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But the basement doesn’t <em>belong</em> to S1. Presumably as S2 gets older he will also have friends over and want to use it.
S1 can go to the attic and D can have S1’s room. The daughter will get over not being a princess anymore. Way too much thought is being put into the “feelings” of these kids. Parents should do what is reasonable and practical for those who live there the majority of the time.</p>
<p>Well, the “man cave” obviously never belonged to the D, as presented here (just by title). Sounds like, if anything, more a case of a prince, than a princess.</p>
<p>There’s nothing to suggest S’s room is actively “bad” - just not as lavish as D’s. To me, that’s far different from a situation in which someone has a broom closet and someone has a suite.</p>
<p>Absent exigent need for the larger space (i.e. 2 sibs sharing the smaller room-although if 2 sibs are sharing a room, they should get the larger bedroom as a matter of fairness-you either get a roommate and the big room or the small room and privacy), keep the room arrangement the way it is.</p>
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<p>Ouch. 9x10, that sucks. Is that even legally a bedroom? Maybe this is the reason that when I walk into an older house, I suddenly get this burning desire to beat down walls with a sledgehammer.</p>
<p>I do agree that size is but one consideration. Location, storage space and exposure are important too.</p>
<p>“Is that even a legal bedroom?” LOL. My S’s room was 6x7, no closet. Actually, that’s really not a legal bedroom. But he still opted to stay in that rather than move into D’s spacious 10x8.</p>
<p>Welcome to walk-in closet-land.</p>
<p>Well, he had a window…and somehow he’s survived it.</p>
<p>I agree with mom2collegekids</p>
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<p>**It would be different if S1 had some undesirable situation or was sharing a small room with a younger sibling.</p>
<p>But, since S1 has a nice room and the nice man cave, how much time does he ACTUALLY spend in his room??? </p>
<p>And, I don’t like the idea of heating/cooling more space.**</p>
<p>Wait, if you have central heat/AC, then won’t you be heating/AC’ing the whole house anyway?</p>
<p>^I don’t know if she specified that (perhaps OP does not have central AC/heat), but even so outlying rooms take extra power to heat and cool. Ex. if the attic is particularly cold in the winter relative to the rest of the house, the heat of the entire house must be adjusted to keep the attic warm.</p>
<p>No, futurenyustudent, just wait til you pay bills :-). You could close off an attic area and save a good sum of money in heating / cooling bills.</p>
<p>Yeah, I also assume heat “escapes” through outlying rooms…</p>
<p>Wouldn’t proper insulation save even more money in the long run?</p>
<p>In a central heat system though, wouldn’t heat escape through the outer rooms anyway, as long as there is a vent going to the room?</p>
<p>One would close the vents and close the doors.</p>