I'm not sure I agree with that...I mean, if that were true, those that have garages, why don't they park in them? (Well, some do but many do not.)2000 sq.ft. is nothing to sneeze at. I don't know what you are used to. Many have twice the space they actually need.
It's all relative. I have 3600sqft which is a good size house for my town but my wife is from a town where +6500sqft is the norm and my house would look "quaint". I guess you do it because you can...On the contrary, I don't understand why people feel like they need massive 3000sq/ft mansions.
This is the plan for us too. I have one SIL in Boston and another in Manhattan and my wife and I have spent the last +20 years trading time with them - they come to our "country house" and we go live "the city life" in their apartments. It gives you just enough time of "living" there, not in a hotel room as a tourist, to really get a sense of how different that life is compared to the burbs, and my wife and think that will be a nice change.Sold my 4 bedroom house in suburbia hell and moved into a 800 sq.ft 1 bedroom condo in the city. Could not be happier. Plan on moving into the country at retirement, just not sure what country.
Yeah, I hear you. We sometimes think about northern Florida... at the same time we really like our home here in SC. Kids are grown and on their own now, just my wife and I. We have a 3000 sq ft 5 BR home with really high ceilings in the main areas and just love it. Nice open home, lots of light, high ceilings ect... Oh... and property taxes under $3000 a year. Actually under $2000 but I use a NY formula (where I was born and raised and had kids) and add a $1000 since they tax your vehicles here. *LOL*I always lived in large houses and as a young adult I also ran a mail order business from my house as well.
Soon I plan to move and have just one vehicle and cut business way back. A few machines and not much else.
How do you know if you can live in a small 2000 sq ft. house?
And you are moving from a area where you have basements bigger than that to a no basement state like Florida.
I am not a collector or hoarder but just like space....
Then why are you considering a 2000 sq foot home?3000 sq. ft. Is no mansion..
My basement itself is that...lol
I'm just going to roll my eyes at the "small 2,000 sq ft house" comment.
There's 4 of us here in a 1,500 sq ft house and 6 dogs. There's no room at the inn.
I would like a small house with a 4 car 24ft deep garage and 30 X60 ft shop in the middle of 50 acres chain linked fenced with razor wire on the top and some Pitbull type dogs . I talked to the guy across the street the other day and it didn't add much to my life.
1 dog is too many… but 6?!?!?!
And for the record, I don’t hate dogs… In fact I love other peoples dogs, but we have poor planning skills (I.e we don’t plan trips or anything… or children!) and having a dog makes that very difficult.
Well, it wasn’t exactly according to plan.I guess I'm trying to understand, how and why, you've opted to live in ~375 s/f each? That's barely larger than a generous dorm room or barracks room. To each their own, but I would go bonkers. You have no space, no privacy, constant noise, tripping over each other, own practically nothing, everything is shared, etc. No thank you, not for me.
I suppose with flat TVs, streaming, internet, cell phones, laptops, one could make it work better today than 30 years ago. But I live alone in 2000 s/f and I can barely make it work. Granted, this current house is inefficiently laid out and wastes probably 50% of the space. I'm looking at a well laid out 1700 s/f home to move in to and will have to get rid of about 40 items from sporting goods to furniture, and hope it can work.
So true- taxes were fine when I was younger, and I worked 24/7I tend to view the topic of downsizing as a matter of the property plus school tax load. I’m considering downsizing by moving to another state where I can buy a house 3 times the size of my present home on 20 times more land for 1/4 of my present taxes. Now that is downsizing in my book.
Because I am walking away from the multiple businesses and properties I have, and semi retire but stillThen why are you considering a 2000 sq foot home?
If you currently live in a 6000 sq ft home or more, down size to a 3 or 4000. You would never be happy in a 2000 in my mind
Not sure what you'll be giving up in Maryland or what part of Florida you'll be in, but most likely you can expect...bugs (lots of them...I'm talking about roaches from hell), hot sticky weather (summer time...winters are pleasant), fire ants, spiders, lizards (maybe in your bed...don't ask), snakes, gators everywhere (in people's pools, too), red light runners, palm trees, the occasional hurricane and worst of all...tourist.So true- taxes were fine when I was younger, and I worked 24/7
Getting too old with other issues and have too much property and I need to dump all of it
and now live while I can. Florida will give me a few $$$ with the no state income tax.
None of that compares to a womanNot sure what you'll be giving up in Maryland or what part of Florida you'll be in, but most likely you can expect...bugs (lots of them...I'm talking about roaches from hell), hot sticky weather (summer time...winters are pleasant), fire ants, spiders, lizards (maybe in your bed...don't ask), snakes, gators everywhere (in people's pools, too), red light runners, palm trees, the occasional hurricane and worst of all...tourist.