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Square Footage?
I was just on the D&R board and they did a post on sq footage. It seems like most of the ladies have over 1800 sq feet and they all want bigger homes when they have kids. Oh and this sq footage doesn't include the huge basements they have.
We have about 1770sqft and even with the 4 of us plus dog we have more than enough room. We could use more storage but once we buy some hutches and armoires we will have that covered. And even if we had a 3rd kid, we will still have enough room.
How much sq ft do you ladies have? Need more? Need less?
Re: Square Footage?
It's all about the layout!! I have 2000 sq feet and could use a little more room in the great room. But other than that. I love the size of our house. I would never go bigger. Too much to clean.
We only have about 1150 sq. ft. (1950's house), but it's actually GOOD because it forces us to purge our cr@p every couple months, stay super oganized, and we store Costco 'stock-up' products (like tissue, dishwasher soap etc.) in the garage.
We'd love more room, but we're not willing to leave Claremont... and it's just the two of us so it's OK for now.
After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!
we have about 1700-1750 sq ft in our condo. The bedrooms, not including master, are not very big though, so once we have two kids we plan to move to a house. But we don't necessarily want a ton more square feet....just bigger bedrooms and a linen closet. OUr sq. footage is all in the downstairs....a HUGE kitchen and two large living rooms.
Also, while the kitchen has TONS of storage, and each bedroom has a closet (walk in in master and in one other bedroom), we don't have much storage. There is no linen closet of any kind! We store sheets and towels in the gues bedroom closet right now.
We have 2000 sq ft 3 br 2 bath and are planning on adding on two more bedrooms and a bath in the future.
It is about how your sq ft are laid out. We have on bedroom upstairs with a loft and the other two bedrooms are downstairs. I don't feel comfortable with the idea of sleeping upstairs while my kids are down or vice versa. I want to be on the same floor. I would have nightmares that someone could break in and take the kids and I would be all the way on the other side of the house and have no idea.
Right now P's nursery is in the upstairs br and we sleep in the loft. It's not perfect but it works for now.
When we are done we will have three bedrooms upstairs and one guest room downstairs. The other guest room downstairs (that my niece lives in now) will be converted into a large family room/playroom. Now all we have to do is come up with the money for all of it.
I also can't wait to have real closets. I guess closets weren't as needed in 1903. We never have enough space for stuff.
CRAFTY ME
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We have a 1355 sq. ft. condo with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. It definitely is about the layout. Our living room and kitchen are pretty big and the rooms are decent size. It's perfect for now, but I think once we have another LO it will be crammed. We want to be here at least another 5 years, though.
And we're the same with our Costco stuff. It gets stored in the garage until we need it. And I have sold a lot of our junk on ebay and donated the rest to Goodwill often.
We upgraded from 1225 sq ft to 1660 sq ft and I really think the 1660 is perfect for us, but that's me thinking that with no kids. I'm sure one or two kids will really change that. I hated living in the 1225 sq ft one because of the layout. It was so closed off that it was clastraphobic (so what if I can't spell?). The house we're in now has higher ceilings, is really open and has lots of natural light which I think makes a huge difference. Also, we have a three car garage. That is a blessing because instead of parking on the single car side, MH has his man stuff there, so there's his tools, his drums an amp and some other stuff. We also have a huge kitchen, a linen cupboard in the guest bathroom and a hallway type closet. I think if anything, I'll want more storage space but we have a slab of concret in the back just waiting to have a shed put on it so that will solve that problem.
Living in the smaller place forced us to purge a lot of stuff which we still do and that's a nice habit to have I think.
Kat, I'm with you on the space idea. We don't really need much more.