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re: What size house did you build for your family of 5?

Posted on 3/14/18 at 5:23 pm to
Posted by Captain Crackysack
Member since Oct 2017
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Posted on 3/14/18 at 5:23 pm to
A bedroom without it's own bathroom is such a trashy move.
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 3/14/18 at 5:27 pm to
So now Jack and Jill bathrooms are trashy
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
299716 posts
Posted on 3/14/18 at 5:30 pm to
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My first house was a family of 4 in 1350 sq ft. My current one is 2500 and wish I would have bought smaller. Somewhere around 1750


Yep I've never had over 1700
Posted by TigerBait2008
Boulder,CO
Member since Jun 2008
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Posted on 3/14/18 at 5:30 pm to
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Chicken paying you by the thread?



125,619




Lmao..



Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53838 posts
Posted on 3/14/18 at 5:32 pm to
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Yep I've never had over 1700

It's me, my wife and a 10 year old. We don't need much. We have 2 rooms that we barely use.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
122534 posts
Posted on 3/14/18 at 5:37 pm to
You can probably make this work.

Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
61599 posts
Posted on 3/14/18 at 5:38 pm to
manufactured housing is all the rage on the OT lately. you should look into that.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
78698 posts
Posted on 3/14/18 at 5:40 pm to
Looks like my mother-in-law suite.
Posted by Scooby
Member since Aug 2006
1949 posts
Posted on 3/14/18 at 5:41 pm to
Just built a 2400sqft house for our family of 5.
Posted by Mahootney
Lovin' My German Footprint
Member since Sep 2008
12179 posts
Posted on 3/14/18 at 5:49 pm to
That's a good plan.
Posted by EA6B
TX
Member since Dec 2012
14754 posts
Posted on 3/14/18 at 6:30 pm to
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Our family of five grew in in 980 sq ft.


We were solid middle class, my dad was an engineer, we had about 1350sqft and one and 1/2 bath for five, that was pretty typical at the time, we never thought it was small.
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 3/14/18 at 6:33 pm to
5k min
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53838 posts
Posted on 3/14/18 at 6:34 pm to
quote:

We were solid middle class, my dad was an engineer, we had about 1350sqft and one and 1/2 bath for five, that was pretty typical at the time, we never thought it was small.

My childhood home was about 1500sq ft and a family of 5. My dad was a white collar employee for a large regional construction company. That size home was fairly typical for the middle class in the 80s.
Posted by Darla Hood
Near that place by that other place
Member since Aug 2012
14108 posts
Posted on 3/14/18 at 6:42 pm to
Don't people want to live in houses that look like homes anymore?
Posted by The Great McGinty
Member since Jan 2017
1384 posts
Posted on 3/14/18 at 6:42 pm to
4600sq 5br/3bth
Living room, dining room, gun room and attic that can be turned into 750-900sq livable if I add a 3rd AC.... ducts already ran.
Posted by ItNeverRains
Offugeaux
Member since Oct 2007
28166 posts
Posted on 3/14/18 at 6:50 pm to


4850ft2 Family of 4. We have a kids office downstairs where boys do their homework which is best idea. Man loft over the garage. Master & guest bedroom on main so when adult friends visit they aren’t upstairs with my hooligans
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
299716 posts
Posted on 3/14/18 at 6:55 pm to
quote:

We were solid middle class, my dad was an engineer, we had about 1350sqft and one and 1/2 bath for five, that was pretty typical at the time, we never thought it was small.


Yeah I think the biggest house of a friend I visited then was less than 2000. His dad was an engineer
Posted by ithad2bme
Houston transplant from B.R.
Member since Sep 2008
3732 posts
Posted on 3/14/18 at 6:57 pm to
I didn't build it, but I bought a 4,360 sf house for my family of 5. Plan to convert some attic space into a movie room soon though that will get me to about 4,600sf.
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
20257 posts
Posted on 3/14/18 at 6:58 pm to
I had a 4,000 sq ft house and ended up buying a 2700 sq ft house.

4000 is way too much in my opinion. You end up with way too much crap in your house.

In 2700, i have been quite selective on what i keep in and around the house
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
61599 posts
Posted on 3/14/18 at 6:59 pm to
quote:

1350sqft and one and 1/2 bath for five
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