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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The costs to build a 2000sf and a 6000sf are not that much more.  Why would you build a small home on land worth 4 to 600k and sell for 600k. I used to think 3000sf was big until i lived in 5000sf. Don't hate what you haven't experienced. [/quote]

Some of us HAVE experienced. I grew up in a LCOL area. All the houses are huge. I don't want to clean 5K square feet.  I mean I get why they do it financially. I guess I just find it frustrating. And I do think a 5K sq foot house looks ridiculous on a tiny lot. There is a new home by me and I think there is 2 feet from the back of the house to the back fence. It feels so claustrophobic to me! [/quote]

setback requirements will never allow 2 feet form the rear of the house to the back fence.

If you have a larger home you tend to not dirty up more than a smaller home because it is either spread out or you are cleaning only the rooms heavily in use (kitchen, bathroom and bedrooms).

It's like saying you use more toilet paper because you have more toilets. This idea doesn't make sense because the use of the toilets would be the same unless you have the runs or are sick.[/quote]

Okay, so maybe 4ft I don't know. That is the house. It is hard to tell, but in the last picture (# 30) you can see how close it is to the back fence.

http://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/2724-1st-St-S-22204/home/52389921[/quote]

holy crap. that is ugly.[/quote]

but 721 N Edgewood on the scroll below shows a very tasteful, size-appropriate 4,000sq foot home/renovation.  I think people don't have a problem with these...it's the massive ugly ones.[/quote]

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