Fishes with homes + kids, how many kids do you have and how big is your house? Do you feel like you need more space?

Wife and I have differing opinions as I grew up in a smaller home (3 kids ~1800 sqft) versus her childhood home (2 kids 3,900 sqft). Curious what y’all think.

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One kid, 1200 square feet (NYC apartment) and it’s plenty.

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3 kids about 2,200 sq ft. Plenty of space. We are in a major city so lots are small anyway. I like having a small backyard rather than a house and garage taking up the entire lot.

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Don't let her talk you into the overpriced fake luxury new construction built with Home Depot trash materials.

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I live in NOVA and there is a lot of new construction going on in my neighborhood. Lots of low quality builder's grade trash for well over $1 million.

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3 kids, 2000 sq ft.

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1 spouse, 0 kids, 1 8# chihuahua, 2 houses, total 5700 sf

I know.

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2 kids and spouse. 4500 sq ft. We use the living room, two bedrooms and two bathrooms so probably half the house.

My ego lives in the other half.

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Two kids, 1350 sq ft, a large yard. it’s snug inside but works fine

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1 child, 1700sqft. Trying for a second and if it’s in our cards we will upgrade.

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3 kids, 3400 sqft + yard. Perfect size

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1700sqft, 2 kids, but I live in England in a village like the shire.

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3 kids 3 bedrooms 2 offices (we wfh). Girls share a room. 2500 sq ft but all the bedrooms are upstairs and it’s cozy.

Big homes are more to maintain and less homey. But it’s important to have enough space so it’s not uncomfortable. I think it depends on layout more than sheer sqft

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2 kids, 2100 sqft

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Family of four, 1200 sq ft. It’s tight but it’s in a great location and paid off so it’s a trade off. Wouldn’t trade it for a larger place in the sticks.

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I grew up with 2 brothers in houses going from 3ishk sqft to 7-7.5k sq ft. Depends on budget,lifestyle, location.

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2 kids, 2600 sq. ft. or 3400 if counting the finished basement. I would like to downsize, it's too much space that's just filled with junk. We have a small condo down the shore, ~900 sq. ft. that's heavenly!

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3 kids, 2100 SF. It’s plenty. I’d be ok with 2700 SF but no larger. Larger homes seem wasteful to me, unless they’re historic and then I want them all.

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1 kid and 3400sq ft. Tons of room ha but family stays with us when visiting

1 kid + my mother lives with us, 1800 sqft works fine. It helps that are hard is pretty spacious.

2 kids and 1 big yellow lab -> 3,500 sq ft. Just right for us

2 kids 4000sq ft and sometimes feel our home is snaller than all my kids school friends. NOVA here

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