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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's why we bought a house with a big bedroom on the first floor. I plan to be here as long as I can. I don't need the basement except for laundry and can just never go upstairs once the kids leave for college. [/quote]

That was smart but for some reason those homes are very rare in the DC area, especially in MD.

I looked for one for years and still occasionally look but that first floor primarily bedroom is still rare even in new builds. I don't understand it. [/quote]

Because most people who purchase a 2.5K sq foot or larger home have kids, often younger kids and most do not want their kids bedrooms on a different floor than them.  I'm not running up/down a flight of stairs when the kid cries at 2am or vomits at 2 am.

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In the DMV surburbs in particular newer builds 1970s to present a 2.5K sf house would be tiny. My sister and brother both downsized to 3,000 sf houses. Seems big but they are both "senior citzen sized" meaning one level no basement or upstairs. Both of their senior citizen houses set up same way. Garage you pull into. Big Master Bedroom in front of house, Kitchen towards front of house, big living room/dining room towards middle of house than three small bedrooms further from front of house for grandkids and kids to stay over. Oddly shapped as ment for a couple who lives there full time and older. Hence garage you pull into right by kitchen and ther huge master bedroom and bath. Sadly huge I guess as doors and bathrooms in the MBR are wide for wheel chair access etc. And some people use extra smaller bedroom when caretakers move in.       [/quote]

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