Interesting. I liked how the cars changed, too. I was surprised about the 90s being McMansions because I thought they were later but my question was answered with McMansion 2.0!
Kind of sad that two decades of new homes were characterized by McMansions!
I get that tiny houses are a "thing" now, but I'm guessing that McMansion 3.0 is probably far more common than tiny house in the 2010s.
Interesting. I liked how the cars changed, too. I was surprised about the 90s being McMansions because I thought they were later but my question was answered with McMansion 2.0!
Kind of sad that two decades of new homes were characterized by McMansions!
I get that tiny houses are a "thing" now, but I'm guessing that McMansion 3.0 is probably far more common than tiny house in the 2010s.
I don't feel like the small house is THAT big of a trend at all. All new construction I see still looks like McMansions with no yard space.
Kind of sad that two decades of new homes were characterized by McMansions!
I get that tiny houses are a "thing" now, but I'm guessing that McMansion 3.0 is probably far more common than tiny house in the 2010s.
I don't feel like the small house is THAT big of a trend at all.
If you read it, they define small as 2100 square feet or something. That is larger than my house lol. I think they just mean smaller houses than Mcmansions
that was neat! Thanks for sharing. They missed the suburban tract homes of California in the 70's and 80's, which is basically my childhood "style." I can see why it should be ignored, lol.
I don't feel like the small house is THAT big of a trend at all.
If you read it, they define small as 2100 square feet or something. That is larger than my house lol. I think they just mean smaller houses than Mcmansions
Yeah...I thought about the shows where they are searching for TRULY tiny houses... (<1000) and stuff and while I know there is interest in these.. I don't see it at all except for shows or articles. It has not made its way into "real life" to me yet where people I know (or know of) are actually searching for it... or talk about wanting it.
HA I did not catch that Sq footage note... that just shows my HCOL mentality! Most people I know are very excited to get 2100 sq ft. of house, and can't even imagine attempting to get more as it would be out of budget.
Post by curbsideprophet on Jul 9, 2015 12:08:27 GMT -5
Interesting.
This seems like a good place to put some questions about layout. Is your bedroom near your kids rooms? At our current home all the bedrooms are together at one end of a long hallway. We are looking into moving to something a bit bigger. A house we really like has three rooms that could be bedrooms on the main floor, but they are all spread out. Does this seem like a big deal with little kids? Right now if DD needs us our room is right across from ours. There is a fourth bedroom upstairs but for now it seems to make more sense for all of us to be on the same floor.
How important is a stand alone half bath?
One of the rooms shares a bathroom with the hallway, so that would be used by any guests visiting for the day. There is no stand alone half bath. We don't currently have a half bath but sometimes I wish we did. However our current house only has two bathrooms and this house would have four full baths, so maybe a half bath would not be necessary.
Our house is two storeys and all the bedrooms are upstairs down one long hall. I like it that way, but I suppose as long as we were on the same floor st least, I'd be o.k. with them being more spread out.
I would only feel a need for a half bath if there wasn't any other bathroom on that floor (or maybe if you have a larger ranch-style that is really spread out, OR the one bathroom on that floor was clearly allocated to a bedroom i.e. a master bath). I NEED to have a bathroom on every floor.
Post by Willis Jackson on Jul 9, 2015 12:18:16 GMT -5
I always thought our previous house was 1200 square feet, but I measured right before we moved and it turns out it was only 1000. I'm kind of impressed that our family of five was able to live so comfortably in that. I also finally measured the room the big kids were sharing and it was only 9' x 9'.
No wonder our 1700 sq ft new house feels so huge to me.
I dislike the trend of larger houses and actually told H if it were just me I could totally do the "small house" thing. That being said, we're in a 4bed 2000+ sq ft house and it's just three of us Sometimes I wish our house were closer to 1500sq ft.
I can't get over the idea of TWO master bedrooms. Are people really doing that?
Dh and I saw this when we were looking for a tow home a decade ago. It was so weird. The realtor said its common for someone renting to a roommate or roommates buying a house together. Which... I guess, but it's not for me
That was interesting. I agree houses are quite large now. We have 1700sqft and we don't use at least a third of it, but that way it's laid out feels cramped some days, especially in the dead of winter.
I can't get over the idea of TWO master bedrooms. Are people really doing that?
Yes-a lot of people find it appealing as an in-law suite.
See, for this feature the houses around here just get classified as two-family homes. I don't understand the idea of a one-family home having two master bedrooms.
We walked into our home last night--maybe around 1800sf, pretty big by California standards; bigger than almost all of my friends' houses here--after spending a week with friends and family in Atlanta, and it felt SO TINY. My college friend just closed on a new construction GIANT McMansion in the Atlanta suburbs (5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, probably about 4000 sf not including the unfinished basement that they can expand into) and her kitchen alone is bigger than my living room AND dining room put together. My kitchen is the size of her breakfast "nook". And my house is probably worth about double what she bought hers for. The COL difference is just completely insane.
I was also overwhelmed by the sheer amount of STUFF my friends all have. We just don't have room for the number of books and knickknacks and other memorabilia that a lot of my Atlanta friends have and it was NUTS to look around their houses and imagine cramming their belongings into our space.
Now, I definitely have house envy; I do feel sad that we don't have the flexibility and buying power that we would in a lower COL area, and I frankly might never be open to buying a home in LA. I miss owning and living in a larger space in a lot of ways. But I really love my smaller house and living in a more minimalist way, and I feel like we could downsize even more if we needed to. I think being forced to downsize and prioritize our belongings and live in a much smaller space has had a positive impact on our lives. At this point no matter where we live, I think I would always choose to have a smaller or older home in a walkable urban environment rather than a gigantor McMansion in the burbs.