How many people in how many sq ft when you were a

[sju]

Five of us in about 800 SQFT (3 bed/1 bath house).

[Deleted]

There were five of us in about 1000 sq. ft.

The sq. ft. wasn't bad but my parents live in an old old farmhouse with a bunch of additions to make it liveable to modern times throughout the years so there's only 1 tiny bathroom, a bunch of chopped up small other rooms, no closet space and a weird wide opening landing at the top of the steps that's supposed to be a bedroom. It's so ridiculous and not a good use of space at all. My mom said she'd rather have a smaller house with useable space when we were growing up.

My parents just did the kitchen and deck so that part is really really nice and where we hang out the most becuase it's the only place we can be together when we're all home.

Meh whatever. They like it. We all survived growing up...lol.

[sillygoosegirl]

For 2 years when I was a baby, 5 people in 1600 sq ft. Then my sister went to college and it was 4 in that space for another 6 years. Then my parents gut remodeled the house and added 100 sq ft, and my brother still lived with us on and off for another few years. Then just 3 for most of the years I really remember.

[Deleted]

I think answering as a ratio would make this more interesting. We had 375 sf per person (1500 sf/4 people). Now we have 475 sf per person (950 sf/2 people), so maybe that's why it doesn't feel small, even though it's 950

[315bride]

I have no idea on SF but at one point it was my grandmother, mom, me, uncle and his wife, aunt and her BF (now uncle) when she was home from college, the dog, and me under one roof. It was technically a 2BR house. My mom lived in the attic. My uncle and his wife were in the basement. My grandmother had her own room, as did I. My aunt and uncle stayed on the front porch that was converted into a temp BR when they were there.

[tarheels]

2 in 2800. So 1400/pp.

[lolc]

5 of us in about 2200 square feet. Plus a full basement that's not included in the sq. footage...

[sawyerthedestroyer]

I think my parents' first house was about 800 so 200 sq ft / person. We later moved into a 2000 sq ft house so 500 sq ft / person.

[Susie]

4 people, somewhere in the 1500-2000 sf. range, and 3 beds/2.5 baths.

[TBM]

5 people, 3 br, 1 full bath and one 3/4 bath....probably around 1300 sq ft., after two additions (family room and a room now used as a dining room).

[lightbulbsun]

4 people in 2000sf

[mollybrown]

6 people in 870 sq ft, so 145 sq ft per person. That included 4 adults. I spent a lot of time outdoors.

My grandparents raised 6 children in that house, so that puts things in perspective when I whine about 1500 sq ft not being enough for my family of 4.

[bethaboo]

We had 5 people in a 2400 square foot house for most of my childhood so 480 square feet per person. (Although the number of people fluctuated as I got older because my mom loves to take in the strays.)

Now, it's just two people for 944 square feet so 472 square feet per person.

Edit: I just looked at the website and we actually have 966 square feet so that's actually 483 square feet a person.

[vanillahip]

Most of my childhood was just me and dad at 1513sq ft pp, then step-mom moved in when I was 12 (1009 pp) , then baby sister was born (756.75 pp).

I did spend a couple years with my mom, stepdad and 4 other siblings, that was 400 sq ft pp.

[kellikans]

the first house I lived in, we had 4 people and a big dog in 800 sq.ft.

[heygrey]

house 1 - 650 sq/ft, 2 bed/1bath

house 2 - 1300 sw/ft, 3 bed/2 bath, unfinished basement (aka, so much storage my mom was beside herself)

3 people, a dog, and a cat.

[emoflamingo]

Our first house was 690 square feet for 6 people. So that was 115 per person. We moved into a house that was easily 3x that size, but I don't know for sure.

Right now, we have 3 in 884 square feet, so 295 per person. If we don't get moved before September, there will be 4 at 221 per person.

[redheadk]

5 people in 4,200sf. We don't have basements here so all living space is included in the square footage. My dad is a builder and my parents added an addition, hence the ginormous house.

[gwynnetx]

4 people, 4000 sq. ft. some guy lost it gambling, and my parents bought it for cheap at auction, paid cash, fixed it up, and lived in it for 26 years.

[FishChicks]

3 people in 5,000 square feet. I suspect the fact that my parents were able to spend most of their at home time nowhere near each other either led to their divorce, or held it off for many years!

[EllieArroway]

3 people in what I would guess was maybe 1600 sq ft - 3 bedrooms/1bath.

[Deleted]

7 people..2adults, 5kids. 1910 Victorian--3000SF 5bed/3.5bath....basically the same size/age house I now have

[mie]

5 people in ~1500 sq ft.

[Deleted]

There were 5 of us in sbout 1800sq ft.

[jenni232323]

3 people, 1 cat in 7500 sq ft since I was 2 years old. I always had several friends over as an only child! Thier 1st place were I lived 0-2 was a 450 sq ft apartment while the house was being built.

[adhdfashion]

Parents house 3600sq ft 4 bdr's 2 ba's (we used the den as another bedroom) with 1000sq ft guest house it has 2 bdr's 1 ba . Counting my parents that makes 10 people. It is really great layout, nice open floor plan. ^o) oddly enough I never felt cramped. We always used the guest house for us older kids. Pretty much rocks to have your own small house at 16. LOL

[darthxtater]

1000 sq ft...2bd/1ba
4 people

Shared a 9x9 "cell" with baby sister for 10 years. It was extremely cramped!

[lmdbww]

My parents house is an old farmhouse. Assessment says it's over 2000 sq ft but most of that is office space and the living room, not bedrooms. There is only 1.5 baths.

So there were 5 of us and 1 dog. My sister and I shared a room until my brother went off w/the Army (he lived overseas for years).

[daniebob]

There were 4 of us in 1100sf (3 bed/2 bath ~275sf/pp)

Now after a bit of family shuffling (mom moved into a board and care, sister and her family moved in, I moved out) there are 4 adults, 2 kids, 2 cats and a dog in that same space (~183sf/pp). 2 adults and the dog sleep in the garage, each kid has their own room, and the other two share the master.

[downtoearth]

I think about 5 of us in 2,600 sq ft. Older Victorian house my parents remodelled in the early 80's. 3 bed, 1.5 bath

But it doesn't really work out to 650sq ft/person b/c the shared living area was about 2/3rds of that with tiny bedrooms that have sloped ceilings.