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By Little House April 6, 2011
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12 Comments
Kellen 13 years ago Reply
I was looking at houses earlier this year, and man there are some bad lay outs out there. Especially looking at older homes. Our house now has all the bedrooms down one side, and the living area is an open space parallel to the bedrooms. Our biggest problem is that 1) the bathroom I share with my roommate is on the other end of the house to our rooms and 2) we seem to never use the dining area, which is in between the kitchen and living room, so that’s mostly wasted space. I do love walking out of my room and just being *in* the rest of the house, without needing to go down a hallway or stairs.
Little House 13 years ago Reply
@Kellen -I’d have to agree that most dining rooms are wasted space – I’ve seen too many people purchase dining room furniture that they never use!
krantcents 13 years ago Reply
There was a trend to build for older people at one time. Smaller efficient homes were a trend and then it stopped. Maybe they did not sell? I would love a well designed small 3 bedroom 3 bath house. The problem is well designed at a reasonable price! I guess I may have to wait awhile!
Little House 13 years ago Reply
@Krantcents – I’d like one too, please. If you find one, let me know! Affordability is definitely an issue. 😉
First Gen American 13 years ago Reply
The floor plan was definitely key. I walked away from a number of homes that had funky layouts or rooms in strange places (like having to walk through a bedroom to get to another room.)
My house is only 1700 sq ft and I’m constantly getting comments that people are surprised that it’s not over 2000. The open floorplan makes it feel deceptively large. Plus, we don’t have any great rooms or big hallways or winding staircases. That helps a lot. I love your housing posts. They are fun.
Little House 13 years ago Reply
@First Gen American – I personally like open floor plans myself because they give the optical illusion that the houses are “bigger” even though they aren’t. Thanks for the comment – I love researching houses so it’s fun for me as well. 😉
retirebyforty 13 years ago Reply
Our condo has a pretty functional floor plan. The kitchen was closed off from the living area and we remodeled to open it up. I like the opened style much better than the closed style.
Our old home has a great room. I like it a lot, but it doesn’t help our heating bill. It also had first floor master bedroom.Little House 13 years ago Reply
@Retireby40 – Do you like the master bedroom on the first floor? I can see benefits to that as the kids get older (and you’d prefer them on a separate floor 😉 ). But I could see that as an inconvenience when they’re young and they need you during the night. I guess if I end up not having kids, this won’t matter. 😉
Money Reasons 13 years ago Reply
When the builder was building my house, we had them put a wall up where there was going to be a huge living/rec room combined. We honestly wanted the extra wall space though.
I’ve been in McMansions and have seen the wasted space that you’re talking about. It’s funny seeing a ginormous house with only three large but modestly sized rooms compared to the rest of the house. Of course, it’s that way because of the huge halls and 20 foot ceilings.
I thought that same as you about heating and cooling those mansions… 🙂
Untemplater 13 years ago Reply
From time to time I like to visit open houses to see what’s on the market and also to get inspiration from beautifully staged rooms and clever landscaping. Open floor plans are my favorite. I’ve never been a fan of the Victorian layouts b/c even though the houses are beautiful and ornate, the layouts feel claustrophobic and spread out with individual rooms off shooting from really long hallways. And I totally agree that smaller homes means less stuff, less to clean, less utilities, and a lot less headaches. -Sydney
Jason 13 years ago Reply
You always have to have a gameplan! Always!
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