Dirtyhip Posted October 15, 2017 Share #1 Posted October 15, 2017 In the quest to stop working so hard, the way we are trying to get there is to spend less. One place we saved big was our home being downsized. We live in about a 1000 sq ft. home with 2 bedrooms and 2 small baths. Everything is mostly modest. (Don't bring up the garage right now, ok) Lately, we are cutting way back on monthly expenditures. Like, I didn't get the new SWERKS this Fall. We are making due with less. If we cut back on monthly, we can afford to work only part time at a younger age. Those hippies are kinda spot on. Those tiny homes are a way to financial independence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris... Posted October 15, 2017 Share #2 Posted October 15, 2017 1550 square feet. 2 bath 3 bedrooms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadiejorge Posted October 15, 2017 Share #3 Posted October 15, 2017 I have a 980sq ft condo. We're on the first floor but it's higher than street level and separated from the side walk by a garden area. We have two bedrooms and plenty of windows so there's plenty of natural light; only the living room doesn't get direct light. We're short on storage, but didn't opt for the onsite storage because we decided to better manage our belongings by purging what we don't need. I really like this system because it keeps us from being clutter bugs; the lack of space forces you to be honest about what you want vs what you need. Smaller is always easier to maintain; we tossed around the idea of buying a house but opted for a condo because from a financial perspective, I didn't want to be in a position where housing payments were dependent on a specific salary. We're set up so if our current salary stability is disrupted, we can still maintain the mortgage on lower salaries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted October 15, 2017 Share #4 Posted October 15, 2017 1850 sqft 3 bedroom 2 bath. I need the room for bike storage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted October 15, 2017 Share #5 Posted October 15, 2017 !500 sq ft with an unattached 2-car garage. I live in the garage a lot. No bathroom in the garage, but I do have a jar. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldendesign Posted October 15, 2017 Share #6 Posted October 15, 2017 2700 sq ft. 3bd/3ba +office 3 car garage Bought when market hit its lowest here in Tampa. Took 4 years of watching and looking but we got the house we think we'd want/need for our life here. Been here 5 years and love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie Posted October 15, 2017 Share #7 Posted October 15, 2017 1800 sq ft - we bought before the whole area became 3-4000 sq ft McMansions, thank goodness. It got a little tight when there were fourofus, but it is perfect for two of us plus occasional visits from the daughters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder Posted October 15, 2017 Share #8 Posted October 15, 2017 Can't remember, but it has three small bedrooms, living room, kitchen-dining room, closet sized computer room, and one bath with an extra toilet in the room with washer and drier. It also has a small attached two car garage with a pantry in the corner. Our out buildings are probably larger than the house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinneR Posted October 15, 2017 Share #9 Posted October 15, 2017 I rent a 450 sq ft. condo. No garage. 4 bikes in my bedroom. Stackable washer and dryer in the living room closet. It works well for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted October 15, 2017 Share #10 Posted October 15, 2017 2800 sq. 4 bed, 4 1/2 bath. A living room we never use, a dining room we never use, a basement we will never use once the daughter moves out. It will be a nice deposit on a boat:) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted October 15, 2017 Share #11 Posted October 15, 2017 My condo is 1000 sq ft, 2 bed 1 bath, good enough for me. It seems larger though w/ the vaulted ceilings and open concept. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share #12 Posted October 15, 2017 30 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: 1800 sq ft - we bought before the whole area became 3-4000 sq ft McMansions, thank goodness. It got a little tight when there were fourofus, but it is perfect for two of us plus occasional visits from the daughters. We can't find tiny homes for sale, these days. Everything seems huge for our needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far Posted October 15, 2017 Share #13 Posted October 15, 2017 2000 sf, 2 story, end unit, townhouse. 3 beds (master is great size, the other 2 are over the 2-car garage), 2.5 baths. We bought at the peak in 2007 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted October 15, 2017 Share #14 Posted October 15, 2017 7 minutes ago, 2Far said: We bought at the peak in 2007 ? I bought in 2005, on Halloween I bought it 10k under the assessed value, then from there it went lower. Values are increasing still are not up to what I paid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted October 15, 2017 Share #15 Posted October 15, 2017 1700 sq ft. 1/2 acre lot. We bought 22 years ago when all 3 kids were all at home. It’s too big for us as empty nesters, but none of the places in town we would like to downsize to would save us any money and often would cost more! Promised my Mom we would be here to help with Dad. After that we are seriously thinking about moving to the Southwest. Buying a house down there with what we could get from this would be about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parodybot Posted October 15, 2017 Share #16 Posted October 15, 2017 2100 sq ft, 3 bed 2 bath 2 living area dining room 2 car garage, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr Posted October 15, 2017 Share #17 Posted October 15, 2017 1 minute ago, parodybot said: 2100 sq ft, 3 bed 2 bath 2 living area dining room 2 car garage, Sounds like my place 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted October 15, 2017 Share #18 Posted October 15, 2017 4 minutes ago, jsharr said: Sounds like my place It's probably just a parody. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx Posted October 15, 2017 Share #19 Posted October 15, 2017 I moved into a 1300 sq ft 3 bedroom 1 1/2 bath house. The actual sq footage is more than double that now but much of it is purpose driven. Finishing the basement effectively doubled the space but some of that is storage and more is where the youngest son and his 2 cats live. Part of it is my secret lab and womaxx's studio. We added another 450 sq ft this century by converting the car port into the sun room but that is not usable the entire 12 months of the year. I guess I'm not sure what a real estate broker would call the size of my house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted October 15, 2017 Share #20 Posted October 15, 2017 9 minutes ago, jsharr said: Sounds like my place What does your place sound like? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx Posted October 15, 2017 Share #21 Posted October 15, 2017 2 minutes ago, Road Runner said: What does your place sound like? The tinkling of tiny little bot feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted October 15, 2017 Share #22 Posted October 15, 2017 1800 sqft, 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath. plus two other room that could be made into bedrooms if we feel fit and need too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotgun Posted October 15, 2017 Share #23 Posted October 15, 2017 1600 sqft, 3br 2bath, 2 car garage, full basement. It works for the two of us, and there's room for when the kids come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share #24 Posted October 15, 2017 1 hour ago, parodybot said: 2100 sq ft, 3 bed 2 bath 2 living area dining room 2 car garage, Having two zone, when you have kids makes sense. You might want some space. If we had two zones, we would just be sitting in a room alone. HAHA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack Posted October 15, 2017 Share #25 Posted October 15, 2017 Ohio house - 3,800 sq ft. 4 bed, 3 1/2 baths. 3 car garage attached with unfinished walkout basement on 1/2 acre corner lot. Asking $407,000, will accept $399,000. Virginia condo - 1,000 sq ft. 1 bed, 1 bath. Wife and son are moving to VA by end of the year. This place is going to seem smaller than it did when I lived alone. Big is overrated. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted October 15, 2017 Share #26 Posted October 15, 2017 6 minutes ago, Old#7 said: Big is overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapr Posted October 15, 2017 Share #27 Posted October 15, 2017 1462 SF 3 & a 2 all one level. We downsized last year from about 2800 SF to our vacation home. Since the vacation home was fully furnished and mostly stocked we had to get rid of a LOT of stuff. We sold a few pieces to the buyer. Sold a few pieces on Next Door. Put some nice Cabs in the garage and filled them. Then gave a bunch to Knights of Columbus We upgraded several areas in the new home. Mostly outside so have a bit of indoor/outdoor going on. The kitchen/dining/living room are open concept so lives a bit larger than 3 small areas. One Bedroom is big screen TV room. It has a futon for additional visitors although i don't think we have used it for that. 2nd Bedroom is for visitors and Lil Scrapr when he comes over We really enjoy the smaller house. Our big house had 62 stairs on a variety of levels and areas. So liking the one level. And we are banking the previous house payment. WoScrapr misses the closeness of friends nearby though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted October 15, 2017 Share #28 Posted October 15, 2017 Too big. Trying to move to a smaller house with a big barn. 4bedrooms three and a half baths, 3 car oversized garage with. 20 by 40 storage barn. Living room we use on Christmas Eve and a dining room we use on New Year's Day. We have way too much stuff. 12 course walkout basement that also has stairs to garage. Mostly use basement for storing crap, grooming dogs, and bicycle repair. Kitchen and dog room that we basically live in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team scooter Posted October 15, 2017 Share #29 Posted October 15, 2017 1500 SF. Plus two thirds of the basement finished. Too big for just my wife and I. And our kids moved away many moons ago. But when we got it, we sold the old house for top dollar, and bought this one for a steal. It would cost us more money to move to a smaller place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted October 15, 2017 Share #30 Posted October 15, 2017 1500 square foot 3 bedeoom 2.5 bath with attached garage townhouse. It was a little cramped when the kids were younger and we thought about upgrading but didnt want to leave the community for more affordable housing. It works for us now as my daughter is mostky moved out now. We may leave the area at some point and downsize. We bought 20 years ago, never leveraged equity and the housing market boomed so really our property is our retirement. Our mortgage is less than rent... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal Posted October 15, 2017 Share #31 Posted October 15, 2017 3 hours ago, bikeman564™ said: Values are increasing still are not up to what I paid. This ^^^^ 1050sq feet...2 bedrooms, 1 bath would love to sell in live in a small home somewhere...but I think this will be it... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn Posted October 15, 2017 Share #32 Posted October 15, 2017 2,000 square feet, two bath, 24 X 32 unattached garage/shop. I feel it's just the right size for two people, my wife wants to move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack Posted October 15, 2017 Share #33 Posted October 15, 2017 Ohio house - 3,800 sq ft. 4 bed, 3 1/2 baths. 3 car garage attached with unfinished walkout basement on 1/2 acre corner lot. Asking $407,000, will accept $399,000. Virginia condo - 1,000 sq ft. 1 bed, 1 bath. Wife and son are moving to VA by end of the year. This place is going to seem smaller than it did when I lived alone. Big is overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted October 15, 2017 Share #34 Posted October 15, 2017 3 minutes ago, Longjohn said: I feel it's just the right size for two people, my wife wants to move. What will you do if she moves? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn Posted October 15, 2017 Share #35 Posted October 15, 2017 5 minutes ago, Road Runner said: What will you do if she moves? She probably won't move without me. There are some changes coming and she is going to retire next year. Maybe we will move south? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted October 15, 2017 Share #36 Posted October 15, 2017 53 minutes ago, Old#7 said: Ohio house - 3,800 sq ft. 4 bed, 3 1/2 baths. 3 car garage attached with unfinished walkout basement on 1/2 acre corner lot. Asking $407,000, will accept $399,000. I need to move to Ohio. That would be at least 5, probably closer to 7 around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share #37 Posted October 15, 2017 1 hour ago, ChrisL said: 1500 square foot 3 bedeoom 2.5 bath with attached garage townhouse. It was a little cramped when the kids were younger and we thought about upgrading but didnt want to leave the community for more affordable housing. It works for us now as my daughter is mostky moved out now. We may leave the area at some point and downsize. We bought 20 years ago, never leveraged equity and the housing market boomed so really our property is our retirement. Our mortgage is less than rent... Homes are still lower priced up here but barely. Oregon ranks toward the bottom for retirement people. CA, DC and HI being front runners for expensive retirement costs. Idaho is supposed to be great for making retirement money stretch. It's pretty there too. Low population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted October 15, 2017 Share #38 Posted October 15, 2017 I often think our house is too small, but I have two unused bedrooms. I'd like a bigger living room so we can have people over more comfortably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted October 15, 2017 Share #39 Posted October 15, 2017 Just under 1300 square feet. 3 bedroom 1 bath 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share #40 Posted October 15, 2017 3 minutes ago, BR46 said: Just under 1300 square feet. 3 bedroom 1 bath I bet this is a nice size. I think we are headed to the 900-1000 sq ft range with storage in a large garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted October 15, 2017 Share #41 Posted October 15, 2017 5 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: I bet this is a nice size. I think we are headed to the 900-1000 sq ft range with storage in a large garage. It's just right for the 2 of us. Wo46 would like to be able to park a car in the garage but that would mean that I would have to get rid of a few motorcycles. like that's going to happen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted October 15, 2017 Share #42 Posted October 15, 2017 2 hours ago, Longjohn said: 2,000 square feet, two bath, 24 X 32 unattached garage/shop. I feel it's just the right size for two people, my wife wants to move. Gosh everyone lives big here. 770 sq. ft. condo with 100 sq. ft. balconies. 1 bedroom. Here and same for Vancouver. I've lived in this amount of space lst for myself....and later with my partner for past 25+ years. Even in Toronto when I lived there I had a 770 sq. ft. condo before selling and relocating to Vancouver. Meets our needs. For sure, it's better to be all on 1 level..as time moves on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted October 15, 2017 Share #43 Posted October 15, 2017 6 minutes ago, shootingstar said: Gosh everyone lives big here. 770 sq. ft. condo with 100 sq. ft. balconies. 1 bedroom. Here and same for Vancouver. I've lived in this amount of space lst for myself....and later with my partner for past 25+ years. Even in Toronto when I lived there I had a 770 sq. ft. condo before selling and relocating to Vancouver. Meets our needs. For sure, it's better to be all on 1 level..as time moves on. I rent my underground parking stall. In Vancouver, there isn't one. Not a big deal ...10 min. walk in either direction for 2 LRT stations. 2 bikeshare stations within 5 min. walk in either direction. 10 min. walk to café, grocery stores, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted October 15, 2017 Share #44 Posted October 15, 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share #45 Posted October 15, 2017 3 minutes ago, Zealot said: This is your full time home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted October 15, 2017 Share #46 Posted October 15, 2017 3 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: This is your full time home? No. That's Corbin Cabin in Shenandoah National Park. We stopped there one night on out backpacking adventure in June. Thought it would be really cool to live there. Wondered about the original inhabitants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share #47 Posted October 15, 2017 10 minutes ago, Zealot said: No. That's Corbin Cabin in Shenandoah National Park. We stopped there one night on out backpacking adventure in June. Thought it would be really cool to live there. Wondered about the original inhabitants. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted October 15, 2017 Share #48 Posted October 15, 2017 This is my house @Dirtyhip. For real. ~ 1050 sf not including the basement. We love it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share #49 Posted October 15, 2017 10 minutes ago, Zealot said: This is my house @Dirtyhip. For real. ~ 1050 sf not including the basement. We love it. Still looks like a cute cabin. Not sure I should fall for this again. HAHA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted October 15, 2017 Share #50 Posted October 15, 2017 20 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: Still looks like a cute cabin. Not sure I should fall for this again. HAHA Lol. We've lived here since 1996. Several of the Forumites have been here - Petite and Thaddeus are among them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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