tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506546383283993875.post2139238366742225746..comments2024-01-31T02:13:29.945-05:00Comments on Riverdale Park Station Blog: Adaptations to the Parker Plan:MDREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14467376755501668062noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506546383283993875.post-14926369330601458292017-09-30T19:49:51.106-04:002017-09-30T19:49:51.106-04:00Welcome to Riverdale! We kept our second car but o...Welcome to Riverdale! We kept our second car but only because as of right now parking is not an issue.<br />For the bathroom I am using the hall bath and my wife is using the master and that seems to work fine. Agreed that the master bath is a bit small. We seriously considered doing the same thing you did as the laundry down in the first floor is a pain but we REALLY wanted that hall bath for guests and we also have the baby. One bathroom for three would not have worked.<br />Sleeper in the loft is working great. It was not easy to get up there but now that it is there it’s nice. Thanks for reading.MDREhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14467376755501668062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506546383283993875.post-6821290630349634032017-09-29T08:55:12.915-04:002017-09-29T08:55:12.915-04:00We ended up putting a contract on a Parker, but we...We ended up putting a contract on a Parker, but we had a lot of the same issues. We are also selling our second car. But like you I am still concerned about street parking for visitors, cat sitters, etc. For the closets, we don't have kids, so my husband generously promised me the bedroom closet to myself and he will use the smaller closet in the second bedroom. Still, I have had to purge a lot, though I wanted and needed to do that. We intentionally wanted to downsize by moving here from a single family home. <br /><br />With regard to the bathroom, I couldn't handle the tiny master bath - it felt too claustrophobic to me for being a primary bath. I would have always used the one in the hall, and that seemed like a waste to us. We opted for one full bath, which allow us to get a wishlist item for me - laundry near the bedroom. Again, easier for us because we don't have kids. We did opt for the model with the extra powder room on the first level so we still have three bathrooms (two powder rooms and a full bath). FYI, our realtor told us about other clients who opted for the first floor powder room with a plan to expand to a full bath by stealing some space from the garage. <br /><br />I was also a little concerned about lack of a guest bedroom but also plan to put a sleeper in the loft. I actually came around to thinking it is better this way, because the set-up will work for short stays and lower maintenance friends/relatives, but encourages other visitors to stay at the soon-to-be-built Hyatt (luckily my dad doesn't read blogs so I can say this).Jen from lot 52noreply@blogger.com