While you are moving to Illinois and want to find a great community to live in, and that perfect house to call your own; kids have a different agenda - bedrooms. They will have different things on their minds. Leaving school, saying goodbye to best friends, wandering if they'll like the new school, making new friends and BEDROOMS.
I am not sure why this is, perhaps is just because they are looking for a level of comfort and a bedroom provides that. Maybe they just want to have the best this time around. Either way if you take the kids house hunting they may start picking the bedroom they want before you've even picked the house. Kids are clever. They will zone into your emotions and will know if the house you are standing in stands a chance of being selected. 
If you've got one child, no issues right.
If you've got two or more and they are going to get a room each, how is it they always want the same one? Is it size, location, color or the toys they see in the room that match their own. Does the eldest child get the biggest bedroom? No matter what you do, there may be happiness for one, jealousy or disappointment for another, and downright rage and stomping from another. Like you need all this drama while trying to choose the house!
So what to do? Well you could make the rules before you go looking. Oldest child will have the biggest room, room by age rank so to speak. Youngest child or baby will have the room closest to parents regardless of size. Or you can fight the fires as you go, once the house is chosen. Agree smallest room gets decorated first-now see who will accept the little room-they'll likely all jump on that.
As an Air Force kid I remember the bedroom issues. My brother and I took turns getting the biggest room, the other got the smallest. My two other brothers had no choice, middle bedroom and share it!
While this may not be top of your mind for your upcoming move to Illinois, have your "bedroom" defense plan ready!
Corinne Guest
Realtor & Managing Broker
Royal Advocate Realty, Barrington
Call today 847-363-3686 for real estate and relocation service.
Suburban Real Estate - Lake Zurich, Hawthorn Woods, Kildeer, Long Grove
Corinne: I had those issues too when helping a buyer purchasing a home. The kids views are very important too. Many times the older one gets the bigger room unless they give in to the younger ones requests. I recently sold a home and the older bother decided to give the bigger room to his sister and I thought that was so sweet.
Very true Corinne. This is one of the inevitable arguments that occur in the family so your tips so the tips you gave will be very helpful to homebuyers. Thank you for sharing this Corinne.