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We live in 4000 square foot home and second baby will be here any day. I wish the space was more separated. For example, I don't need an enormous basement or an upstairs loft—truly would rather these be bedrooms instead of being so accessible and open because of having to CLEAN it more; I'd rather give the space have dedicated purpose. I'd like to have an office that doesn't have to double as a guest bedroom for example.
Do I enjoy it? I always say I wish we had a smaller house, but truth is, I like the space, I'd just rather the space be less "open" space.
Given your situation, I wouldn't hesitate as long as you have 1) rooms for everyone including an office and at least one guest bedroom and 2) a monthly cleaner at minimum.
So the house we put the offer on is a pretty traditional colonial. Four bedrooms upstairs and an office on the first floor. Open kitchen dining living room. Then a long large separate dining, formal living area. Then the basement has another bedroom and full bath. So I would say that likely the “living” will be in the bedrooms and main living space. I’m terrified what utilities can look like
I have 3 kids and we have a 2500 sq house. We could sell and get larger it's just hard to keep clean w 3 kids 12 and under.
However none are larger than 2800 sq ft
It’s fine, as long as you have staff to clean it and assist with upkeep. Or if your spouse is able to fill that role, that works too. I’m in the former camp - def not the latter - and for the latter, I think a SAH spouse deserves a cleaning service for that size home at least 2x per month. It’s a lot to take care of.
I have 3800 including a finished walkout basement and I’m really happy. We have room for a dedicated playroom (used the formal living room). We also used our basement bedroom, bathroom, kitchenette and living area as a dedicated space for our au pair and loved having privacy from each other when we wanted it. My husband and I also very crafty so we share one office space and have dedicated spaces for woodworking and crafting. The space enabled me to get large toys for my kiddo (like the Pikler triangle, a play couch, play kitchen and all sorts of rocking and spinning toys) and he has toys spread throughout his playroom, bedroom and our living room and I love it.
Having a dedicated playroom is really the best!
I love it, I have two kids. My parents were staying with me and helping with kids when I was traveling for work. We also have a huge backyard, and kids from our neighborhood loved coming to our house for the huge trampoline.
For routine Cleaning - you should arrange things biweekly or monthly.
We just moved to a 4000 square foot house and are expecting our first. I’m excited to have more room (other house was 2400 sq ft). The one thing I am nervous about with a little one is having our master bedroom on the main floor and nursery on the second floor. Baby will sleep in our room for a while and we’ll have a monitor, but even at a year old, I worry about the distance between our bedrooms.
Don’t worry! This was our last house set-up and it worked out so well. Now we live in a ranch style and I hate it bc at 2yo she became a lighter sleeper and hears our alarms and wakes up with them
Almost 4000 sqft with 3 kids and I’ve accepted that the house is just never clean at the same time. We try to keep most toys in the playroom so that’s probably tidied 2x a day, bedrooms full of stuffed animals and books tidied 1x a day, kitchen is swept and tidied 1x a day, and the rest of the house throughout the week on rotating schedule - our nanny helps with this during the week and we all pitch in on the weekends. I’m a big fan of daily maintenance. Love having more space but it’s not a one person job and happy to outsource where we can
We moved from a 1800 sq ft to a 3800 sq ft (plus 1500 sq ft unfinished basement which we use for gym equipment and storage). Expecting our second kid. I think the key to keeping a bigger house clean is being thoughtful about your organization up front (eg I like having a big basket for kids toys in each room they play in that I can throw everything in) and trying not to accumulate more stuff even though you have more space. Our bigger house is much cleaner than our smaller house because we have more space for largely the same amount of things, and more places (like closets and built ins) to put things away. When you are moving, think very carefully about what you are taking with you. It is a great time to purge and donate things. Also we have cleaners come every other week and it is SO worth it.
I have 7000 SF including the basement and it’s definitely too big for us even though we have 3 little ones. We fell in love with the house, the yard, and its character despite its size so we bought it anyway thinking we may need to house aging parents one day.
We tend to move around the house together, all in one room at a time, which I find hilarious. It’s a pain to keep clean but that’s because of kids, not because of the size. We don’t clean the finished attic or basement all that regularly because they’re not used all that regularly. House cleaner only does the main floor and primary suite.
We love the endless storage and hosting big parties. We don’t love the high mortgage payment and want to start paying that down more quickly. Overall I’m very happy with my home but I guess I’d say focus on affordability more than size/upkeep. You’ll do ok there!