SteveR
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Inspired by another thread. How many square feet is your primary apt, condo, house, etc.? So folks seem to be able to live well in a small amount of space and others need more "elbow room" to be happy.
We have rather large home. That is like saying an elephant is a rather large mamal. The previous house was abut 3500 sq. ft. but had an unfinished basement which was about 2000 sq. ft. Every foot of it was stacked with "stuff". My late wife collected anything and everything and kept it. She had family photos, old faded home movies, dishes and pots and pans from distant aunts and grandmothers. She loved to shop and did a lot of it. The result was more stuff than we needed yet she was not about to get rid of it.
We moved in 2002 and had to find a house large enough to hold all the "stuff" as well as being a primary residence with at least 4 bedrooms for kids still in school and the occasional family member visit. When we looked at houses it was the dead of winter and just before Christmas. There were just not that many houses on the market that came close and we were on a short time-line to get out of our current home so finding a suitable new one was a race.
The result was a McMansion in a McMansion area of town. We have an "average" home here and feel like the trailer trash of the subdivision. We don't have much in common with our fellow McMansion owners other than sheer size of house.
Ok. Here is my stats:
House: 6450 finished sq. ft. on three floors. 7 bedrooms, 3 full baths, 2 powder rooms and two additonal vanities with sinks. 3 car oversized side entry garage, 0.65 acres with a very steep hill behind the house with a built in waterfall (man made). Two decks, 3 patios, a gazebo and a potting shed are in the back yard. Two family rooms, living room, laundry room, all closets are walk-in. 4 of the bedrooms are in the basement. One is an office, one is an exercise room, one is a kids playroom and the other is just storage. There is also a full kitchen in the basement and a large cold storge room 20X20 (Utah requirement).
Two AC units, two furnaces, two hot water heaters, central vac. and whole house water softner and storage rounds out the utility room.
Every closet was full. Every drawer in every room was full. We believe we are down to a 3500-4000 sq. ft house if we keep the kids room as such. We may have to rent a storage bay for a while before we get a change to Ebay off some of the other stuff that won't fit.
Anybody want 300 Benie Babies?
We have rather large home. That is like saying an elephant is a rather large mamal. The previous house was abut 3500 sq. ft. but had an unfinished basement which was about 2000 sq. ft. Every foot of it was stacked with "stuff". My late wife collected anything and everything and kept it. She had family photos, old faded home movies, dishes and pots and pans from distant aunts and grandmothers. She loved to shop and did a lot of it. The result was more stuff than we needed yet she was not about to get rid of it.
We moved in 2002 and had to find a house large enough to hold all the "stuff" as well as being a primary residence with at least 4 bedrooms for kids still in school and the occasional family member visit. When we looked at houses it was the dead of winter and just before Christmas. There were just not that many houses on the market that came close and we were on a short time-line to get out of our current home so finding a suitable new one was a race.
The result was a McMansion in a McMansion area of town. We have an "average" home here and feel like the trailer trash of the subdivision. We don't have much in common with our fellow McMansion owners other than sheer size of house.
Ok. Here is my stats:
House: 6450 finished sq. ft. on three floors. 7 bedrooms, 3 full baths, 2 powder rooms and two additonal vanities with sinks. 3 car oversized side entry garage, 0.65 acres with a very steep hill behind the house with a built in waterfall (man made). Two decks, 3 patios, a gazebo and a potting shed are in the back yard. Two family rooms, living room, laundry room, all closets are walk-in. 4 of the bedrooms are in the basement. One is an office, one is an exercise room, one is a kids playroom and the other is just storage. There is also a full kitchen in the basement and a large cold storge room 20X20 (Utah requirement).
Two AC units, two furnaces, two hot water heaters, central vac. and whole house water softner and storage rounds out the utility room.
Every closet was full. Every drawer in every room was full. We believe we are down to a 3500-4000 sq. ft house if we keep the kids room as such. We may have to rent a storage bay for a while before we get a change to Ebay off some of the other stuff that won't fit.
Anybody want 300 Benie Babies?
I suspect constraining sq footage is the only discipline that works!
