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The average size of a new build in the US is almost 2600 square feet. https://www.nahb.org/blog/2022/03/new-single-family-home-size-continues-to-grow https://w

The average size of a new build in the US is almost 2600 square feet. https://www.nahb.org/blog/2022/03/new-single-family-home-size-continues-to-grow https://www.nahb.org/blog/2022/03/new-single-family-home-siz... The smallest home my builder was building when we were looking was 3100 square feet. It was $335K in 2016. As far as what a family did with a 5 bedroom 3.5 bath house. Bedroom for me and my wife, bedroom for my son, guest bedroom with a bath, office, and gym. There was another room that was converted to a dance studio for my wife. We did downsize late last year and now we stay in a 1300 square foot condo.

throw9away6 3y ago
I don’t understand why anyone needs 3000sf unless they have 3+ kids. That’s a lot of maintenance on space you don’t use
- scarface74 3y ago
  What “maintenance” do you think is more for a 3000 square foot house than a 1500 square foot house? I just mentioned it. 1. Master bedroom 2. Son’s bedroom 3. Gym with three pieces of cardio equipment and weights 4. Office 5. Guest bedroom The 6th room was a dance studio for my wife. She taught online fitness classes during Covid. It’s not like we paid millions of dollars. I qualified for it when I was only making $115K and put 3.5% down - less than $12K. In 2016. It’s now worth twice that (we rent it out to our son and two of his friends at a discount). My wife and I have since moved to a condo in a resort area where one fee ($650) pays all utilities, access to a decent gym, 3 pools, a running trail, three restaurants on site and a lake. It’s the same price that our house was in 2016.
  - oblio 3y ago
    Do you pay someone from cleaning or do you clean it yourself? That looks like a lot of work, probably 1 full day per week (probably more) to: - vacuum everything (including the skirting boards) - mop the floors - dust everything else - clean all the windows - change/wash/dry the linens/towels - clean the kitchen - clean the toilets
    - scarface74 3y ago
      - most of the carpet is covered by “stuff” and doesn’t get vacuumed, - it took maybe an hour to take care of the hardwood. - having a larger house doesn’t mean you have more to wash. How much you have to wash is a function of how many people live there. - you would have a kitchen either way - one bathroom only got used when guests come, one was our sons (and his responsibility). That left only two - the one in attached to our room and the half bath. The gym got sanitized with everything being wiped down and air freshener after every use.
      - oblio 3y ago
        > - you would have a kitchen either way I'm fairly sure your kitchen in the 360sqm house is bigger than my kitchen in the 90 sqm apartment :-)
        scarface_74 3y ago
        It’s a kitchen with a stove, a sink, a microwave and a dishwasher. What does the size of the kitchen have to do with how hard is to clean? That’s a function of how much you cook and what you use to cook.
    - lotsoweiners 3y ago
      > vacuum everything (including the skirting boards) My house is mostly wood floors but I maybe Swiffer and vacuum once a week (probably a lot less) for about 15-20 minutes. I run Roomba once or twice a week to take care of the rest. > mop the floors I can count on one hand how many times I mop floors per year in any size house. > dust everything else I definitely don't do the blinds/baseboards/etc enough. Wife usually does the furniture once a week and the rest is on demand. > clean all the windows Only when I get a wild hair. > change/wash/dry the linens/towels Size of house doesn't change this. See above. > clean the kitchen Still only one kitchen. > clean the toilets Same number of people

throw9away6 3y ago

I don’t understand why anyone needs 3000sf unless they have 3+ kids. That’s a lot of maintenance on space you don’t use

scarface74 3y ago
What “maintenance” do you think is more for a 3000 square foot house than a 1500 square foot house? I just mentioned it. 1. Master bedroom 2. Son’s bedroom 3. Gym with three pieces of cardio equipment and weights 4. Office 5. Guest bedroom The 6th room was a dance studio for my wife. She taught online fitness classes during Covid. It’s not like we paid millions of dollars. I qualified for it when I was only making $115K and put 3.5% down - less than $12K. In 2016. It’s now worth twice that (we rent it out to our son and two of his friends at a discount). My wife and I have since moved to a condo in a resort area where one fee ($650) pays all utilities, access to a decent gym, 3 pools, a running trail, three restaurants on site and a lake. It’s the same price that our house was in 2016.
- oblio 3y ago
  Do you pay someone from cleaning or do you clean it yourself? That looks like a lot of work, probably 1 full day per week (probably more) to: - vacuum everything (including the skirting boards) - mop the floors - dust everything else - clean all the windows - change/wash/dry the linens/towels - clean the kitchen - clean the toilets
  - scarface74 3y ago
    - most of the carpet is covered by “stuff” and doesn’t get vacuumed, - it took maybe an hour to take care of the hardwood. - having a larger house doesn’t mean you have more to wash. How much you have to wash is a function of how many people live there. - you would have a kitchen either way - one bathroom only got used when guests come, one was our sons (and his responsibility). That left only two - the one in attached to our room and the half bath. The gym got sanitized with everything being wiped down and air freshener after every use.
    - oblio 3y ago
      > - you would have a kitchen either way I'm fairly sure your kitchen in the 360sqm house is bigger than my kitchen in the 90 sqm apartment :-)
      - scarface_74 3y ago
        It’s a kitchen with a stove, a sink, a microwave and a dishwasher. What does the size of the kitchen have to do with how hard is to clean? That’s a function of how much you cook and what you use to cook.
  - lotsoweiners 3y ago
    > vacuum everything (including the skirting boards) My house is mostly wood floors but I maybe Swiffer and vacuum once a week (probably a lot less) for about 15-20 minutes. I run Roomba once or twice a week to take care of the rest. > mop the floors I can count on one hand how many times I mop floors per year in any size house. > dust everything else I definitely don't do the blinds/baseboards/etc enough. Wife usually does the furniture once a week and the rest is on demand. > clean all the windows Only when I get a wild hair. > change/wash/dry the linens/towels Size of house doesn't change this. See above. > clean the kitchen Still only one kitchen. > clean the toilets Same number of people