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Ranch is fine until 2 of of your 3 kids are teenagers.

• ghaff 3y ago
  You can certainly have expansive single floor houses--although I'm not sure they're "Ranch" at that point. In general, there is a tradeoff between allocating space for open public spaces and bedrooms. My old farmhouse has (now) a fairly open first floor plan but the four upstairs rooms are fairly small (about 10' x 12'). It's interesting if you look at some old opulent mansions in somewhere like Newport. The public rooms are opulent but even the non-servant rooms upstairs are fairly minimalist.