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@Bao: We paid $250+ month from Nov-April and less May-Oct for our old place which was about 1400 square feet and was natural gas heated.
Our new place has propane heat and has been over $500/month to heat since we moved in; and that's with keeping the house no more than 68 (less at night and during the day when we are not home) and shutting off 3 rooms upstairs because we don't use them and having brand new windows and very good insulation. It sucks; everything in New England is expensive
Electricity for both places is a constant additional roughly $100/month.
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about 2600 square feet of finished space. We want more room though.
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@yoursilverlining: holy crap!! That is insane...
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Our house is 3150sqft not counting the basement. It's our forever home, so it's perfect for us.
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We have about 3200 including the finished basement. 2600 on the main floors. Its a lot right now for just the two of us, but I hope it will feel right once we have kids. Even then I think I would have liked a bit smaller. Heating is too expensive.
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We have 2400 plus a basement, for just us and our dog it is way too big but once we have children I think it will be just perfect. We are in an area where buying an appropriately sized house for 2 people and they moving again in 3 years doesn't make sense so we went straight to a forever home.
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I want to say 3800, but we haven't been utilizing the top floor just yet, since we have no furniture up there
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1400. A 2/2 townhouse. Looking to move to a 4/3
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lol we're going from about 2000 to 700 (300 more in finished basement). I'm excited about lower heating bills!
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@sorrycharlie: did you guys find a new place?? that is quite a downsizing!
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We're currently in 2500 square feet but it's much bigger than we need; we only actually use about 1800 square feet.
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@mrs. bird: we think so!! we're renting from ILs, so huge 2-story apt, but our budget for buying is higher than what we pay now, but still low, if that makes sense. they give us a wicked deal. the house we're looking at is in good area, but small, lol
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About 1800 but that doesn't include the basement. It isn't finished yet but easily 1100-1200 sq feet down there.
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2516 and since baby #2 I feel like it got a lot smaller! We will have to move in a few years
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3,500 including the basement (although we haven't finished it yet).
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We live in Hawaii and our house is only 900sf but it has an "efficient" layout, no space is wasted and it doesn't feel too tight. We have 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, just the 2 of us with our 4 month old and our beagle. It's the perfect size, I think. Not much to clean! However, we have definitely had to get creative in order to maximize storage space! 2600sf sounds lovely!
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We're in 1900 sf right now, and it feels small. The house we are building will be a bit under 2500. I would have liked a bit more, but it's what we could afford in the neighborhood we wanted.
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1550, it's cheap to heat but we really need at least 2000 sqft.
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1100, but it feels a lot bigger. This is the biggest place either of us has lived in, but I imagine that it will feel cramped when we bring LO home.
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Our house is 1200 sq ft but the floor plan isn't all that great at maximizing the space we do have, so it seems/feels smaller. We're house hunting at 2000+ sqft homes, but don't want something TOO big!
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4000 square feet.
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2600
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@littlek: holy moley!!! Does that feel huge?!?
Our 2 bed/1 bath apt is about 1,000 sq ft. It's a decent size but I wish we have moe storage and an office nook.
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2000 sq. ft. It's twice as big as our condo we were in before, but I know it'd be nice to have a little more space in the future with a specific "play room/area."
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Our house is about 900. We'll be buying in a year or so and I'm hoping for 2000-2500.
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We are at 2200 sq feet. We moved here from a 600 sq ft apt so this place felt huge by comparison ... We wondered how we would ever fill it up, but now it's completely filled!
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Current/house for sale is 1470 sq ft w/ unfinished basement.
Lifer house (August!) Is 1654 sq ft of bungalow and we'll finish the basement right away.....it'll be more than enough space!
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Just about 1000 sqft and it's crowded! I have twin 2 1/2 year olds and a 3 month old. We have no storage, no basement, no attic, just three bedroom closets!
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About 2000, not including a finished basement. I'd like about 3000, honestly!
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1,445sq ft and I think the size is perfect for me, the hubby, and our on-the-way LO. However, I just wish it had more storage space. I don't think the house was built very effectively. I'd love to move to a bigger home though! Something between 2,600-3,400 sq ft would be awesome when we have 2 LO's.
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@Mrs. Pen: It feels big at times, there are still a lot of rooms that are empty because we are decorating one room at a time.
We live in VA so our heating/cooling bill isn't crazy.
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Our one bedroom apartment is currently 885 sq ft. we are moving in a coupleof months to a bigger place
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3500 (not including basement)
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