What is the ideal amount of square footage for a family of 4?

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Anonymous wrote:I would say 1500-2000.

We are a family of 5 in a 1450 she fr home and it is ample space. We have four bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a rec room downstairs, kitchen and living room. The only thing we don't have is a formal dining room but we can seat 8 at the table and I more than that, we do buffet style.

We have a yard, laundry room, tool room, and storage room.

I can see adding another 500 again ft or so but more than that just feels like excess space.

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How in the world do you have all those “rooms” in such a small house! Some of them must be closet sized. I certainly don’t think a rabbit Warren is anything to brag about.

Define a closet. We have 900 square feet - three bedrooms, one bathroom, living room/dining room and kitchen. Its fine. I'd prefer 4 bedrooms but we make it work.

You have a family of 4 living in a 900sqft house with ONE bathroom and you call that ideal? Your kids must be in diapers, right?

Nope, elementary age... its fine.

But ideal?

Grow up. Plenty of the world lives like this.

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Anonymous wrote:I would say 1500-2000.

We are a family of 5 in a 1450 she fr home and it is ample space. We have four bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a rec room downstairs, kitchen and living room. The only thing we don't have is a formal dining room but we can seat 8 at the table and I more than that, we do buffet style.

We have a yard, laundry room, tool room, and storage room.

I can see adding another 500 again ft or so but more than that just feels like excess space.

+1.

+2

How in the world do you have all those “rooms” in such a small house! Some of them must be closet sized. I certainly don’t think a rabbit Warren is anything to brag about.

Define a closet. We have 900 square feet - three bedrooms, one bathroom, living room/dining room and kitchen. Its fine. I'd prefer 4 bedrooms but we make it work.

You have a family of 4 living in a 900sqft house with ONE bathroom and you call that ideal? Your kids must be in diapers, right?

Nope, elementary age... its fine.

But ideal?

Grow up. Plenty of the world lives like this.

But does that make it ideal?

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Anonymous wrote:I would say 1500-2000.

We are a family of 5 in a 1450 she fr home and it is ample space. We have four bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a rec room downstairs, kitchen and living room. The only thing we don't have is a formal dining room but we can seat 8 at the table and I more than that, we do buffet style.

We have a yard, laundry room, tool room, and storage room.

I can see adding another 500 again ft or so but more than that just feels like excess space.

+1.

+2

How in the world do you have all those “rooms” in such a small house! Some of them must be closet sized. I certainly don’t think a rabbit Warren is anything to brag about.

Define a closet. We have 900 square feet - three bedrooms, one bathroom, living room/dining room and kitchen. Its fine. I'd prefer 4 bedrooms but we make it work.

You have a family of 4 living in a 900sqft house with ONE bathroom and you call that ideal? Your kids must be in diapers, right?

Nope, elementary age... its fine.

But ideal?

Grow up. Plenty of the world lives like this.

But does that make it ideal?

For overweight, basic America f yeah! flyover families, no. For people in far desirable places like NYC and Paris, yes. Four people living in a 4,000 sq ft house sounds like a depressing, isolated existence. A recipe for checked out kids who end up brooding in their lonely wing of the home.

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Anonymous wrote:I would say 1500-2000.

We are a family of 5 in a 1450 she fr home and it is ample space. We have four bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a rec room downstairs, kitchen and living room. The only thing we don't have is a formal dining room but we can seat 8 at the table and I more than that, we do buffet style.

We have a yard, laundry room, tool room, and storage room.

I can see adding another 500 again ft or so but more than that just feels like excess space.

+1.

+2

How in the world do you have all those “rooms” in such a small house! Some of them must be closet sized. I certainly don’t think a rabbit Warren is anything to brag about.

Define a closet. We have 900 square feet - three bedrooms, one bathroom, living room/dining room and kitchen. Its fine. I'd prefer 4 bedrooms but we make it work.

You have a family of 4 living in a 900sqft house with ONE bathroom and you call that ideal? Your kids must be in diapers, right?

Nope, elementary age... its fine.

But ideal?

Grow up. Plenty of the world lives like this.

But does that make it ideal?

For overweight, basic America f yeah! flyover families, no. For people in far desirable places like NYC and Paris, yes. Four people living in a 4,000 sq ft house sounds like a depressing, isolated existence. A recipe for checked out kids who end up brooding in their lonely wing of the home.

Dang, judgy much? Really, it's not a good look.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would say 1500-2000.

We are a family of 5 in a 1450 she fr home and it is ample space. We have four bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a rec room downstairs, kitchen and living room. The only thing we don't have is a formal dining room but we can seat 8 at the table and I more than that, we do buffet style.

We have a yard, laundry room, tool room, and storage room.

I can see adding another 500 again ft or so but more than that just feels like excess space.

+1.

+2

How in the world do you have all those “rooms” in such a small house! Some of them must be closet sized. I certainly don’t think a rabbit Warren is anything to brag about.

Define a closet. We have 900 square feet - three bedrooms, one bathroom, living room/dining room and kitchen. Its fine. I'd prefer 4 bedrooms but we make it work.

You have a family of 4 living in a 900sqft house with ONE bathroom and you call that ideal? Your kids must be in diapers, right?

Nope, elementary age... its fine.

But ideal?

Grow up. Plenty of the world lives like this.

But does that make it ideal?

For overweight, basic America f yeah! flyover families, no. For people in far desirable places like NYC and Paris, yes. Four people living in a 4,000 sq ft house sounds like a depressing, isolated existence. A recipe for checked out kids who end up brooding in their lonely wing of the home.

Dang, judgy much? Really, it's not a good look.

PP is an idiot who really should check out what 4,000 sf goes for in Manhattan (most of them have 10,000 sf beach houses and some even have a country house of similar size too )

[Anonymous]

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For overweight, basic America f yeah! flyover families, no. For people in far desirable places like NYC and Paris, yes. Four people living in a 4,000 sq ft house sounds like a depressing, isolated existence. A recipe for checked out kids who end up brooding in their lonely wing of the home.

I don't get how you come up with that. Our house is just under 4,000 sqft. Mom and dad, two kids. No one has their own lonely wing or is checked out. First floor: large family room/dining room combo, large kitchen, playroom, guest suite. Second floor: three bedrooms, two bathrooms, DH's office. Where's the space to do all that brooding? Should the kids not have bedrooms? We don't even have a formal dining room! We don't need it, it just shows that the house that size isn't large at all.

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About 800-1,000 SF/per person, including the basement square footage and regardless of whether the basement is a walk out or not.

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Anonymous wrote:I would say 1500-2000.

We are a family of 5 in a 1450 she fr home and it is ample space. We have four bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a rec room downstairs, kitchen and living room. The only thing we don't have is a formal dining room but we can seat 8 at the table and I more than that, we do buffet style.

We have a yard, laundry room, tool room, and storage room.

I can see adding another 500 again ft or so but more than that just feels like excess space.

+1.

+2

How in the world do you have all those “rooms” in such a small house! Some of them must be closet sized. I certainly don’t think a rabbit Warren is anything to brag about.

Define a closet. We have 900 square feet - three bedrooms, one bathroom, living room/dining room and kitchen. Its fine. I'd prefer 4 bedrooms but we make it work.

You have a family of 4 living in a 900sqft house with ONE bathroom and you call that ideal? Your kids must be in diapers, right?

Nope, elementary age... its fine.

But ideal?

Grow up. Plenty of the world lives like this.

But does that make it ideal?

For overweight, basic America f yeah! flyover families, no. For people in far desirable places like NYC and Paris, yes. Four people living in a 4,000 sq ft house sounds like a depressing, isolated existence. A recipe for checked out kids who end up brooding in their lonely wing of the home.

Dang, judgy much? Really, it's not a good look.

Pot meets kettle.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would say 1500-2000.

We are a family of 5 in a 1450 she fr home and it is ample space. We have four bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a rec room downstairs, kitchen and living room. The only thing we don't have is a formal dining room but we can seat 8 at the table and I more than that, we do buffet style.

We have a yard, laundry room, tool room, and storage room.

I can see adding another 500 again ft or so but more than that just feels like excess space.

+1.

+2

How in the world do you have all those “rooms” in such a small house! Some of them must be closet sized. I certainly don’t think a rabbit Warren is anything to brag about.

Define a closet. We have 900 square feet - three bedrooms, one bathroom, living room/dining room and kitchen. Its fine. I'd prefer 4 bedrooms but we make it work.

You have a family of 4 living in a 900sqft house with ONE bathroom and you call that ideal? Your kids must be in diapers, right?

Nope, elementary age... its fine.

But ideal?

Grow up. Plenty of the world lives like this.

But does that make it ideal?

For overweight, basic America f yeah! flyover families, no. For people in far desirable places like NYC and Paris, yes. Four people living in a 4,000 sq ft house sounds like a depressing, isolated existence. A recipe for checked out kids who end up brooding in their lonely wing of the home.

Dang, judgy much? Really, it's not a good look.

Pot meets kettle.

Nope. The only one who said fat Americans living in 4000 sq ft homes is you, honey. Only you.