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I know people who have a 1st floor master and their kids are upstairs and they are fine with it. But for me personally, I would want to be on the same floor at night until my kids are older. I know my husband is similar to me.

However, I think in the long run, a 1st floor master can be a great thing. When kids are older, it will be nice to be on your own floor, and it might be nice if you ever have an aging parent stay with you, etc.

It's common here. It's considered a negative if the master is on the second floor or same side of the house as the other bedrooms. It wouldn't be a big deal to me.

It's the norm here for the master to be on the first floor. (I think of the 25+ houses we saw, only one wasn't that setup.) We moved into this house when mine were 4 months and 27 months, and it hasn't been an issue at all. I hadn't owned a monitor before (we lived in one and two bedroom condos prior), so we did have to get one of those. Otherwise, no big deal, and it'll be nice for them to have their own space, and vice versa, when they're older.

Our house has the master on the first floor with all the other bedrooms, including LO's, upstairs. LO is 18 months, has been sleeping in her room upstairs since 4 months, and it has not been a problem at all. In fact, it has been really convenient for noise separation. However, the layout has definitely caused me some anxiety, particularly because the upstairs rooms are basically in a separate wing of the house (without a monitor, we really would not be able to hear LO from the master). We are actively searching for a new home, and one of my criteria is for the master and LO's rooms to be on the same floor. LO is still in a crib, and we can quickly get to her if she needs us, but as soon as she is able to get out of bed on her own, I want her to be able to come find us without having to navigate a set of stairs and walk across the entire house. That's important to me. I remember as a kid being able to walk across the hallway into my parents' room if I had a nightmare or felt sick, and I want LO to have that comfort as well. If we aren't able to move, I'm not sure what we'll do, but I'd consider moving our room upstairs into one of the guest rooms. (Fast-forwarding to the older child/teen years, though, this will be an ideal setup!)

If the upstairs rooms in our house weren't in a separate wing, though, and were instead within hollering distance of the master on the main floor, I would be much less concerned.

It fortunately isn't common, but I always try to think of the worst case scenario: a child with the stomach flu coming to find you in the middle of the night. What will they throw up on and are you ok cleaning it in the middle of the night? And if someone is in a hurry between there in the dark, what is the likelihood of injury?

My parents had their room across the hall and not sharing any walls, but a very short trip for you or the kids.

My sister in law bought a house when she was pregnant with her first that had a master on the main. They ended up converting a rec room to a second master on the second floor to be close to the kids. She hated running up and down the stairs and not being able to hear her kids cry out (even as they got older). You kids are older though...so I'd say tough it out for a year or two in the guest room. (they turned a corner of their rec room into an attached bath, it shared a wall with another bathroom so no need to move plumbing). But I think in the long term, its great. Imagine if someone in your family broke an ankle: room downstairs! If elderly parents needed a place to stay: room downstairs! Imagine peace and quiet away from a crowd of raging tweens: room downstairs!

When we were house hunting, having all the bedrooms on the same floor was on our must-have list. But we ended up buying a place with a main floor master and all three kid/guest bedrooms in the daylight basement.

It's been completely fine. LO's room is the farthest possible room from ours and we can hear him just fine. He can also climb the stairs in the middle of the night all by himself (he's 3).

We're expecting another one in April, but we're comfortable keeping her in our room for as long as necessary. When we had our first we lived in a one bedroom condo until he was 18 months.

We're building a ranch and one of my criteria was bedrooms on opposite sides for noise separation. I've never wanted a 2 story but if it was my "forever" home I'd for sure do master suite on first floor - 1) when I'm older I don't want to worry about stairs and 2) when I have teenagers I want them separated! My sisters and I had our 3 bedrooms upstairs + bathroom, no way my parents would have survived on the same floor as us!

Are you done having kids? if not, would new baby sleep in your room? I wouldn't want to be on a diff floor from a newborn (and I'm not into room sharing) so that would be my issue. otherwise it's not ideal but would not be a dealbreaker for me.

We are building a house with a first floor master and all other bedrooms upstairs. It would be annoying with a baby thats up all night but otherwise it is better to us to be further away in the long run.