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Getting a bigger place

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I was wondering if any of you were thinking of getting a bigger place if you currently are living in a condo.  We are currently living in a 2000 sqft condo with two bedrooms and a office room.  We put most of our stuff in storage but is this enough for two kids now?  Thanks.

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  • CourtneyR2NCourtneyR2N member

    I live in a 1500 square foot town house with 3 bedrooms.  My DH and I live there full time and I have two stepsons that are with us on weekends and holidays.

    We thought about getting a bigger place, really we need something with a play room/finished basement type area.

    But I just can't handle the idea of trying to sell our house right now. 

     

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  • klallen21klallen21

    My husband and I live in a 2 br apt.  I REALLY want something bigger, but I'm not sure if we'll be able to before the baby comes.  We *could* have enough room where we are now, but I'd love more.

    With this !surprise! pregnancy, we really weren't as prepared as most people are.  But, we're responsible and really excited :)

    I need to re-read "The House that Cleans Itself" and get everything ready for this baby.  Lots to do and only 8-ish months to do it!!!

    Good luck to you! :)  

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  • KelzinBostonKelzinBoston

    2000 sf sounds like ample space to me!  We've been living with a Toddler and a dog in a 850 sq. ft. condo and plan to upgrade to about 1200 sq. ft.  I think they key is storage and a good layout!

    Oh city living.

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  • nosoup4unosoup4u member

    We live in about a 2000 sq ft apartment. It's three bedrooms, one of which is an office right now (and my little sister is also living with us for the forseeable future), but we share a room with DS - we're going to convert the office into a bedroom for him in a few months, and then the new baby will sleep with us for the first year or two. I'm a huge fan of room- and bedsharing, in that we don't have to use an entire room for a kid instead of us, ha ha.

    We rent, and I'm incredibly skittish about buying a place anytime soon, so we'll definitely be staying where we're at for awhile. Babies don't take up much room, and second kids are nice bc we already own pretty much everything we need for it.

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  • kjg5445kjg5445 member
    we just bought a 1900 sq ft house. 3 bedrooms and a bonus office. its large and will fit our needs. i cant imagine needing more room than that for now. but we dont have a ton of stuff iether so i guess that matters.

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  • juangelajuangela
    Before our surprise BFP DH and I were saving to buy a house sometime next year. In keeping with that plan, we are going to make the two bedroom condo we rent now work until we are ready to buy (great location and cheap rent). The second room has served as DH's "man cave" but that stuff will need to go into storage or be sold in a garage sale to make room for the baby.
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  • hope915hope915
    Its funny you brought this up..when DH and I first moved to Florida in 2008 we moved into a 1300sq ft 2bedroom 2 bathroom apartment. Well in January of this year we decided to downsize into a 1bedroom 1bathroom 800sq ft apartment to save money for a couple years to buy a house. Well 1 month after we moved into the smaller place, we got the BFP!..lol..so needless to say, in January when our lease is up we will be moving ONCE AGAIN..with a 4 month old...*sigh*Huh?
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  • BryansBride28BryansBride28 member
    There's no way we'll be able to sell our condo for what we owe on it. We have a 2 bedroom... one for us, one for DH's daughter. We've accepted the fact that the baby will share a room with us until the market turns around and we can get a bigger place.
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