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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2014 10:09:44 GMT -5
How much square footage are you living in now? Is it too much/not enough? What is your ideal?
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on May 2, 2014 10:12:19 GMT -5
1299 sf right now. 4 bedroom ranch with 1.5 baths.
I'd like another 400-600 as I'd like a dining area and bigger bathrooms.
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Post by milee on May 2, 2014 10:12:49 GMT -5
A little under 1100 enclosed, an extra 400 in the late fall, winter and spring when we can open the large adjoining lanai.
That's very tight for the 4 of us, but manageable. I'd like to have around 2200 (well designed with large common living areas and 4 small bedrooms) and a guest house/suite would be fantastic. But then again, the fact that there's no room for her is pretty much the only reason my MIL isn't living with us, so I'm good sticking with the 1100 square feet.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2014 10:15:41 GMT -5
A little under 1100 enclosed, an extra 400 in the late fall, winter and spring when we can open the large adjoining lanai.
That's very tight for the 4 of us, but manageable. I'd like to have around 2200 (well designed with large common living areas and 4 small bedrooms) and a guest house/suite would be fantastic. But then again, the fact that there's no room for her is pretty much the only reason my MIL isn't living with us, so I'm good sticking with the 1100 square feet. Smart woman!
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2014 10:16:07 GMT -5
According to Zillow it's 1956 sq ft and I think it's perfect. We have a full unfinished basement that DH wants to turn into a man cave/rec room. Someday...
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Post by Cookies Galore on May 2, 2014 10:19:42 GMT -5
I have no idea. It's a one-bedroom apartment. Since it will always be just the two of us, I'd be perfectly happy in a ~1000 square foot house.
ETA: I'm going to guess ~600 square feet. We stayed in a 900+ sq ft villa in Aruba and it was insanely huge compared to our apartment.
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Post by constanz22 on May 2, 2014 10:19:56 GMT -5
1300, I think that is the main living area. I have a large unfinished (used to be finished) basement (aka "the pit of hell"). I don't think that is included in the 1300 but really not sure. 3 BR, 1.5 Bath raised ranch. It is just me, but it's small. It is feeling a little better as I decrapify. My parents raised a family of 5 there and it didn't seem small then. Go figure...
The kitchen/dining room is a nice size, living room is ok but really only one way to put furniture, so not a great use of space. Bathroom is a really nice size, especially since I remodeled it a few years ago and took out a large "empty space" wall and gained about 4 ft of space. Bedrooms are tiny and closets are tiny.
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Post by midjd on May 2, 2014 10:20:32 GMT -5
I think it's 2800 or so finished, 3500 counting the basement. We don't really use the upstairs or basement, so actually "live" in about 1400sf unless we're entertaining or having overnight guests. It is perfect.
Our bedroom closet is bigger than my bedroom at my mom's house. I'm very spoiled.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2014 10:23:02 GMT -5
3200 sf with the lower level, the only one that uses lower level is older son, as his bedroom and bathroom is down there. So, the three of us mainly live in 1700 sf.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2014 10:26:10 GMT -5
1100 sf finished upper level. 1000 sf unfinished basement (I do use my basement regularly; my greenhouse is down there).
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on May 2, 2014 10:26:11 GMT -5
2800 sq ft for the 2 of us. It is too big for us unless we have people visiting (and I think we're going to have a rotating door for visitors this summer). But when no one else is here, we only live on the top level, so about 1400 sq ft.
Optimally, if we made the formal living room on the upper level into a bedroom and bath, then we could close off the downstairs and make another apartment. The contractor who built this house lived here and he used the downstairs for his office. The only thing we'd have to do is put in a kitchen and the lines are all there already, including the entrance.
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Post by steph08 on May 2, 2014 10:27:08 GMT -5
1400 square feet - 3 bedrooms/2 baths. Semi-finished basement not included in that count.
Right now it's good - we have a whole bedroom that we don't use.
Once the kid is here, we'll see if we feel cramped or not. Doesn't matter - we just bought it and are here for the long haul.
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Post by giramomma on May 2, 2014 10:31:31 GMT -5
1800 feet, no finished basement.
It's perfect for us, 4 beds two bathrooms and a powder room.
I don't imagine us downsizing until it's time to move to assisted living.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2014 10:38:20 GMT -5
1400 square feet - 3 bedrooms/2 baths. Semi-finished basement not included in that count. Right now it's good - we have a whole bedroom that we don't use. Once the kid is here, we'll see if we feel cramped or not. Doesn't matter - we just bought it and are here for the long haul. Our "starter home" was 1000 sq ft 3 bed/1 bath and we did OK with the two kids (we finished that basement so that helped). The yard was fenced in but tiny and the schools were going down the tubes or we probably would have stayed. Only having a 1 car garaged sucked in the winter, though so maybe not.
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Post by swasat on May 2, 2014 10:43:11 GMT -5
2500 sqft of finished space with 4 BR/2.5 Bath. Its perfect for us We are able to maintain/clean it on a pretty good schedule. I don't want anything more because that would mean more cleaning We also have about 1200 sqft of partially finished basement (meaning its all drywalled and stuff, but no insulation, so its not "livable" ) that we could finish up if we needed more space. Honestly, with the 4 of us I don't ever see us needing to do that. So we use our basement as storage.
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Post by Abby Normal on May 2, 2014 10:49:00 GMT -5
1500. I'd really like 2200-2300. But I'm too cheap to buy it, and too lazy to clean it.
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Post by mmhmm on May 2, 2014 10:52:23 GMT -5
2300 sq feet 3/2.5. It's really too big for just mother and I, but it's set up well for her to have her own spaces (bedroom and sitting room). I don't use my bedroom as I sleep in her sitting room so I'm sure to hear her if she needs me. The attic room has remained unfinished, as we just don't need it (it's not counted in the square footage and is used for some storage).
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2014 10:57:14 GMT -5
1100 sq feet above grade and 1100 sq feet fully finished basement. The girls bedrooms, bathroom, exercise room, family room and laundry are downstairs. My room, spare room, kitchen, den, living room are upstairs. I find it perfect.
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Post by bean29 on May 2, 2014 11:03:29 GMT -5
2070 sq ft ranch with 3 car garage ~836 sq ft. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, Living room, kitchen, dinette, dining room and laundry on 1st floor.
We have a finished lower level with a partial exposure and a seperate entrance. This area has a 7.5 x22 pantry closet, an office that is 14x22 with a large walk in closet, a full bar and family room with a full kitchen Refigerator, dishwasher, built in microwave and stove. A full bath and a guest bedroom 17 x 11.5 with a walk in closet. I'd guess the basement is about 1700 sq. ft. There is a utility room which is currently unfinished. The lower has a full kitchen so my inlaws can live with us if they want. It is set up as a completely seperate unit.
If I had it to do over, the kids bedrooms would be a little larger and they would have walk in closets and my dinette would be larger and my dining room would be larger - maybe 2200-2300 sq ft. DD us using part of the walk in closet in the guest bedroom.
I do not want to move and know we are at the age where we need to increase our retirement savings - so the house is what it is. If I don't have enough space I need to declutter.
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Post by alabamagal on May 2, 2014 11:10:36 GMT -5
2300 sq ft ranch house, 4BR, 3 baths on an acre lot. It was perfect when we had 4 kids at home. Now that 1 has moved out (hopefully permanently), 1 about to finish college and 1 finishing 2nd year of college, it it too big. Most of the time just DH and I and the dogs. Since our master suite is on the opposite of the other bedrooms, we hardly even go into the 3BR/2BA side of the house. But it is great on holdidays when we have all the kids and GF/BF visiting. This summer will only have 1 kid (youngest).
One reason we keep the house is in case MIL (widow) ever has to move in, we could give her former master bedroom/bathroom. Or if the boys have to move home after college (hopefully short time only).
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Post by Sunnyday on May 2, 2014 11:15:45 GMT -5
1600 sq (not counting partially finished basement.
Another 500 sq ft would be nice. just enough space for an extra bedroom and an ensuite for the master bedroom.
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Post by lynnerself on May 2, 2014 11:20:57 GMT -5
2200 4 bed, 2.5 bath It would be a little big for us now that the kids are grown, except that they keep coming back home to stay for short time!
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Post by bookkeeper on May 2, 2014 11:29:21 GMT -5
3200 sq.ft. tri-level home with 1000 sq. ft. addition that used to be an indoor swimming pool. We removed the pool and renovated the room into a family space with a pool table.
The pool room became the pool room.
It is way too big for two people. 4 bedrooms and 3 full baths with another 2 half baths. The house sits on 1.6 acres so everybody who lives here gets to mow. Trouble is there are only two people living here! Now we have his and hers riding mowers. When our sons lived at home we had lots of room for them and their friends. Now that they are grown, we will sell this house about a year from now. We have had several people call wanting to buy it.
We would like to buy a ranch style home that is between 1200 and 1500 square feet with a garage that can hold our boat and off street parking for the cars. A private yard is also a must have on my list. We plan to move to another state so we watch the real estate market long distance over the internet.
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Post by The Captain on May 2, 2014 11:40:25 GMT -5
2300 sq feet 3/2.5. It's really too big for just mother and I, but it's set up well for her to have her own spaces (bedroom and sitting room). I don't use my bedroom as I sleep in her sitting room so I'm sure to hear her if she needs me. The attic room has remained unfinished, as we just don't need it (it's not counted in the square footage and is used for some storage). Get a baby room monitor and get back to your bedroom! They're cheap and I'm sure your mom would appreciate having her sitting area remain just her space...
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Post by The Captain on May 2, 2014 11:43:18 GMT -5
Our current home is 1700 sq ft ranch with about another 500 of well finished basement.
Our new home will be 2550 sq ft with about 1200 ft of basement to finish as we want. 4BR, 2.5 baths with a formal dining room and separate family and living rooms. It's more than we need but we want to be prepared in case we have an in-law situation sometime soon.
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Post by Bonny on May 2, 2014 11:59:52 GMT -5
Total of about 2500sq.ft.
2000 on main (2nd level) and 500 on 1st level + oversized 2 car garage.
Probably another 1000sq.ft. of deck/porch wrapping around 3/4 of the house.
That's a lot of sq.ft. for two people but we use everything except the formal dining area (maybe 300 sq.ft.) daily.
If we didn't have some of the furniture we do (aka the family curse) we could be very comfortable in about 1800-2000 sq.ft.
My guess is the next person who owns this house will convert our dining room/breakfast room into a gorgeous masterbedroom suite. I'm pretty sure that the next person won't have an antique dining room table that can sit 22!
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Post by whoami on May 2, 2014 12:14:10 GMT -5
3500 5 beds 4 baths 3 people
Its too big and I've begun grumbling to DH about moving. I almost never go upstairs....
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Post by tskeeter on May 2, 2014 12:29:45 GMT -5
We have 2,800 square feet of living space.
Way more living space than we need.
The dining room gets used once or twice a year. If that.
The two guest bedrooms and guest bathrooms get used about 14 days a year. Maybe.
We're either in the family room, or the office. We could get by with one or the other.
About 1/4 of the master bedroom is used solely to collect dust.
If the kitchen was about 1/3 smaller, it would be easier to work in and still be a three butt kitchen
We also have 900 or so square feet of garage space. It's not enough. We also have two garden sheds fo the stuff that won't fit in the garage.
If I was to design a "for me" house, the house would be about 1,000 - 1,100 square feet of living space. And about 1,800 square feet of garage/shop space. Maybe a little more, if I was to have an attack of insanity and conclude that I need a collector car.
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Post by kittensaver on May 2, 2014 12:32:19 GMT -5
+/- 1978 sq ft, 4 bedrooms, 2 bath. A post-WWII cottage style home built in a subdivision that was part of the post-war boom in So Cal. All one level. A mile from the beach I don't want to spend the time or money cleaning/maintaining anything bigger. I would much rather be gardening, hiking, riding bikes at the beach, reading, knitting/crafting, baking and rescuing kittens .
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Post by muttleynfelix on May 2, 2014 12:41:06 GMT -5
1600 Sq ft 3/2 ranch w/ separate office all on one level. It is a little on the small side with 2 kids. I want to a 400 sq ft split level addition with the upstais being the kids bedrooms and the downstairs being cheaply finished - a safe room, new laundry, and play/work out room. This will give us a guest bedroom, a hall closet, a bigger second bathroom. Right now when all of us are in the second bedroom (which with 2 little kids has become a someone frequent occurrence), it is so tight. We can't even walk around the stool the kids stand on to wash their hands/brush their teeth. If we get the addition right, the house will be a 4/3. I can dream right.
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