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Old 02-11-2020, 04:22 PM
 
Location: Ohio
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I completely understand the dilemma... anything that's sized appropriately for a small household -1 to 3 ppl- will be older and dated while new constructions are all huge 3000 sq ft +. Not only does a large home carry a higher price tag upfront, the subsequent cost of ownership is also higher- property taxes, heat/AC, more cleaning, more furnishing, etc...
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Old 02-11-2020, 06:31 PM
 
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My impression, at least locally, is that the increase in size is due to an increase in occupancy - a lot of multi-gen households, whether that be out of necessity or due to cultural expectations.
Sadly, I know of a few couples that had to "upgrade" from their 3500 sf home when they had a kid due to concerns about not having enough space or enough bathrooms for their 1 child.
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Old 02-12-2020, 05:33 AM
 
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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Sadly, I know of a few couples that had to "upgrade" from their 3500 sf home when they had a kid due to concerns about not having enough space or enough bathrooms for their 1 child.


That's straight up insane.
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Old 02-12-2020, 08:50 AM
 
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Sadly, I know of a few couples that had to "upgrade" from their 3500 sf home when they had a kid due to concerns about not having enough space or enough bathrooms for their 1 child.
That is pretty crazy. My wife and I were looking for a house in the 2500-3000 square foot range and ended up with around 3100. We have two kids and would like to have two more. We were trying to figure out a sweet spot sized house that we could comfortably squeeze a family of six into that would also not be obnoxiously large for two people in the distant future when all the kids are grown up and moved out. I moved too much as a kid and as a young adult and plan to stay put for at least a couple decades.
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Old 02-12-2020, 10:03 AM
 
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I understand as kids get older they require more space. We were a family of 5 growing up with 1 bathroom and maybe 1800 sf? I remember everytime we told my dad we needed a bigger house he would just say "What for? I want you kids to leave, not get comfortable". Guess it worked, because once I went off to college, I was pretty much out on my own after that.

These days...I wish I had a 3000sf garage.
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Old 02-12-2020, 12:42 PM
 
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These days...I wish I had a 3000sf garage.
Yes please. Lol.
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Old 02-12-2020, 12:56 PM
 
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I completely understand the dilemma... anything that's sized appropriately for a small household -1 to 3 ppl- will be older and dated while new constructions are all huge 3000 sq ft +. Not only does a large home carry a higher price tag upfront, the subsequent cost of ownership is also higher- property taxes, heat/AC, more cleaning, more furnishing, etc...
Yep. I put up some images here recently of the total gut job remodel I did to my little house. I would have been much better off buying the bigger house that didn’t need all that work.
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