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I guess some of you know we are looking at a house with acres in FL...We need to go see it in person. I am in KY(no jokes please) The house is 800sq ft. There is just the two of us and 3 small dogs but I can have chickens, etc. Question, it that house too small for us? I know we would have to pare down a lot but I have no clue what 800sq feet looks like. Can anyone tell me how small it is by comparing it to something and does anyone live in 800sq ft or under? Thanks
A little small, but depends on the floor plan. If it works for you, so what? Way cheaper to air condition 800 sq ft than 1500 sq ft and you'll need to consider that in FL Depending on your age/mental state, sq ft shouldn't be of anyone's concern except you. Less is better. Believe me - I don't care how young you are. If you haven't touched it in one year, dump it.
800 sq ft is plenty big for 2 adults, and 3 small dogs. I had a mobile home back in the 80.s that was 14x 65..at 800+ sq feet. It was tight for 3 kids, but we were comfortable enough.
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That is about double the size of what's considered a tiny house, which are 100-400 sf. Our first house was 1,100, and plenty big enough for the two of us and then the first two kids, so we waited until the 3rd to upsize. 800 is not that much less, as long as you don't have a lot of stuff. If you have any outbuildings it will help a lot. For comparison, an intermodal shipping container 40 feet long that you see on the back of 18 wheelers or on trains are 8' wide, for 320sf, so that house would be the equivalent of 2-1/2 of them. You might also consider that a typical small (guest) bedroom is 10'x10', 100sf, so it's 8 times that size. The obvious comparison method though, is to consider what size your home is now, and imagine it with the difference removed.
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