Comments on: In Real Estate, Size Does Matter

By: Home Removal

Home Removal — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:54:33 +0000

Size really matter in real estate. But the most important thing is to know how to make the most use of it. People still take a fairly proportionate house and manage to make it look so small. The advice is to get rid of the belongings, knock down some walls and create light and space.

By: Paul Trippett

Paul Trippett — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:28:19 +0000

Sophie: I suppose being British i find it easier to find things OTT than what is considered the norm here

By: Sophie

Sophie — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:20:09 +0000

Paul. what about needing a map for self to navigate your own ” Magnificent 2,500 Square Foot Master Suite ” -> read St Regis Penthouse post.

re: two elevators. I disagree. In San Francisco, many reasonable size homes (say under 2600sqft) are built on hills, and I’m thinking of several (Telegraph hill, south cow hollow, 22nd street etc) that are a pain without 1 elevator AND 1 dumbwaiter to manage the 60+ ft vertical design.

By: Paul Trippett

Paul Trippett — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:52:04 +0000

I know my home is too big when…

- I don’t just have one elevator but two.

- I phone the kids on their cel to find out if their home.

- My Master bathroom is bigger than the size of my very first apartment

- The guest house is a 3 bedroom, two story self contained home capable of holding a small family

By: Sophie

Sophie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:43:13 +0000

‘I know my home is too small when ….’ (real ones from my previous home)
- the skis and the wedding dress are fighting for space at the back of the only master bedroom closet – along with the suitcases.
- each room serves as at least 4 purposes (office=living=guestroom=playroom) (parents bedroom=kid bedroom=storage room=laundry room)
- the restroom becomes the only private place in the home, the only place you can be alone with a key and a door to protect your sanity.

‘I know my home is too big when …’
- I don’t have time to run for the cell phone before the voice mail picks up. (and sprain an ankle in the stairs at the same time) – if you hear the cell phone at all.
- I need a tiny fridge in the nursery because the kitchen is too far to store the bottled breast milk.
- I need to schedule flushing the toilets and fill up the traps in unused bathrooms
- I need an Excel sheet with the closets assignment, so I can remember that winter clothing is stored in the peach bedroom.
- there are more bathtubs that the number of occupants.
- there are more than 20 times number of occupants lightbulbs. (30 for the first occupant)
- there are rooms that you don’t use actively at least once a week (example: you read once a week a book for 30mn)
- a real one in PacHeights: when you need to call the police, because nobody can find the child inside the house – he might have escaped – when finally, the police finds him in the playroom upstairs after sending 4 patrol cars around the neighborhood.