What defines a place in the house as a Master Suite?

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by BigDGeek

That seems kind of stupid to have two massive bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms just because one person snores.

It would make more sense to have small chambers for the bedrooms and a large common area and shared bathroom where the toilet and shower/bath are separate...if the only reason for the separate suites is in order to get a good night's sleep, that is. Seems like a more efficient use of space.

If I was building a house from scratch I'd design the master suite so it was very large, then subdivide it as described above. If I had to sell later, I could always tear the walls down and turn it back into a Vegas-sized room.

I do not know that there are that many people looking for two master suites because of snoring issues. There may be some but I think that there are other reasons. One that I know of is that there will be an older relative living with the family or regularly visiting who has problems climbing stairs to an upper level so they give them a first floor bedroom with a bath.

Another reason I have seen is that parents with young children want to be near them at night while they are young which means they need the master on the upper level. Then when the kids get older the parents want to be away from the kids so they move to the first floor master.

People looking for two masters are not necessarily looking for efficent use of space so I am not sure your idea for separate chambers with a common area would work. Most people want larger king sized beds in their masters even if there is only one person sleeping in that bed. Plus I do not think that this idea would be a very good selling feature. And not many people want to tear down walls when the go to sell their house either. Jay

[suzy_q2010]

Another situation is unrelated people who share a home, or perhaps unmarried siblings who do so.

[BigDGeek]

Originally Posted by JayCT

I do not know that there are that many people looking for two master suites because of snoring issues. There may be some but I think that there are other reasons. One that I know of is that there will be an older relative living with the family or regularly visiting who has problems climbing stairs to an upper level so they give them a first floor bedroom with a bath.

Another reason I have seen is that parents with young children want to be near them at night while they are young which means they need the master on the upper level. Then when the kids get older the parents want to be away from the kids so they move to the first floor master.

People looking for two masters are not necessarily looking for efficent use of space so I am not sure your idea for separate chambers with a common area would work. Most people want larger king sized beds in their masters even if there is only one person sleeping in that bed. Plus I do not think that this idea would be a very good selling feature. And not many people want to tear down walls when the go to sell their house either. Jay

"If", JayCT. I said "if"!

My house has one master bedroom, and the only way you know it's the master is because it's the largest by a small margin, and is attached to a walk-in closet and en-suite bathroom that also has a hallway entrance. My house was built in the 50s and is one story.

New house architecture bewilders me. The secondary bedrooms are like little prison cells because the master suite(s) is so enormous. I don't like an enormous master bedroom; I'd rather have larger common spaces. All I do in my bedroom is sleep.