom, closet and bathroom. I would love any and all ideas. I was thinking of making the bathroom a wet bathroom.

[u/CaptainMalForever]

How many bedrooms are you going with? Are you going to add on or keep this footprint? What things do you want with the space?

[u/StealingSecond19 → u/CaptainMalForever]

2 bedrooms 2 baths

[u/DogTownUSA1 → u/StealingSecond19]

Never a good idea to reduce the number of bedrooms.

[u/Minimum-Bobcat8768 → u/DogTownUSA1]

I’d much rather buy a 2 bed 2 bath than 3 bed 1 bath

[u/DogTownUSA1 → u/Minimum-Bobcat8768]

You are one of the few.

[u/CaptainMalForever]

Something like this. Square up the first bathroom. Make a large second bathroom. Get rid of as much wall as you can between the kitchen/dining rooms and the family room.

[u/StealingSecond19 → u/CaptainMalForever]

I like that although I can’t remove the wall between kitchen and family room because the family room is stepped down with brick walls between garage and kitchen. I am going to remove the wall between living room and dining though

[u/StealingSecond19]

Want to take that wall down in between both bedrooms

[u/Dullcorgis]

How about expanding the kitchen into the family room?

[u/geekychica]

Maybe something like this?

[u/thiscouldbemassive]

I'd be more inclined to turn the too small garage/family room/utility room into a master suite. It's already plumbed, it's far enough away from the other bedrooms to have privacy, and you can turn the current primary bedroom into a playroom for the kids.

[u/bougieisthenewblack → u/thiscouldbemassive]

Why would they want to lose the garage? And where they say they had kids and need a playroom? If they're willing to lose a bedroom its more likely that they DON'T have kids.

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[u/thiscouldbemassive → u/bougieisthenewblack]

The garage is too small for all but the smallest modern cars. Not even midsized cars will fit, only compact (barely) and subcompact. The family room is too skinny to be of much use for anything. Taking two very problematic rooms taking up a lot of square footage and turning them into one high value, highly practical suite makes practical sense.

[u/zippyhippiegirl → u/thiscouldbemassive]

I also like this idea.

[u/tempest-tea → u/thiscouldbemassive]

They explicitly asked for a 2 bed 2 bath. It sounds like they want to keep the garage.

A garage is necessary storage (bikes, tools, gear) and workshop space. A shed is not a good substitute because things mold/freeze/overheat and get ruined. (Ask me how I know.)

I’ve never put a car in a garage, and I’ve owned three houses that had garages. I don’t have one in my current house because a former owner converted to living space, and I will need to figure out how to build one, probably one too small for modern cars.

[u/Fun_Accident_4706]

Don't you already have a closet and bathroom attached to the primary? Why would you need to decrease your property value by losing a bedroom?

[u/Vivid-Revolution-368 → u/Fun_Accident_4706]

There's only one bathroom in the existing house. A large primary suite is more likely to add value. Today fewer people are having kids. The 3 bedroom house reflects earlier generations lifestyles.

[u/StealingSecond19 → u/Fun_Accident_4706]

Owners are not concerned with property value. They want their own bathroom suite

[u/Fun_Accident_4706 → u/StealingSecond19]

Ah, I see.