Is this size house average or small?

Are you Fergie and you live at Royal Lodge? That’s royal residence size.

My house is just bigger than that OP, big for two, fine when the three of us are here.

Am I the only one who thinks in square m? I can't picture square feet at all. I blame having lived abroad.

Are you sure those measurements are correct? 15k square feet is massive, I mean like mansion massive, so I would be incredibly surprised if it only had 2 bathrooms. Houses that size have 10 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms...

I grew up with everyone having their own bathroom, so not having that for me would feel quite uncomfortable. I suppose that is an incredibly privileged response but it is what it is.

My house is 1800 sq ft and it’s average sized. It’s 4 bedrooms but one if the rooms is small and would only work for a nursery/office.

No, definitely feet, 1600 sq metres would be absolutely enormous! Like mega mansion enormous! Our large ish 4 bed is 150 sq metres/1600 sq ft.

15000square feet is really a massive house, you can compare floor plans to that rightmove listing to see how yours compares. The estate agent usually uses both measurements but maybe they’ve got them confused.

Anyway, I’ve learned the average house is 94square metres which is roughly 1011 square feet- this surprises me! (Edit- sorry, I should say average dwelling, so I suppose takes into accounts flats, too!)

Honestly I dunno. Like my google calculator tells me yes so my maths is right but I’m wondering if the rightmove advert to my house was in the wrong units of measurement. I’m utterly lost so bowing out now!

Are you sure it’s 15,000 square feet? I’d say that’s relatively rare in England, I’d expect more than 2 bathrooms in a house that size!

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/146376653#/?channel=RES_BUY this 8 bedroom house is 15000 square feet, over 4 floors, has a pool and is described as a mansion!

Do you mean square metres?! Because now I’m totally lost because 1600 square foot is like a tenth of the size of my house so I can’t fathom how you fit in 4 bedrooms and all those rooms downstairs 🤣 I’m so confused by this thread 🤣

Ok so my response was thinking it was 1600 sm rather than foot. I accept that 1600 sf is pretty tiny for a family!! My house is 1400 sm which equates as around 15,069 square foot according to Google so yes - my outrage at your response was wrong!

I still think everyone is conflating the two measurements and now I’m totally lost 🤣

I can’t see - no matter what country we’re in - 2 bathrooms for a family of four being a lack of comfort! Does everyone really need their own bathroom? We have one upstairs and one downstairs and quite a lot of space and honestly our house feels big!!

Our house is approx 1600 sq ft. We've 4 decent sized bedrooms, all double sized or bigger, 2 bathrooms upstairs, lounge, dining room, kitchen/diner/utility and separate playroom, plus large ish hallways. Def not small by UK standards for "normal" residential housing. Obviously if you are talking about large individual houses or mansions with grounds, it probably would be very small!

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/house-size-by-country

Yes and the countries at the top of that list (australia, nz & usa) have much lower population density than the uk. Even denmark has a population density half the size of the uk so there's simply more space.

I think 1600 is small for a four bedroom house. I'd want minimum 1800 and ideally 2000 really but fat chance with a new build.

However for context, its more normal to live in something like a 3 bed semi in the uk which is often only about 1200-1400 at best, so 1600 is likely an average or even above average size for the uk

Ours is about that. Includes integral garage. 4 modest bedrooms (is more office sized).2 bathrooms, cloakroom, kitchen dinner lounge. Built in 2005
Previous house 1970s similar size but 4 great bedrooms, 1 bathroom.

My 4-bed is about 950ft² I think, so 1,400ft² seems pretty generously sized, to me.

I think UK average is 1,000 sq foot

So it's above average - I wouldn't say big, but then I grew up in a 4,000 sq foot house in the countryside. Moved to London and flat was 600 sq foot, which felt tiny.

Now in 2,200 sq foot house outside London which feels big.

1,400sq foot, even if officially bigger than average, I'd consider average. In London though it'd be big!

depends on how it’s laid out. There are houses with huge sq footage and a lot of wasted space due to the way the rooms were laid out and ‘cut’

I am for real and I also said it was the norm in the UK. You are just used to tiny houses that don't function. In no world is 1400 square feet big, I'm sorry. Yes, it's big in comparison to a shed, but that's it. You've just gotten so used to poor living standards here in tiny box houses that you don't understand that most of the world would find that very very small.

Also, If I'm reading your post correctly you have 1, maybe 2 bathrooms for 4 people? Yeah, no thanks, I would not say that is living comfortably in any sense of the word.

At 1,000 square feet as a 3 bed semi, it's pretty average. I want to upgrade it to about 1,800 with a loft conversion and kitchen diner extension.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/house-size-by-country

this Shows Uk at number 20 for house sizes world wide. And that older houses were around 1500 sqft, but now average has shrunk to 818sqft. Due to cost/ land price

Denmark for example is at 1465 sqft as a comparison

I can’t edit my post but I see it’s 1600 square feet!! We measure in square m in the UK so my post is moot. I wonder if others are getting confused too! I’ve just had to calculate square m to square feet and I’m not sure if the OP meant metres instead? 1600 sm is large where as 1600 sf is very small - even by UK standards!

It seems small to me for a 4 bed!

Not uk, Ours is large 4 bed (5 bed I guess as small single room is office), ours is 200m2 (2300 sqft). Our kitchen dining area is small also, no large open plan areas. We have about 40m2 extra cellar space also.

in the uk our 1 bed small flat was 450sqft, so I can’t imagine a 3 bed house being only 1000 sqft.

Many of our friends live in flats here. And a 2 bed flat is usually (140-150m2) (1400-1500sqft. That’s usually 2 decent bedrooms, kitchen diner, and living room. With 1 bathroom, plus extra loo. Entrance hall. Utility rooms sometimes ( or it’s shared communal in cellar). A 4 bed house in same size is crazy

It's very large for a new build. I live in an extended 1930s semi which is a bit smaller. All the modern houses I viewed were much smaller. I imagine the OP is in a cheaper part of the country, not London or the south east.

Does it matter if it's what you need.