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Thanks all. I will try to find something larger. Around 1300 for single story and 1400+ for two story homes.
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At $479 SF a couple hundred extra sf will cost you close to $100 000 plus the cost of extra crap to fill it. Or a less desirable place at the same price. First world problems.
Would depend on the layout, but in my opinion that's on the border of "too small" for a family of 4. I live in a 1000sf 2-1 and it's too small for 2 people.
At least your place is 3 beds so you've got the space for the extra kid.
We are 4. We lived in a house that size and it was fine to us. It had living, big eat-in kitchen and an additional room, adjacent to living and kitchen that some neighbors used as dining room, some others as playroom, others as family room. We used it as office/play area. 3 big bedrooms on second floor. The layout was great because the circulation areas were minimal, so the rooms were big even as the house was only 1200 sq.ft.
My 875 square foot condo (2/2) felt so much larger than my 1200 square foot (2/2.5) townhouse.
Would depend on the layout, but in my opinion that's on the border of "too small" for a family of 4. I live in a 1000sf 2-1 and it's too small for 2 people.
At least your place is 3 beds so you've got the space for the extra kid.
Gee, 2 of us live in 832 sf, 3/1, and except for wanting a second toilet, we do fine....
To the OP:
There ARE other things to think of.
How about your budget? can you REALLY AFFORD-without drowning in further debt-a bigger place, or do you need to stick in this price range? From my area, I choked on the sales price of that place!!!
How about maintenance? How is it handled in the town house charter?
When I grew up, there were LOTS of large families in 3/1s with 4, 7, 10, 13 kids {yes really those exact amounts of kids} ALL in that 1200-1300 sqft!!! SO DON'T get hung up on "each person needs 650 sqft for them alone" routine!
Remember: you're going to have a second child...they cost what $$1/2 million from birth to age 21??? SO, do you "cramp it" in that "small house", and have the $$ for the second child, or do you blow your entire budget with BOTH two children and a home?
At $1/2 million for the house, $1/2 million for the first child, and $1/2 million for the second child,,,do you/will have the $1.5 million to do it all? PLUS the $2 million needed for your retirement TOO?
I wish you the best of luck in your quest for adequate housing....
... Said the person who apparently lives in two of the most expensive locations in the US.
No need to be dismissive. People live where they live. I suspect the OP knows the conflict between price and availability.
Wow, rough room. Actually I thought the people that were saying to go bigger were being dismissive and the price reference was for them. Much easier to buy more sf at $160sf than $479. I looked at the OP's location to determine the usefulness of outside space. I glanced at the location of posters saying go big and noticed Brentwood. My buddy lives there. First in a 3000sf home with front and back stairs. Then a 5000 sf mansion with a 1000 sf apt. over the 4 car garage for the only child at home. Finally realized how the space wasn't bringing happiness so "downsized" to a 2000sf 4 bedroom townhouse!
I grew up in the midwest in 1500sf with 9 kids, 3 adults and ONLY 1.5 baths.
I covet large spaces every now and then but on my budget I would have to live in a third world country (flyover country. sorry) to live in a mansion. http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...78-20867?row=7
Wow, rough room. Actually I thought the people that were saying to go bigger were being dismissive and the price reference was for them. Much easier to buy more sf at $160sf than $479. I looked at the OP's location to determine the usefulness of outside space. I glanced at the location of posters saying go big and noticed Brentwood. My buddy lives there. First in a 3000sf home with front and back stairs. Then a 5000 sf mansion with a 1000 sf apt. over the 4 car garage for the only child at home. Finally realized how the space wasn't bringing happiness so "downsized" to a 2000sf 4 bedroom townhouse!
I grew up in the midwest in 1500sf with 9 kids, 3 adults and ONLY 1.5 baths.
I covet large spaces every now and then but on my budget I would have to live in a third world country (flyover country. sorry) to live in a mansion. http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...78-20867?row=7
None of that really matters.
Saying "first world problems" adds NOTHING to the conversation and is just an attempt to shame someone. OP asked for opinions, not judgment.
No that's not too small, but go take a look at it. I lived by the beach for 3 years in a 440 sq ft one bedroom apartment, so 1100 sq ft is big to me.
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