Hi Nai

Yes, we do have an attic conversion. It would have been done in the late 90's before we bought the place. So our house has all the living area downstairs, then two rooms, ensuite and kids bathroom on the 2nd level and then on the third level it has two more bedrooms (which is the attic area). So this is where DD's bedroom is, she loves it and calls it her princess room, in another month DS will be moving into the other room up there. The stairs are just normal stairs up to it, the same from ground level up to 2nd level. We have a monitor in DD's room as when I am downstairs at night I wouldn't hear her and will put another monitor in DS's room - maybe even a video monitor. Just a word of warning - VENTILATION - make sure you have windows on all sides where you can to get the air flow happening, in summer it is amazing how hot it gets up there, we put an air conditioning reverse cycle unit in DD's room, which cools it down so it is completely fine and thinking about what to do with DS's room, maybe a portable one, we will have a fan in there, the sun doesn't set on the side where his room is so may not get as hot as DD's but on a day when it is 38 to 40 degrees, it feels like about 50 degrees up there. Ummm what else, we will need to put a gate up the top of the stairs when DS goes up there, we didn't for DD - she didn't move up there until she was three and has always been really confident with stairs as we have so many in this house but DS will only have just turned two and I don't want him to come hurtling down in the middle of the night. There isn't a bathroom up there, which at the moment isn't really a problem, the kids bathroom is at the bottom of the stairs to the attic. But I know when my parents were staying up there, they would have to traipse down in the middle of the night to use the loo. I don't let the kids play up there in the day at all, we only go upstairs to sleep as everything is down on the ground level, all their toys, etc.

Friends of ours have also got a converted attic, different layout to our house but in theirs, they have two bedrooms, bathroom and a study area, it looks great, they have done a great job on it, they have their DS who is 2 yrs sleeping up there and their other DS will move up when he goes into a big bed I guess.

Can't think of anything else to add, but ask any questions. Laurin x