Remodelings are unique beasts, and design decisions should be made upon a myriad of information, multitudes more than you have provided. Your question would be best asked to your architect, assuming you have one, although I have always questioned double doors into a bedroom for anything other than a bariatric design.

Thanks for the reply. My question is more from a home buyer perspective instead of architectural. Would a family looking to buy a house prefer to walk up and see a wide open space bonus room or more hidden away?

I'd like to see a more inclusive plan. What's existing? What's new? I see a lot of 'hallway'.

I don't want to hear a washer/dryer from my MBR, and I don't want to do laundry in a room with no natural light. (How will you vent the dryer?)

I'd prefer an open loft where the kids can play/study/entertain friends while you keep an eye out -- but I don't want that next to my MBR either.

I see you have a toilet against one MBR wall.

From a buyer's perspective, eliminating the laundry sink from the laundry room and creating a laundry closet -- w/washer and dryer and cleaning product storage -- rather than an actual laundry room would be desirable ... especially if it meant I'd have a larger bonus with its own closet (albeit even a small closet) which I could choose to use for my own personal purposes: I could choose to use it as a "kids playroom" OR I could use it as a guest bedroom OR have the option to use that bonus room as a place for an ironing board and folding table and rolling hanging rod -- whatever I needed as a "laundry room" (aside from the washer and dryer itself).

You could put the washer and dryer in a closet on one side and a closet w/rod and shelving on the other side of a hallway that leads to the bonus room. Perhaps you could choose a pair of pocket doors for the bonus room if you want a more open vibe.

Unless you totally remove the laundry room and the walls between the landing and bonus/kids room to totally open that space, just make it a closed bonus room.

Why don't you post all of your floor plan so that everyone can see and understand your plan and what you are talking about. The photo above is very poor.

When do you do your laundry? Are you home during the day or working? A 2nd floor laundry room always SOUNDS like a great idea - the w/d where most of the laundry is generated and returned. But If one works all day and does laundry in the evening, going up and down the stairs to change a load, is a big bother. Instead, a laundry room were one typically spends the evening, is probably far more convenient. A basket for each person's laundry can be folded and filled and left for that person to carry upstairs if they are old enough to do so.

I do know a few people who I call "laundry addicts" who will run a small load every single morning, including the sleepwear from the night before and the previous day's clothes. My own mother was like that - she would run a load with one nightgown, one set of undergarments, and perhaps a top...every single day.

I'm a once weekly doer of laundry. I even did this when I had a husband and children living at home. We had enough clothes/underwear to last a week. I would spend part of one day in the basement doing the laundry and ironing while it ran. Then it was over and done for the week. I loved that!

As a prospective buyer I would detest having the kids' playroom right next to my bedroom. I want them to be able to get up at an ungodly hour on Saturday to play and watch cartoons while I sleep! And when they turn into teens I want them to be able to watch their shows late at night or visit with their friends all night at sleepovers while I sleep! And I want to participate in marital activities without thinking about whether the kiddos playing in the room next door can hear us. If the room can be seen from the bottom of the stairs that's another con. And I don't make my kids pick up their toys every night before bed (especially if they have created a glorious set-up) and yet I don't want to have to see that chaos on my way to bed or wade through it on the way to breakfast.

My laundry habits are just like Anglo's so I also prefer first floor laundry.

We are going to put in very good insulation and double up on the wall so I think it is covered in terms of sound proofing. This laundry room is our secondary laundry so have other options late at night. Your comment about the mess is what had us originally put the room tucked away. We were just second guessing ourselves so good to hear that several of you have the same feelings.

There's your answer, with this new information, do not build the second laundry room. I just saved you a couple thousand dollars.

I personally hated having our laundry room on our first floor. I found it extremely annoying to carry the laundry up and down the stairs. I also didn’t like bringing my mess to the main living areas. I moved our laundry room upstairs a few years ago and love it. I don’t really notice the noise so that doesn’t bother me. It’s defiantly personal preference but I no longer dread doing laundry like I did before.

IMO a launndry room needs to be where you spend your day. I find a main floor laundry amazing . One trip with the dirty laundry and one trip with the clean. I have international students and have them bring their hampers to the laundry room and that solves that problem I can listen for the buzzer that tells me to reload while I am doing other things .

Find a location to install a laundry chute so dirties fall to the laundry level. If you have such a large family that a second laundry is needed, try a stacking W/D in that space where it looks like you already penciled it in opposite the bathroom.