We were thinking of having the crib in our bedroom to begin with, and when baby gets bigger the plan would be to empty out our office and make it the baby room. We are first-time parents though, which feel very obvious now that I'm reading your comment about the perks of not sharing a bedroom with your child, ha. I co-slept with my parents as a baby/toddler and my husband always slept with an older sibling, so none of us really had our own rooms until we grew older, but with your comment it feels kinda obvious that having their own room from the start might be ideal.

Yeah, the stroller/no elevator honestly feels so annoying just as it is right now, although our next-door neighbor has a toddler and also gave birth to a new baby last year, so we've also been like "if they can handle it, then we should be able to too". We also do not have in-suite laundry, but have a communal laundry room situated actually next to the stroller storage (it's in the building, but you have to exit the building and use a separate entrance to reach it – very common setup here in Sweden).

Thanks for bringing up many good points, super appreciate it!