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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up six of us very small house. I shared a 10x11 bedroom. My wife the same.

My MIL small house is a headache for everyone. I live in DC her in NY. When I visit it is five kids and a dog. Her grandkids live in 4 different states. When Xmas comes she has to move furniture and house has no place to go. She insists you stay over but we only do one night as it is a burden to her and literally her house only has beds for four people.

Her kids forced to move out young. One TV in living room with Dad in boxer shorts watching TV or sit in your 10x10 bedroom.

My house a selling point to my wife was out 2,000 sf basement with two large bedrooms and a full bath with a big living area and big TV. I don’t use it now but when my kids are grown and moved away Xmas or thanksgiving my kids can come visit with family. My dining room easily could host a large amount of people, I also have five bedrooms upstairs. I also have a sofa bed. I can sleep 15 people in beds.

Luckily my block is professionals and although houses all have 6-8 bedrooms we have no people renting out or multigenerational nonsense. I do fear if neighborhood slips having all that space could encourage people to crowd block.

As of now all guest space. Most on block have out of state family. Every time I invite someone to my house for a party they stay over. I don’t have a single relative in the DMV. Nearly everyone on block grew up a different state. [/quote]

Good point on crowding when all these humongous homes become multifamily.  Suburban streets aren't designed for a lot of cars to be parked there.  It will get tight if cars are parked on both sides and unsafe to walk around.  There are no sidewalks either.  When things go multifamily or multigenerational you need functional wider roads with 2 lanes and sidewalks to allow for cars to be parked properly.   [/quote]

Zoning won't allow SFH to be converted into MFH. [/quote]

It already does. MoCo allows assessors apts either in basement or backyard. My block every house has a 2,000 to 2,500 sf basement. Right now I check and on my very long block on maybe 200 homes only one rented per MoCo site.

But we could bring an additional 199 families. My basement at 2,000 sf has two very large bedrooms, a full bath, closers. Big living room and den area and room for kitchen.  If I rented a family would rented it.

Only thing stopping it as block has doctors, lawyers and execs not interested in renters in their house. Also the price of homes at 1.5 to 1.8 million. But it can happen. Many SROs and multi family were once grand houses 100 years ago [/quote]

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