how many people really live in a 8000sqft house?

[Anonymous]

growing up in the west coast, I have to admit I never seen so many 6000-8000 sqft house before I moved to mclean

so I wonder do those families really have like 5 kids or live with 3 generations in those 8000 sqft mansion?

I always get this dilemma when I talk to people about building a house, I think 4000 sqft would be the right size for a regular family, but then people would tell you 4000 sqft is too small for mclean and not good on the value

well whats u guys' take on this?

[Anonymous]

2 people

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:growing up in the west coast, I have to admit I never seen so many 6000-8000 sqft house before I moved to mclean

so I wonder do those families really have like 5 kids or live with 3 generations in those 8000 sqft mansion?

I always get this dilemma when I talk to people about building a house, I think 4000 sqft would be the right size for a regular family, but then people would tell you 4000 sqft is too small for mclean and not good on the value

well whats u guys' take on this?

The bank isn't going to finance a house that is normal sized.

[Anonymous]

I would never buy a house larger than 3,000 square feet. I can't even begin to imagine how you'd fill it up. We are in 1,500 sf with four people and a cat and it's fine.

[Anonymous]

2 people who end us divorced eventually

Or 2 gays who throw lavish parties and have their guests just crash there after a night of partying

It's definitely not for the normal families of 2 working parents and 2-3 kids with a pet or two.

[Anonymous]

Its all relative. I grew up in NYC and even the rich kids in Manhattan lived in 2000 sq ft….which felt huge to me bc I lived with 4 other people (happily) in 1000 sq ft. My one sister moved out to Ohio. You can get a really nice 3700 sq foot house for 350k so why wouldn't you have a big house? Im assuming you can get a 8000 sq ft house for under 700k!

[Anonymous]

*end up divorced

[Anonymous]

Ours is about that size, just across the river from McLean. We're a family of 4.

It's not that difficult to fill. You end up with rooms for a specific purpose, like his and hers home offices; exercise room; children's playroom, and so on. Then we have 2 guest rooms since we have visitors from abroad who visit every few months.

[Anonymous]

We are not quite that big (7200 sq feet). 6 kids, much of our sq footage is in bedrooms (we have 9). I also wonder how many people are living in some of these homes. It is a lot to clean, but we do use almost all of the space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ours is about that size, just across the river from McLean. We're a family of 4.

It's not that difficult to fill. You end up with rooms for a specific purpose, like his and hers home offices; exercise room; children's playroom, and so on. Then we have 2 guest rooms since we have visitors from abroad who visit every few months.

I agree. We have 7200 feet with three elementary school aged kids and a dog. One working parent one SAH parent. Most of our friends are the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ours is about that size, just across the river from McLean. We're a family of 4.

It's not that difficult to fill. You end up with rooms for a specific purpose, like his and hers home offices; exercise room; children's playroom, and so on. Then we have 2 guest rooms since we have visitors from abroad who visit every few months.

I agree. We have 7200 feet with three elementary school aged kids and a dog. One working parent one SAH parent. Most of our friends are the same.

That's a big box you've got there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ours is about that size, just across the river from McLean. We're a family of 4.

It's not that difficult to fill. You end up with rooms for a specific purpose, like his and hers home offices; exercise room; children's playroom, and so on. Then we have 2 guest rooms since we have visitors from abroad who visit every few months.

I agree. We have 7200 feet with three elementary school aged kids and a dog. One working parent one SAH parent. Most of our friends are the same.

That's a big box you've got there.

We like it.

[Anonymous]

This is probably a normal breakdown of what you find in the house:

2 Parents, at least one of whom is always on a work trip
1 full-time nanny
3 children
Various visitors for work or related to work

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ours is about that size, just across the river from McLean. We're a family of 4.

It's not that difficult to fill. You end up with rooms for a specific purpose, like his and hers home offices; exercise room; children's playroom, and so on. Then we have 2 guest rooms since we have visitors from abroad who visit every few months.

This.

His office
Her office
Butler's office
Butler's exercise room
Children's playroom
Children's butler office

Easy. How can anybody live with less than 9,000 sq ft?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ours is about that size, just across the river from McLean. We're a family of 4.

It's not that difficult to fill. You end up with rooms for a specific purpose, like his and hers home offices; exercise room; children's playroom, and so on. Then we have 2 guest rooms since we have visitors from abroad who visit every few months.

This.

His office
Her office
Butler's office
Butler's exercise room
Children's playroom
Children's butler office

Easy. How can anybody live with less than 9,000 sq ft?

You forgot to mention an exercise room for a dog and its swimming pool to shed an excess weight)))

This homes are great for couples who never want to see each other. I would like a house that large if I was married to an a*hole lol:
To me 2100 sq f is plenty, but I am by myself plus two dogs, one is giant and invisible, just sleeps all day, another one is min poodle and always keeps me company.
When I was looking for a house, I discovered that there are plenty of large houses, and very limited number of small ones that don't look like boxes put together in a hurry.