How much Sq ft is your home?

[stoopwallace]

Also intrigued by those tiny places and aghast at $45k price tag.

Better yet, so-called Katrina Cottages (conceived to replace FEMA trailers). One architect has the plans for sale & materials provided by Lowes. $55 a sq ft-ish for materials.

Some nice plans, actually.

Cusato Cottages: Katrina Cottage Plans....
CusatoCottages.com

- Stoop

 

[Donzo]

3300 sq w/ a detached 1100 sq guest house - also 2 car attached garage, 24x16 work shop and a 20x20 detached garage behind the guest house.
We have plenty of friends and family come and stay w/ us - we stock the GH w/ coffee, milk, bagels, cereral etc - so we have time to hang out in the morning & get ready for company again - lunch and dinner are always fun w/ company - breakfast.....not so much.
We own the 6 acres next to our current home and plan to build a smaller/easier home to take care of in the future - prob in 10-12 years when we get into our sixties.

 

[rmark]

24 year old 784 sq ft. mobile home on 2.5 acres, just outside of town.

My dream is to move up to a 3 axle home

 

[thefed]

1300 sf ranch, 400 sf finished area in basement...looking to get crowded as the kids grow up

 

[chinaco]

Our home is larger than we need. We will downsize. We are thinking about a 1600 - 1800 sq ft ranch.

 

[Marquette]

I didn't answer at first since I'm not retired, but I'll chime in to say that we live in a 20x35' room... and we'll be building a 1100-1400 sq ft house sometime in the next few years.

 

[wolfbay]

downsizing

We're now retired & recently completed a 1400sqft cabin in the woods. it's very well insulated & has a wood burning stove for heat.It's plenty of room for the two of us .Has low upkeep & low property taxes.We're with you Jeb. Keep it simple.

 

[NW-Bound]

Wolfbay: Will you have Internet? How far to get grocery? Nearby public library? I am curious because although we need no access to shopping malls, movie theaters, restaurants, etc..., we would still need some contacts to the outside world, and some recreation.

 

[wolfbay]

NW-BOUND- We live in NW Florida & are 2 miles from a small town with library, restaurants, Walmart etc .& have internet. When we're at our place you feel like you're way out in the woods ,but we're really not that isolated.

 

[rkser]

Thanks

Thanks for participating, I think we got a good idea about the space needs now.

The answer probably is around 1750 to 2000 sqft minimal maintenance house with 3 bed 2 bath & 2 car garage on a 1/4 acre lot, with no pool but close to a community pool for the future grand kids.

It will need to be close to a busy & social place, as now we live in a lonely subdivision in Fl, where we see an occasional jogger, & the rest hide in their houses.

 

[jclarksnakes]

All I ever wanted was to retire to an 8 foot wide 1950s trailer house parked at a fish camp in Florida. DW wants more than that so of course more is what we will get. House we live in now is 1850 sf.
Jeff

 

[Westernskies]

Two of us currently living in 2900ft2/ 5 bedroom / 3bath / 3garage- but two of the five bedrooms are used as home offices. Don't see changing that much when we ER. Maybe drop one bedroom and a bath, but still need space for the computer and guests.

 

[unclemick]

1970 - 3 bedroom, 1 bath about 1100 sq ft now that the garage has been converted to an extra room. No garage or carport.

2 people, two dogs, one cat, 38 gal fish tank. Neighborhood chock full of kids and dogs plus a small minority of old pharts maybe 25%.

All the houses were built out of the can in 70's and got mods over the years.

heh heh heh - north of Kansas City. . Use one bedroom for the computer and one for guests.