re: What’s the smallest square footage you could live in comfortably?

At the moment 4000. currently have 4850, with 2 active boys its perfect. Down the road empty nester could do 2500ish if floor plan is ideal

I'm in a 2500 sq ft house right now with just me

Way more than I need

I'm considering leasing it and buying a small 2 bedroom 2 bath condo

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I must be missing something.

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Storage space isn't counted in living. We have big closets in both bedrooms, two good sized hall closets, a 15'x25' shed, and about 500sqft of covered back patio and deck. Without all that, it would be hard to live in this house.

this 705 square foot apartment is a great layout and perfect if i lived alone

Lived in a 1000 sq ft townhouse for a while. My bedroom and bathroom and all living spaces were downstairs with a loft and a second bedroom and bathroom upstairs. In the three years I lived there, I might have gone upstairs 10 times. I could do 750 easily.

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Just curious, what do you need all the space for?

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I don’t need 4850ft2. I simply don’t want any less at the moment. We use all 4850, I drew the house personally and factored in everything. We like to entertain, it also happens to be beneficial to both our careers. We like being the house the kids come over to so we control the environment. We don’t drive extravagant cars, wear designer clothes, or eat at top shelf restaurants. Our vice is a house that checks all our boxes. We would much prefer using disposable income on things involving our house.

Apparently many don’t have as many boxes to check as we do with regard to their primary residence. That’s fantastic. It’s just not me.

Yup, I could do the same size 1700-2000 house if I had a cool outdoor hangout and a decent size shed/workshop.

The soviet union set the norm at about 89 sq feet per person (8 sq meters). Probably not sufficient for the OT, but it has a "scientific" basis.

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Can you be more specific? Been redoing houses the last few months and these 4000+ sq ft houses with 3-5 people living in them fascinate me. TIA

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Where are you redoing houses? What are median homes in said market?

1100sq ft couple with 2 children. Plenty big.