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With more of my relatives and family moving to "popular" areas, it seems like their average homes/condos and apartments are getting smaller and more expensive.
In the future, meaning the next generation of kids and afterwards, wouldn't house sizes get smaller, as land area tends to decrease? Every country besides the US has decreasing smaller house sizes. But we are blessed with a lot of land here, as long as you are willing to move further out. But I think that has to end at some point. Of course, depends on the area of the country.
What do you guys think about larger and larger house sizes? The trend would reverse. House sizes have increased to an average of 2679 square feet, vs 1660 square feet in 1973. I would think by the time my kids need to find houses (maybe in 25 years), they would be looking for small houses or townhouses.
Our home is 1300 Square feet and it is a wee bit too big for us, bigger house is more cost and maintenance and unnecessary for us to have a home any bigger than we have.
Local builders are putting in 4-5 story homes with roughly 2000 sq ft to hit an entry level price point of under $700K. Closer to the city you may only get 1300-1500 sq ft at that price point.
That's a lot of stairs to climb, but the homes are selling. Obviously people on a budget are willing to compromise square footage in order to get a newer home.
Here's a free standing home that just sold for $730K, 1850 sq ft but "used"
Bigger isn’t always better. I’m thinking smaller works well overall and makes life less costly and easier in the long run. The extra space of larger homes just means more furniture, taxes, utilities and headaches. I’m looking for downsizing after 35 years in a larger home.
Bigger isn’t always better. I’m thinking smaller works well overall and makes life less costly and easier in the long run. The extra space of larger homes just means more furniture, taxes, utilities and headaches. I’m looking for downsizing after 35 years in a larger home.
People are too obsessed over square footage. Do you really need 6 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms? My wife and I have a 1700 sq. ft home and it's perfect. In fact, I could go smaller and probably will later on for retirement.
I think the floor plan is far more important than the actual square footage. I dont know the sf of my childhood home, but like the 2000 sf home we moved to when I was a teenager, the formal living room was never furnished, or used for more than just storage.
My homes have always been less than 1600 sf. The smaller homes had better floor plans than my current home which is 1458. I liked the smaller model in my subdivision, but it had no closet space so I went up to the next model, and even at that closet space is limited. I have a living room & a family room separate by an open wall divider which is kinda stupid. The 3rd bedroom is the junk room, the family room is my quilting room. I make do. But I would only want a larger home IF it had a smarter floor plan.
I also live in 1300 square feet and we will downsize when we retire and we will get a smaller house . I mean after all there is only the two of us and really in ten yrs when we are ready to retire I'm sure we will want a smaller house .I never wanted a house bigger than what I have now .
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