Family of 5 in a 1400 sf home. 4 bedrooms, plus a finished basement.

space is so personal . Some people need a lot of space and some people are fine with less. We are a family of 4 and live in a 1600 sq foot house and feel fine with this. We even have a finished basement that we don't even use.

1800 sq ft, two adults, one kid, one dog. Three bedrooms, 2 full bath. Plenty of space for us, living space and a bathroom downstairs, bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs. If we could have one more thing it would be an extra bedroom b/c I work from home. I’d like it if my office didn’t double as the guest room. But day to day it’s perfect.

1400 sq feet, 3 kids. Planned for two, but things happen. It’s just a bit tight, with two it would have been totally OK.

When we had one kid and a dog, we were in 2000 square feet and it felt perfect. Then we added a second kid and it very quickly felt way too small (we also lost our guest room to the second's bed room). We are now in 3000 and it feels great.

6500 sq ft
5 acres
4 car garage

1200. 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. All the rooms are GIANT.

Anonymous wrote:One husband, one kid, one dog and me - 1800 sqft

About the same--our square footage on Redfin says 2000 feet, but not sure about this. 3brs up, finished attic and basement in our SFH. Dog is huge and energetic so we need the extra space.

OP, we are you with the kid already here. 1600 square feet with a dog and an infant. It's been plenty of space for us.

I agree with others that layout is important. We have 3 bedrooms and a small den, so space for guests or when one parent needs to work or just get a break for a little while. Outdoor space is also very helpful when little legs want to run, run, run.

One husband, one kid, one dog and me - 1800 sqft

2 adults/1 child. 3000sf, 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath. One bedroom set up as a guest room, since we have family that visits about every 2 months or so. We have an unfinished basement that would add another 1000sf, but no plans to do anything with it at this point.
I feel like it is too big for our small family, but, when we bought it, we thought we would be having more children. Unfortunately, that didn't work out, and I have a 4th bedroom as a constant reminder. Right now, we are using it for storage. I might turn it into a craft/project-type room for myself and DD.

Someone upthread mentioned layout is key and I totally agree with that. We are a family of 3 (10 y.o.) plus large dog and small cat. We have a mid-30s Cape Cod-style home with a finished basement, 3 BRs, and 3 full baths -- about 2300 sq ft. Two BRs on one floor and the master up -- we much prefer this layout to some of the others we looked at in our price range. Our entertaing space is TINY, though. We can really only have people over when the weather is decent enough to spend time outside. So I'd advise it's not purely square footage but how it all works together and which spaces are most important to you.

Anonymous wrote:come one people, you aren't playing along with the troll/OP. where is the person who says their family of 3 live in a 5,000 sq foot home so everyone can argue... geez

Raising hand ... 4500

3 people, one dog. 1950 on one floor in a rancher, plus another 1,000 in fully finished basement. I agree that it is the layout that makes the difference. We live 90% of our lives on one floor and love it. But we have plenty of room for guests who then have their own rooms and bathroom in the basement, as well as good space down there to send kids when we entertain other families. Our last house was about 1950 overall with no finished basement but with the guestroom and bathroom also on the first floor, and we do love having guest space on a different floor than the bedrooms for our family.

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Anonymous wrote:We lived in 1200 square feet and now in 1400 square feet with a kid. It's plenty big.

I'd add--the first place had only one bathroom. Having a second bathroom is much nicer. But in terms of space, it's fine.

This was our experience, too. Two people with 1 BR is fine, even with a baby. But we would have really struggled with one BR now that she's potty trained.