6,000 square feet. We don't have a lot of "extra" rooms, but all of the rooms are large. It's an old house with lots of character, and it is great for entertaining. The only rooms we don't use regularly are two guest bedrooms that are off to one end of the house, but we do have a number of houseguests throughout the year and its lovely to have a bit of private space for guests. We've lived in a 1,800 sq ft row house, and a 3,500 sq ft sfh, and we were happy in both, but having a lot of space is very nice.

agree with the PP who said the bathrooms matter. We were in 950 sf with two kids and 2 BR/2BA, small living room/galley kitchen/eating are (it was an apartment in the city). When #3 came we moved to a house, have about 2,000 square feet, 3 bedrooms plus sleeping porch which isn't insulated but provide a good playspace. it's a good sized space for work, play, eating at home, homework, etc. However we went down to 1.5 BAs, with only one upstairs; definitely creates bottlenecks in the morning.

Everyone is different. We lived in 1800 sq ft and we’re fine. My DH has a ton of stuff -we live in 3000 now and I still feel like we have no space.

Anonymous wrote:911 sq ft for two adults and a teen. Hoping to add a cat. It is...cozy, esp. having one bathroom.

We put in a second bathroom and rarely use it. Good for emergencies.

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Anonymous wrote:Family of three, building one that is 7750 +/- not including guest house. Room count is not abnormal but rooms are large. A long wide hallway that runs front to back and left to right down the middle is a good chunk of the square footage. House is designed around entertaining.

Do you plan on having more children?

No

Honestly, having a small house with toddlers doors that can be closed, I don’t understand how open concept functions. What do do if you need a shower? Playpen? Bring them into the bathroom?

911 sq ft for two adults and a teen. Hoping to add a cat. It is...cozy, esp. having one bathroom.

Anonymous wrote:3000 sq ft townhome for me, DH and toddler. Looking to move to 4000-ish sq ft home after we have another baby. These other homes mentioned sound so cramped and undesirable. I need high ceilings and space!

Not crammed at all and the small space is nice as we can easily spend time together and supervise our kids without really supervising them as they cannot go very far. I cannot imagine a 4000 square foot house with little ones.