Square Footage.

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Current house is 2100 sq. ft. 4 bedrooms/3.5 bathrooms, plus 1200 of mostly finished basement.  It works for the most part.  I could easilly do without the formal dining room and one bedroom, but there isn't an easy way to absorb the dining room into another space and losing a bedroom would hurt resale.

Since we are looking to move, I have been house hunting and I am generally disappointed with the layout of homes, some of which have 1,000 more sq ft than we do now. I don't want a bigger house, I just want one that has bigger rooms without additional rooms the repeat the same function.  Another thing I hate is that secondary bedrooms only seem to get to certain size as the house size grows and than bam they start adding bathrooms and the secondary bedrooms shrink back down again.  As the person who cleans the bathrooms, I do not want a 4 bedroom/ 5 bathroom house.

[mmhmm]

May 2, 2014 11:40:25 GMT -5 The Captain said:

May 2, 2014 10:52:23 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

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...

Not really.  I tried that, but it took me too long to get from my bedroom to her bedroom at the other side of the house.  She's blind and nearly deaf, as well as being unable to walk alone.  If I didn't answer (I have to yell even from the sitting room) right away, it increased her anxiety.  This way, if she calls out I can let her know immediately that I'm coming so she doesn't panic.  She's also in the early stages of dementia, so anxiety is a major issue.

[hurley1980]

Dang ya'll live in some big ole houses!!!!

Ours is 1150 sf 3/1 with a 2 car detached garage.  The kitchen is small, there's no dining room, only a breakfast nook, and I would love another bathroom.  DH and I have dabbled at the idea of turning the guest room in back of the house into a master suite with another bathroom, and also getting rid of the pantry/laundry area which is useless space and expanding the kitchen.  We might do it someday, but it just seems like a lot of work for only 2 people.  As it is, we really only spend time in the kitchen, living room, bedroom and bath.  Our office and guest room go mainly unused.  I hate cleaning what small space we have, so I can't ever see us living in more than maybe 1500 sf (with the expansion).  We aren't having kids, and cleaning up 1150 sf of pet hair covered floor every week is more than enough for me!

I also don't enjoy pack ratting.  What small space we have now gives my DH little room to acquire too many toys, and I would like to keep it that way.

[The Captain]

May 2, 2014 12:56:54 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

May 2, 2014 11:40:25 GMT -5 The Captain said:

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...

Not really.  I tried that, but it took me too long to get from my bedroom to her bedroom at the other side of the house.  She's blind and nearly deaf, as well as being unable to walk alone.  If I didn't answer (I have to yell even from the sitting room) right away, it increased her anxiety.  This way, if she calls out I can let her know immediately that I'm coming so she doesn't panic.  She's also in the early stages of dementia, so anxiety is a major issue.

Sorry!  Didn't realize the rooms were so far apart.  Good luck with everything!

[Sam_2.0]

Currently in about 900 sqft with 3, soon to be 4, people. It feels tight and we don't really have room to have people over. Hoping to move to 2400-3000 sqft in the next year or so. Want room to stay and keep growing our family.

[mmhmm]

May 2, 2014 13:08:07 GMT -5 The Captain said:

May 2, 2014 12:56:54 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

Not really.  I tried that, but it took me too long to get from my bedroom to her bedroom at the other side of the house.  She's blind and nearly deaf, as well as being unable to walk alone.  If I didn't answer (I have to yell even from the sitting room) right away, it increased her anxiety.  This way, if she calls out I can let her know immediately that I'm coming so she doesn't panic.  She's also in the early stages of dementia, so anxiety is a major issue.

Sorry!  Didn't realize the rooms were so far apart.  Good luck with everything!

No problem, captain.  Because she doesn't hear well, she's unable to hear me if I'm any distance away.  That's why I always stay within shouting range.

[cronewitch]

I only use 4 rooms, kitchen, den, bedroom and bath so could stand a tiny house. I have 1250 on the main floor and I think upstairs is about 400 a giant bedroom and bath with two huge closets, way too big for a bedroom and a full basement. I never use the living or dinning rooms but plan to start inviting people over more.

Next house for just me will be about 1800 I think maybe a little more. I want to build unless I find something I love. I want to build with a duel master one on each side of the house. The second master will be empty and used for a guest room if I ever get guest. The reason I want a duel master is so in old age I can have it as a maid's quarters or if I ever needed money I could rent it to a roommate. It would help the resale value too over a one bedroom. My den would have a closet and egress window so when I sell I could call it a bedroom. I also want a powder room so two and a half baths.

Garages should be huge mine is 1760sq ft now and I still need a shed for garden stuff.

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1600 plus an enclosed sunroom plus a finished basement with large family area, workroom, and junkroom.

It's plenty of space for two people and a cocker spaniel.  It may even be too much space.  I sure have a lot more stuff than I need or really want.

[alabamagal]

May 2, 2014 11:25:56 GMT -5 @sroo4 said:

1500-ish sq ft 3/2 ranch.  We do have a finished basement and a screened porch (220 sq/ft) which turns into our summer living room. 

It's perfect for Mr Sroo, Me, 1/2 of a dog, and 3 cats.

How do you have 1/2 of a dog?

[Chocolate Lover]

www.pallensmith.tv/video/Tiny%20House%20Project



Here's you guys a house to downsize to  

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My house is a little under 1300sf and it's a nice size for just me. I wish a few of the rooms were just a little larger but I don't want a big house to maintain, clean and dust. My house seemed to shrink as my children got older, but now that they've moved out, it's big enough that I'm not cramped and small enough that I don't feel lost living here by myself.

I have 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, a living room and a den. I live in the den and my bedroom. I rarely go into the other bedrooms and about the only time I go in the living room is to walk through it to answer the front door. I only go in the other bathroom to take a shower or clean it, even though I have to walk past it to get to my bathroom from the front of the house. I don't use half of my house regularly, but I wouldn't want a smaller house.

[truthbound]

When I grew up we had like 1000 square feet. Plenty of room for four. That was before the gimme gimme McMansion disease generation of course.

[Anne_in_VA]

We have just under 1600 sf 3/2 ranch. It's on a slab, so no basement. Part of that SF is the family room which was put on the back. The bedrooms and baths are a little small and I'd like them to be a little bigger, but we needed the extra room for my home office since I work from home part of the time and we couldn't fit a spare bedroom with a bed and office furniture unless we used the MBR (not gonna happen!). 

I like our house and it's what we could afford as opposed to what the bank said we qualified for. 

[daisy]

The farmhouse is about 1300 ish sq ft but it's so poorly laid out that it seems much smaller.  The kitchen used to be a bedroom, the one guest room used to be cold storage....etc.  it's 3 bed 1.5 Beth (the .5 is in the laundry room).  

I dream of a 2k house with a master bathroom, and more than one closet in the whole house!

it sits on 15 acres, which is nice but I would trade in acreage for a bigger house.

[sesfw]

2K home on a slab so no basement (thanks be to God). We moved from a 3K home with a 3K basement and it was stuffed. I called the basement 'never, never land'. Things got put down there and you never saw them again.

This home is 3/2 with 2 car garage, living/dining room, kitchen, family room, den. Master suite is good sized with a spa tub we never use. The two smaller bedrooms are used for office and sewing.

Would love a 3 car garage ........... and the kitchen has black granite tile that I absolutely HATE. Someday that is gonna change.

Two 70+ yr olds and a 6 lb cat.  It's amazing how much space a 6 lb cat can take up.

[MarleyKeezy78]

We live in a 1100sq ft two bed, one bath, Craftsman with unfinished basement that we use for storage, laundry, pantry and it has two rooms, one of which is DH man cave (hope to finish it someday). We also have a enclosed sunporch that we can finally use (used to have just a storm door and we had a real front door installed) and it runs the whole front of the house and is 7 or 8 ft wide. It is DS playroom at the moment. It works for us. We even managed to put in a above ground pool, fire pit and playscape in our tiny back yard  We use the garage as a outdoor mancave in the summer. It's not everyones cup of tea, but it's our shot of vodka, lol

[msventoux]

Around 1100 sq ft-2 bedroom 1 bathroom with a tiny one car garage.  It's generally just me...and 6 animals.  It's fine, but if I ever get a different house I would love to have a separate master bath with a large soaking tub and more kitchen cabinet space or a separate pantry.

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

Our house is 2050 sf; 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms; great room w/kitchen, tv& couch, and table that can comfortably seat 12; family room; laundry room. We also have a two-story three-car garage. The wood floors mentioned in my other thread are about 1500 sf. The bedrooms and the family room have carpet. The bathrooms have tile. 

Bonny, 22 people at your table!!! Holy Goodness!!!

[sarcasticgirl]

I would guess 900-1000 sq ft. 2 BR/2Bath. It is pretty much perfect for us... I just wish we had more storage. But we don't so, basically we just need to have less crap. 

[NastyWoman]

1296sq ft, 2/2 plus a small office. No attic, cellar, or garage but I do have some outside storage ( think the size of a small shed).  Perfect for me alone: plenty of space and very peaceful 

[Peace Of Mind]

Just under 2,200 SF with an attached 2 Car garage.  4 bedroom/3 Bath and an awesome floor plan.  It's a 3-way split.  Perfect for the 2 of us and a bunch of kitties.

We have granite and it's lighter color, sesfw.  I highly recommend it. 

Now Fam - tell us how much SF you are getting in your new mansion.  

[dcmetrocrab]

970 1 BDR 1 bath, just DH and me. It's amazing, love it. Perfect amount of space for us; we even have a completely empty full size closet at the moment. We'd be downgrading with closet space when we move out one day to a townhouse or SFH since our ideal is a 3BDR 2 bath at 1200-1500 sq ft. Homes of these foot prints are tiny compared to our 1 BDR now. Odd but we won't have room for all our stuff!

[Regis]

About 3800 sft including the finished basement.  It's 4 BR, 2 1/2 bath.  Has been great for our family of five.  Oldest son is now on his own and next oldest is in college so he's only home during summers.  Daughter will be starting college in the fall.  I would imagine the house is going to feel huge when it's just the two of us.  We are probably looking at downsizing in the next 5-6 years.

[nutty]

A stupid 2200, dont use half of it. Moving into a 765 apartment