How much space do we need?

[caravan]

Thank goodness some people are starting to talk sense around here.

[Kibbiekat]

Originally Posted by StarLite

Well, our house is only 1480 sq ft. It's 3 bed and 2 bath. But when we bought it 13yrs ago we didn't have kids. Now we have 2 kids, 3 cats and 2 dogs. So we've out grown this place. Unfortunately if we sold this place we probably wouldn't make any money. So we now have to make use of the space we have(for now) and do some house cleaning and rearranging. We really would like a place that's at least 2000sq ft and 4 bedrooms. It'd be nice for our kids to have their own rooms and an office.

how is that possible after 13 years? Never mind. None of my business.

[riaelise]

Originally Posted by 20yrsinBranson

Well somebody out there can have four kids because I don't have any (by choice). I do not agree with having big families just to "have them". However, I know some folks who have a large farm and they really do NEED all the children they have (five or six or seven, I'm not sure), because the children work (hard) on the farm. I don't have a problem with that because all of the kids contribute to the well-being of the family. But lots of people have too many WORTHLESS kids, which I do have a problem with.

20yrsinBranson

Oh dear, sounds like another curmudgeony, grumpy childfree person. What the heck is a 'worthless' kid? Because they are not working from sun up to sun down? Pfft.

To the OP, having been raised in apartments, and not very large ones at that, in New York City, I knew that I wanted to level up in a big way when I purchased a home. We purchased a 5K sq ft house in the suburbs of Austin, Texas. Being that it was farther out, it fit within our budget. We originally thought that we would have a large family, but probably will not -- so as it stands there are two adults, one child, a dog, and a rabbit that live in the house. Do we need it? At the time, we thought that we did. Now, not so much. Yes, I'd probably now get a smaller home, but we've grown to love it and wouldn't give it up any time soon.

As for electricity, yes, it consumes a lot. Everything costs $. But we still love our home.

[nightcrawler]

......and just how big does the master "suite" have to be ?? ........

ugh, with children just how long do you think you could be possobly in there to enjoy it???