Hi there! I will be moving in to a small 3 bedroom 1 bathroom twin as my first house in a couple weeks but am not sure what to do with the back room currently configured as a mudroom/laundry room. The room is 9x15 and opens into the backyard and kitchen.

The house is only about 1,350 sqft so space is at a premium. The living room is small and is currently the only place I can really entertain so I was thinking of moving the laundry room to the full, unfinished basement and converting the current laundry room into a half bath and family room.

Alternatively I could convert it to a half bath with stacked closet style laundry and use the rest as a sun room. The only problem with that is it could then only seat about 4 people, while if moving the laundry to the basement it could seat 6.

I am concerned with both my comfort as well as resell value, because I do intend to move on to a single detached house in about 5 years. Any opinions of tips would be appreciated. Thanks!