How big is your house/apartment? *And yard?

[wolf_Q]

After doing a lot of house shopping and looking at various size houses, I'm just curious what size of house/apartment everyone lives in. Currently we live in an 800 square foot house, looking for something bigger, I'm deciding if 1500 sq ft will work for us (with a yard of course).

*Edit out of curiosity you can add to your how big your yards are too....I want a big yard but they are hard to find around here. The one we have now is about .21 but with a small house its big enough for the dogs to run around. We'd like to find one that is at least .35 the one we are looking at now is .47 which would be awesome. Most houses we could afford have around .25 or less. :/

[caseysmom]

Ours is 2754 square feet, we don't use the upstairs too much now that the kids are grown, compared to all of my relatives we have the small house...

Our last home was 1600 square feet, I think you tend to grow into the size of the house with "stuff" I think 1500 is plenty big and you won't pay an outrageious amount to heat and cool the house.

My sisters home is 5000 square feet for her and her husband and one little rabbit....

[cassiesmom]

Amy, I voted less than 1,000 but actually it's just over a thousand square feet. I want to say 1,044 or 1,048. My best friend's condo is 1,250 and that feels way bigger than mine. Her kitchen is smaller than mine but her bathroom is huge.

[Laura's Babies]

Mine is just under 1000 sq. ft., plenty big enough for me of I didn't have all this cat stuff in here.

[Randi]

My flat is 1076 square foot and has three rooms, a long corridor, kitchen, bathroom, toilet and two smaller storage rooms. Plus I have a storage room in the cellar. It's still not enough - have to get rid of more stuff.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Our house is 1800 sf. It's an ok size for us, but I wish it was a little bigger. Between the dogs, cats, 2 kids and their toys it can feel pretty small.

We also have a 900 sf. detached building that my husband works in and our birds, chinchillas, and reptiles are in that building too.

[Scooter's Mom]

My house is 1627 sq ft. It's just me and hubby and the critters.
We have our room, the computer room and the guest room.

It's a great size.

[catnapper]

we're at 2500 square feet and honestly it waaaayyyy too much space. We haven't been up to the rooms on the 3rd floor in ages. Cameron's room is now basically one big cat room - litterbox and nice comfy cat friendly surfaces in a quiet non-used room.

We'd love to build a cape cod or rancher around 1000-1200 sq. feet.

[moosmom]

I live in less than 1000 sq. ft. It's a 2 room studio and is getting kinda cramped because of all my little furry and non-furry kids. I make the best of it. I USED to have 1200 square feet in Michgan that included heat, hot water and cable tv!!!

You can have all room in the world. Unless you're happy, it don't mean $hit!!!

I may not have tons of room, but I'm damn happy!! It's my little "oasis".

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Our house is somewhere between 1,800-2,000 sq. feet. We also are lucky to have a really large yard. It's 4 bedrooms and myself, my husband and daughter with our 3 dogs and 3 cats have plenty of space.

My brother and nephew moved in with us last summer...we still have plenty of room and I think the fact that sometimes it feels too small has to do with the fact that we have extra house guests more than the actually space. : /

Like others said, your stuff ends up filling up whatever space you do have. Good luck and have fun house hunting!!

[Taz_Zoee]

Our house is around 1300 sq ft. With the two of us and the four furkids I think it's just the right size. We have our bedroom, a guest room (Jax's room), and office (Bruce works from home) and a music studio (connected with the kitchen) with a small room off that for the drum set. And the living room. But the best part is our house is at the end of the court, so our backyard is much larger than other houses on the court. Makes for a great yard for the dogs to get as much exercise as they need.

Good luck with the house hunting. I hope you find the perfect home for you and your family.

[Freedom]

My house is a 3 bedroom ranch, with an addition on the rear adding the master bedroom, master bath off that, and a huge family room. It is 1440 sq. feet of living space.

I insisted on all one floor when we were searching, for a few reasons:
- that is what I grew up with
- my knees are going
- my Dad lived w/me when I bought, and I knew stairs would be a huge issue for him
- as it turns out, the lack of stairs is great for my dogs (my cats are up and down the cellar and love having the extra space)

Also, having Dad with me and having his diagnosis, I knew we needed something with a walk in shower, and we wanted 2 bathrooms if at all possible (old men go a LOT!!!). This house offered both! Dad has the master bedroom and bath, and it is just great. The times he's been in Rehab or had Visiting Nurses come in, they measure and assess his living space, and have never had any suggestions for improvement! Yes, his "master bath" is tiny, but it works for him.

The lot is small, as I am in the city, just barely .24 acre. That is POINT 24. The back yard is fenced in (by Dad and I) for the dogs. While is it plenty of space for 5 small dogs, I doubt it would work for your large ones. As of last Fall, I've taken out the veggie garden, recovered real estate, to give the pups more room. Mine can get into a full gallop for quite a bit from one end to the other.

[davidpizzica]

I share a room here at Concordia with my buddy and I know it's way under 1,000 sq ft. including our bathroom! Barry and I call it our ''Mancave!"

[Husky_mom]

not sure about the size.. but small.. enough but small.. it has two bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs...

downstairs is the living room/dining room/kitchen/laudry room area.. it´s all contiguous and another half bathroom.. then there´s the yard.. and the front parking space...

I tried converting square meters to square feet.. but it can´t be right.. lol.. it gave me close to Taz_zooe´s but from her description her house sounds way bigger than mine is..

[finn's mom]

Including our converted garage (David's making it into a "man cave"), our house is around 2200 square feet, it's a three bedroom with a living and front room (technically it's a formal dining room, but that's where I have my photography studio set up), and two bathrooms (both have showers, one has a tub)...not sure how big our yard is, but it's big enough. I'd say about a quarter acre, but I'm really guessing.