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Yeah, that was the other depressing thing about everything we saw. The McMansions come on like .2 acre lots. We play outside in the back as much as we can and there's virtually no room for them in these houses.
I cant imagine 4k house on a lot that small. Its just wrong.
 
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I know social media is the dregs of society and people only post the worst but after having home inspectors for new construction in my Instagram algorithm I would never want to buy a new construction house... granted nothing is perfect but some of the shit is so egregious.
only buy new construction in 2028, when we have had 4 years of ice being funded as the 4th largest army in the world, construction stands will finally return to 1990s level
 

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I cant imagine 4k house on a lot that small. Its just wrong.

The arial doesn't do it justice. That retaining wall in the back is like 10' away and everything above it is useless as a yard. The front yard is also sloped and virtually unusable.

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No, I definitely wouldn't argue that "need" is the right word. We did need to see that to know we don't want it though, so it was an important step in the process. We have (will have in Oct) three boys and we're both full time WFH so we're falling into the trap of wanting 3 rooms for the kids, a master bedroom, and 2 office spaces for us, and that drives the space need a little unreasonably high. Our current house is like 2,800 listed sq ft but more realistically 3,300 with the bonus areas.

We need to find our sweet spot. The two young boys can share a room just like I did with my brother growing up. I could downsize my office into the old nursery, turn this above garage space into bedroom for two of the boys since they're 2 years apart. Upgrade our Master Bath and Kitchen. We'd survive for 10 more years her. And just because we could afford it doesn't mean we should. I'd much rather continue juicing our Roths, SEPs, HSA, kids accounts, and spending frivolously on guns.
i spent 2 weeks w/ 2 privilege nieces (10/8) in a tiny san jose 1500sq/ft home 4adults 2kids. they complained they had to share a room, the living room was non existant, the place was too hot. the only upside was we got this place b/c it had a hottub and a pool (these 2 are on swim teams)

the pool is too cold!!!
in san jose

their home is 6k sq/ft for a family for 4

i say keep the house and grow your family there if theres no job opportunity forcing you to move, then you won't have these entitled bitches, and hey i love these kids but jesus christ

(the upside is that i have never had them over in tn yet, b/c my house is ONLY 2k sq/ft, w/ just me and wife, house is too small to house all of yous for a week)
 

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Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that as we were leaving a family of 5 Indians came in to look at the house. Adults, no kids, just adults.
 
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I would add on to this that the amount of yard can lower the sq ft per person. Ours is only 2200 sq ft but have an 1/2 acre back yard and we are outdoor people so the interior feels fine for us because of how much time we spend out back. Pool area, decks, lanai etc get a ton of use.
Yeah. A lot of things can impact size requirements. He has a bunch of kids, and 2 WFH, so bigger absolutely = better.

For me, it's just myself and GF. She doesn't care for huge houses, but wants useful space. We have a few home plans picked out, both around 2500 sq/ft. They are open plans, 1.5 floors. Top floor has two separate rooms, one bath. Perfect for office areas. Plenty of room for living and not getting on each other's nerves.
 
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I cant imagine 4k house on a lot that small. Its just wrong.
In my neighborhood in Dallas the lots are around 1/3rd acre. Houses originally built as 2400-2600 sq ft houses. Now every person who moves out the house gets snatched up, then tear it down and drop a 4000 sq ft 2 story McMansion on it. Although the last couple of those they have done have now been sitting on the market unsold for a month+ so I wonder if that trend is running out of steam, or if their prices are just to far up there.
 
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Yeah. A lot of things can impact size requirements. He has a bunch of kids, and 2 WFH, so bigger absolutely = better.

For me, it's just myself and GF. She doesn't care for huge houses, but wants useful space. We have a few home plans picked out, both around 2500 sq/ft. They are open plans, 1.5 floors. Top floor has two separate rooms, one bath. Perfect for office areas. Plenty of room for living and not getting on each other's nerves.
yea me and wife in 2k sq/ft house, dining/kitchen/living room is small but usable we dont' entertain anymore, i don't have anyone come over so the living room just has a drumset and guitars, dining room? why? for 2 ppl, it's split it's half workout/half ddr cuz we like to play

top floor has 1bath, 1masterbath and 4 rooms, she can have the masterbath all to herself, 2 wfh rooms, another workout room and the mb

do not share a wfh/office/man cave
 

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We have a family of four and both my wife and I WFH in a 2200 sq foot 3/2. While I wouldn't mind a dedicated office that isn't a corner of my bedroom (wife works in bonus room), I honestly don't know what I'd do with double the square footage and I wouldn't want the maintenance. We entertain plenty, to the point where we had 35 people last Thanksgiving, and it didn't feel cramped. People just don't know how to use space.
 
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We have a family of four and both my wife and I WFH in a 2200 sq foot 3/2. While I wouldn't mind a dedicated office that isn't a corner of my bedroom (wife works in bonus room), I honestly don't know what I'd do with double the square footage and I wouldn't want the maintenance. We entertain plenty, to the point where we had 35 people last Thanksgiving, and it didn't feel cramped. People just don't know how to use space.
my neighbors pic but we all have the same cookie cutter house, this is also the size of my dining room
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the other side is the tiny ass living room
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but the mb is like the size of both rooms, lulz (which we don't mind)
 

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Mentioned it before but a friend of mine right out of college got married and bought a house in Katy, TX where it was really booming 30 years ago. Building houses in what had beeb a prairie and mostly good hunting. Anyway the house was so close to the neighbor when it rained hard (and it rains hard a lot in Houston) the water would run off the neighbors roof onto their wall and it sounded like someone was shooting water with a fire hose to the house. Not for me and crazy. They moved shortly after.
 

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Dining rooms are pointless. We turned ours into a lounge... Plush chairs, leather couch, bar, etc. It's the best room in the house.
 
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In my neighborhood in Dallas the lots are around 1/3rd acre. Houses originally built as 2400-2600 sq ft houses. Now every person who moves out the house gets snatched up, then tear it down and drop a 4000 sq ft 2 story McMansion on it. Although the last couple of those they have done have now been sitting on the market unsold for a month+ so I wonder if that trend is running out of steam, or if their prices are just to far up there.

Is this forum truly anonymous? Lots of dallas folks around. Curious if there's ever been a meetup
 

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Dining rooms are pointless. We turned ours into a lounge... Plush chairs, leather couch, bar, etc. It's the best room in the house.
Ours became the home of our "big ass F shaped desk" and our home office out of which I work. We still have a dining table in one end, and I admit we reconfigure it around the holidays to host Thanksgiving/Xmas at our house.

Is this forum truly anonymous? Lots of dallas folks around. Curious if there's ever been a meetup
I don't know of any in person meetings from the forums. Honestly, if a lot of the Dallasites wanted to get together for a drink somewhere I wouldn't be opposed, but some do want to make sure they can't ever be doxxed and meeting in person is very anathema to that.
 

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Ours became the home of our "big ass F shaped desk" and our home office out of which I work. We still have a dining table in one end, and I admit we reconfigure it around the holidays to host Thanksgiving/Xmas at our house.


I don't know of any in person meetings from the forums. Honestly, if a lot of the Dallasites wanted to get together for a drink somewhere I wouldn't be opposed, but some do want to make sure they can't ever be doxxed and meeting in person is very anathema to that.

Ah. I was just curious as I heard this forum's been around for like 20 years or something. Figured you all knew each other
 

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Ah. I was just curious as I heard this forum's been around for like 20 years or something. Figured you all knew each other
Most people on here are completely okay I'm sure but there are enough complete degenerates and assholes that you wouldn't want your real identity associated with here.
 
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There have been a few meet ups over the years- but also mostly those that self-fizz in pic thread etc.

It would be odd to meet up and everyone is like “FoH? Yeah? Cool- okay no usernames bro, lol.”

On houses… sad events may be moving my mother in law in now rather than way way later… houses w/ in-law suites just do not exist in my area sans multi million houses.