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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't care about these neighborhoods but: yes, I want a house with a smaller footprint and less square footage. I do think you have to update the layouts because houses built in the 1930s or 50s don't make sense for the way we live now. But that doesn't mean you have to supersize everything.

My ideal house would be around 2000 sq ft, with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. The bedrooms and bathrooms do not need to be huge, and I prefer an efficiently and intelligently laid out kitchen to some massive space with a huge island. I like built in storage and houses with nooks and alcoves that can be used for reading or working without dedicating entire rooms to it.

Smaller homes are easier to take care of. I also don't want or need a huge yard and would prefer a smaller lot with a patio for outdoor dining and space for some plantings or a garden rather than an expanse of yard. I don't need space that will encourage me to accumulate more and more stuff.

We have friends whoa re in these massive 5k and up new builds and to be honest they always feel empty and strange. I think they are hard to furnish because they require a lot of furniture to make them feel full, but also they are all open plan so people stress over furniture going together and also a lot of the rooms in the main living spaces don't have a ton of wall space for storage or TVs, so it's a challenge. Yes there is more room for kids, but also that means often your kids are off in some distant part of the house -- sometimes it would be nice if they were just in the next room or at least within earshot.

I truly don't understand the appeal of these homes. They are built to meet a social media aesthetic that I think is divorced from how it actually feels to live there. Great for TikTok dances, but not much else.[/quote]

Move and/or live in a townhouse. Regardless, you are in the minority or the homes would not be selling. The market determines what people will buy. [/quote]

What a weird aggressive response. People are allowed to have different  opinions and explain them reasonably.

I am not that PP but I agree with them.  And the point is that developers build the houses that will bring them the mosy profit. There certainly is a market for 2-3k sq ft houses that aren’t quite as expensive.

The 6k sq ft houses are ridiculous imo— even the real estate agents struggle to explain what the point of those extra rooms are. And suggesting it’s easier to clean a 6k sq ft house than a 2k sq ft house is also ridiculous [/quote]

I assume you have never actually lived in a larger house and you can't afford one.  :) [/quote]
This, lol. People who claim to like small houses are dealing with copium for not being able to afford a large one.

Large and new is better in every single way. Recently sold my dental practice and purchased a palatial estate in Potomac and I’m never looking back. [/quote]

This is obviously untrue because of the many people who choose to pay a premium for smaller homes in dense, urban neighborhoods. [b]If everyone really preferred bigger and newer, then why would anyone ever spend $3.5 million on a row house in the city? Look at the cost of NYC, Tokyo, or Hong Kong real estate. [/b]Lots of wealthy people choosing to live in homes with less square footage than your average midwest suburban ranch house.

Also, as any wealthy person who lives in a small urban home knows, paying people to create custom built ins and organization systems is worth way more than whatever an extra 1000 sq ft out in the burbs would cost you. It looks better, it's more convenient, and it leads to a better lifestyle. The big suburban homes often make things big with the assumption that people will just fill them up with crap. That is a poor person's habit. If you have the money, you can be smart and selective about what you keep in your home, and you can afford to have it perfectly curated.[/quote]

This is a bad example to use and undermines your argument. Those are some of the highest real estate values in the world. Location and proximity to work/entertainment has always driven prices higher regardless of the size of the property (high-rise, apartment, condo, townhome, SFH, etc).

People move further out from the urban center because they can get more for less. [/quote]

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