Many here grew up with 4+ kids in a 3BR and 1.5-2 bathrooms in a ~2000sf house. It was fine. Having more BRs or larger house is common now, but also is a fairly modern thing for most families.

5BR plus office.

Anonymous wrote:We’re a family of 5 in a two bedroom row house. It’s tight but we make it work. We’re LMC (HHI: $70k).

Yikes. That’s inhumane for your kids.

Anonymous wrote:How many rooms should a house have for a family of 5 to live comfortably? 1 primary, 3 bedrooms for each kid, 1 office for working- thats’s 5 bedrooms already and it’s just the basics.

Ludicrous. Do you honestly believe that every child must have a separate to bedroom? I went to a private boarding school and had roommates and it was a life lesson learning to get along with other people as well as creating lasting friendships. The same is true of sane gender siblings sharing a room.

We’re a family of 5 in a two bedroom row house. It’s tight but we make it work. We’re LMC (HHI: $70k).

Depends a bit on the mix of ages and genders, I think. If the two younger kids are the same gender, or if there's a big enough gap between first and second kids, then I think three bedrooms is fine. If you have kids of alternating genders with no age gap, I think you'll want a bed per kid when they're all in high school/late middle school.

This assumes no one is working from home, in which case that person needs an office. My husband worked from home for several years earlier in our marriage, and never again. Likewise, if you really have family that visits a lot, you probably want a guest room. But for most families, 3-4 bedrooms is plenty.

We’re a family of five in a three bedroom, three full bath house, single living room, kitchen, no other rooms. We’re very comfortable (though admittedly two of the bedrooms are very large).

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Anonymous wrote:We're a family of five in 4,500 sq feet and we use every inch of our house.

…to do what?

We have four bedrooms and an office? Plus a weird flex room with skylights we use as a gym. Each kid has their own room, DH works from home 50% of the time in the office, kids use the gym and family room constantly, we eat in the dining room, I sit in the living room to work or read. As it is we don't have a guest room and when we have guests (which is often) the kids double up. There's no room in our house we don't use daily.

OP never came back. Troll?

We live in a 4 bedrooms row house. There used to be a 5th bedroom, but we opened it up and made it into a sitting area.

We also have a basement with 2 bedrooms that we rent.

2 of our kids are sharing a room so one room is currently empty. I don’t think we would ever need a 5th bedroom.

5 of us in 3-bed , 1.5 bath. Basement is the "office", next to the pool table.

You people need to step out your bubbles.

Anonymous wrote:How many rooms should a house have for a family of 5 to live comfortably? 1 primary, 3 bedrooms for each kid, 1 office for working- thats’s 5 bedrooms already and it’s just the basics.

It depends on family's finances and needs. Some can make do with one for parents which doubles as office too, one for each gender of kids. Others may need separate bedrooms, office, study, game room, media room, guest rooms etc. You do you but at least 4 would help with peace and order.

My office is my bed. If I need to do a Zoom call, I use a virtual background. My two kids share a bedroom and will until one moves out. I grew up like this. Not a big deal.

Anonymous wrote:We're a family of five in 4,500 sq feet and we use every inch of our house.

…to do what?

I’d say 5 bedrooms with dedicated office and dedicated schoolroom, so kids can do school assignments in a dedicated room and leave tech in there.