What would you class as a small, average and large house?

[Angelfootprints]

Interested on others perspectives.

Our house is 108 square meters in total and I feel its small. I grew up in houses four times the size, so maybe Im spoilt?

DH thinks our house is fine but he grew up in houses of the same size.

Sometimes I have felt a bit embarrassed when relatives or dd friends have said comments along the lines of "oh its nice- but really small".

Then others have around and said it seemed quite big.

I suppose I class our house as small, an average house about 130-160 and larger anything over 160 square meters.

What do you think?

[CanIHaveAPetGiraffePlease]

Wow that's huge Ogre. Ours is a tiny 3 bed new build and probably would fit into your sitting room from the looks of it... I'd love more space!

[ogredownstairs]

I think it's huge too giraffe. Although when I unguardedly said so to a friend recently (we have a massive mortgage to match and I have been wondering whether we should downsize in the next couple of years given job market uncertainty etc) she laughed out loud and proceeded to explain in great detail that it wasn't at all. So it's all relative...!

[discrete]

What an interesting thread (and report).

Having been brought up in a country where houses are much larger, in a 500sqm home, I consider small to be anything under 120sqm, medium (and ideal for me) 250sqm and large 350sqm+.

Dh was brought up in a much smaller house (about 150sqm I guess) and much prefers smaller houses, and thinks a 250sqm is quite large.

We are currently in a 400sqm house which is way, way too big for both of us. Probably partly an overreaction to the 70sqm flat we lived in in London!

[EldonAve]

small 1000 sq ft
medium 1500- 2000 sq ft
large 3000 sq ft+

[myron]

Our selection criteria when house hunting was firstly, location, then plot size was followed by square footage of living space. Our 70's 'project' was originally 4 bed/2 bath house of 2400 sq ft (excluding double garage). We've added a 2 storey extension and it is now a 5 bed/3 bath house of 3200 sq ft/297sqm. We are planning to stay here until the DC fly the nest though so the next move would be in 20 yrs' time when we would be downsizing! Have much the same opinion re UK house sizes as the PP.
Small < 800 sq ft
Medium 1200 - 2000 sq ft
Large > 3000 sq ft

[Devora]

What an interesting thread. I live in a five bed house with two bathrooms and a utility room, which makes it sound like a mansion. But actually it's 1300 sq ft, so barely even scrapes into the medium category according to some posts.

Still, I'm in London, and it feels massive compared to the 740 sq ft flat we were squeezed into before.

[Skittish]

Everything in my house is ona big scale though - huge inglenooks that are three feet wide and 8 ft long, living room is 30 ft long , even ensuite is 15 ft - so it's not so much number of rooms ( although there are quite a few ) it's the scale of them. Have three staircases too.


Absolute horror to heat and maintain, though.

[littlecrystal]

Wow I cannot believe the sizes of some of your houses! I am selling my (what I consider) large 2 bed terraced house (approx. 72sq.m. + 8sq.m. conservatory) and hoping to buy 3 bed town house (approx. 76sq.m). I feel both are sufficient for our 2+2 family, if not lush :) although ideally I'd have a garage, a shed and a conservatory on top!

You can probably tell then I grew up in 1 bed flat, 4 of us, occasionally having 2 grandparents to stay with us...

[LexyMa]

this thread is fascinating!

I have just used this online calculator to get the size of my house in sq m because I have a toddler sleeping on me and CBA to go and find the EPC from when we bought the house...

It is now 89.6 sq m but was more like 77 when we bought it (we did a rear ground floor extension) and probably 72 when built (previous owners did front extension). At 72, with two beds, one bath, kitchen, lounge, council built in the 50s near Watford it probably met a decent/good standard, if one applied then. Only got half way through wonkylegs' link but finding it really interesting.

We have made it into a 3 bedroom layout upstairs, and I suppose the smallest could fall foul of a current RIBA standard for a single bedroom (2m*1.7 plus the long bit of L-shape) but it fits a full length single bed, has built in wardrobe, and because we've used a mid sleeper, all the floor space is available to play in. We definitely are influenced by that British idea of maximizing the number of bedrooms - but more to suit our own need to be able to stay here longer and not keep having to "climb the property ladder", incurring transactional costs every time.

[mewkins]

I have no idea (but want to get the plans out and have a look!). Most people in the town that I know have three beds but ALL are different styles and layouts, some with conversions in the loft/ garage. Our's is open plan downstairs but not sure if that makes it seem bigger or smaller. However we have a big garden which was the selling point. On the other hand, I grew up in another three bed (in the box room) but the downstairs living area seems huge by comparison.

Three beds are average I would say, regardless of the rest.

[Sophiamiller]

Hi,
I live in a 5 bed house,
My daughters friends come round and say wow its huge,
I just think it is the right size for my family 3 children and we fill the house
5 bed all double 2 en-suite
1 study downstairs
Dining room separate
Lounge
Integral double garage
Kitchen/diner/family
Utility
4bathrooms

So i say 1+2 small
3 average
4 depends really if is a small 4 with all double bedrooms
5+ large