Small Space Challenge - 550 sqft

5 years ago

Hi all,
I'm looking for some feedback and ideas about how to best use the 550 sqft I have upstairs for my bedrooms. The original 3 bedrooms are small, and I want to gain a comfortable sized master while as much as possible retaining a second bedroom and 1 office space (which can double as a small 3rd bedroom).
There is an attic, which is accessible through one of the bedrooms, and I was hoping to turn it into a walk-in closet for the master, but the constraints of that idea would leave me with only 2 bedrooms. It may also be possible to move the bathroom from its current location, but that would definitely be more complicated.
Layout: Only the hallway wall on the side of the stairs is load-bearing and windows are standard 30inches each. Each square is ~1ft
TLDR: What is the best, most functional layout you see in this space that makes use of a large attic, gains a decent sized master bedroom, and BONUS: would still allow me to list this house as 3 bedrooms when the time comes?
Thanks, everyone, for your help!

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bpath
5 years ago
I think there is a better way to lay out the bedrooms, losing most of that central hall. In the meantime, here are pictures of a similar bedroom and attic in a townhouse.

Like yours, you can stand up only in the middle. But it looks much more useful than when I saw this soCe as unfinished attic with floor just down the middle.
J. Rodriguez
Original Author
5 years ago
Oh this looks great! It's hard to imagine the possibilities for this space while it's still unfinished, but the pictures help a lot. Do you know what this space ended up being uses for? Looks like a spare hang out room. Thanks for sharing!
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bpath
5 years ago
I don’t know how it was used. Great storage though, especially with the portable AC it looks like they vented through the furnace flue. I do know that another unit in the building wanted to use it as living soace and to put in a skylight but the small HOA turned the skylights down, concerned about the shared elements (roof.). Without egress I don’t think this attic could legally be living space. Great storage and closet, though!
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Mark Bischak, Architect
5 years ago
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