Inspired by another board, I'm curious how big your house is. Not in a bragging way. We are currently in a 920 sq. foot two bedroom condo, and it is actually ok for our family right now. We do want to move in the next few years and want a bit more space (and mainly not have to worry about neighbors and have our own yard), but I'd be ok with not much more square footage. We do live in a HCOL area, so that plays a role! Although DH has said 1100 is his minimum. I've read a few times that the average house size in the 1950's was 983 square feet, so I'm curious how big your house is and if you think that is a good sized space for your needs?
Re: How big is your house?
Currently in 1700 sq ft 3 BR 2 Bath. Open floor plan so the living rooms face each other. We have five kids total, three who live here full time, so it's killing me. I also WFH full time and have no office.
If the planets align we will be moving to a 3500 sq ft 4 BR 3 Bath + office with door off the master, with a game room with a door that closes on half an acre. Formal living space will be fifth bedroom when needed, it's seperated.
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My house is small. 3 bedroom townhome 1500 square feet. It will become even smaller as we expand our family. Ideally I would like at least 3000 square feet and a big yard, but that is impossible in our area.
I grew up in a huge home, and DH grew up in a one bedroom apartment with 4 people so we are used to different amounts of space.
I agree that so much about a house is layout more than sq footage.
Our house is 2100 sq ftt. 4 bed, 2.5 bath. We're one and done and it's plenty of room for the 3 of us.
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We're currently in a 980 sf 2 BR/1 BA. We're in the process of building a house, it'll be 1950 sf. So double the size! With that, we will be getting an additional bedroom, but the rest of the additional space is pretty much all closets and bathrooms. Our current house has 2 tiny closets and that's it! It was built in the 1940s, and I know plenty of families have lived in it over the years, but it feels tiny to us now that we have a LO. I'm happy with the size we're buying, I know that if I have a big house I'll fill it with stuff, and DH is kind of a minimalist so he'll be happy keeping the "stuff" in check.
My MIL was raised in a 3 BR/1 BA, 1000 sf house, and her parents had 6 kids! So it certainly can be done. I don't know how though. The funny thing is that her parents put an addition on that house, but not til the kids were out of the house.
currently - an under 900sq ft one bedroom/one bath apartment with a large living room (which doubles as a dining room as well).
Moving next month into a 4 bed/3.5 bath home. No idea of square footage but it has a family room, a formal living room, separate dining area and a decent sized back yard.
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We live in a 1200 sq foot 3 BR, 2 bath ranch. I am definitely feeling cramped with our family of 4 and we just found out that my step daughter would like to move in with us full time to attend high school in our area. I would like to sell the house and move in to something larger, but I don't know when that will happen. For right now, we need to make the most of our space- the layout is nice and open, plus we have vaulted ceilings that make it look larger. We also live on a park and have a large, fenced back yard. We have a single garage that we do not use for anything except storage and we are thinking about converting that in to a bonus room to maximize space.
* If anyone else lives in a small space and has some suggestions on space saving tips or converting a single garage in to a playroom or bonus room, I would love to hear about it:)*
It's too big, certainly bigger than we need.
5bedrooms, 5 bathrooms. 3 acres of land. 5000sqft-ish which includes the walkout basement.
I stalked this house and I do love it but sometimes I think, too much.
We live in a 1950 cape cod that is about 1,700sqft. It has 3 bedrooms 2.5 baths, den, 1 car garage and 3 season sun porch. I wouldn't mind something just a little bit bigger maybe just over 2,000sqft Just an extra bedroom and a little bigger basement that I can finished for a family/game room.
Also want to make sure we get a 2 car garage in the next house. Not sure that will ever happen though we made sure to buy a large enough house so if we could never move again it was no big deal. I grew up in a 750sqft house with 3 other people. Was tight but we survived.
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