We raised 4 kids (3 still there) in 2000 sq feet. Plenty of space.

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Feb 25, 2021
3:12:41pm

Ycrazy All-American

We raised 4 kids (3 still there) in 2000 sq feet. Plenty of space.

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Ycrazy

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Minimum amount of square footage for a 4 child family in Utah?

CougarTailDevourer

2/25/21 3:01pm

6,000

Ragnar Danneskjold

2/25/21 3:03pm

Per kid

Jericho

2/25/21 3:03pm

Wowsers. The life of the rich

TNT

2/25/21 3:18pm

My four kids have about as many per kid as I had growing up for all 7 of us kids. But both setups have their charm.

Trent

2/25/21 11:06pm

3000

Grit for Brains

2/25/21 3:03pm

For an average CBer? 6000 square feet.

John Doe

2/25/21 3:03pm

You could reasonably do 1800-2000. Probably preferably 2500-3000.

Adwight

2/25/21 3:03pm

6k on 1 acre

IceBlueCoug

2/25/21 3:03pm

We have 4 in 2700 sq. ft. in Utah...it's fine for now.

WhirleyPop

2/25/21 3:05pm

Probably need about 2500 but you will feel like you need more if they

CougaRR4L

2/25/21 3:05pm

I don’t think you’d find many true 5 bedroom homes under 2800 sf but you may not

2/25/21 3:06pm

I had four kids in a 2250 sq ft house and it felt small. I'd say you want close

2/25/21 3:06pm

2500

cougarblue

2/25/21 3:10pm

Depends how much you want your neighbors to look down on you

LifelongAP

2/25/21 3:10pm

Ha. TNT's neighbors just laugh when he drives by in his Geo Metro and waves

TNT

2/25/21 3:20pm

How does TNT get past the 24 hour guard and gatehouse?

John Doe

2/25/21 4:28pm

My mom and her 13 younger siblings grew up in a 1000 sqft house grandpa built.

tevye

2/25/21 3:11pm

our first home was 1800 and it was fine, our second home was double 3,600

BYU Grounds

2/25/21 3:12pm

We raised 4 kids (3 still there) in 2000 sq feet. Plenty of space.

Ycrazy

2/25/21 3:12pm

How old are the kids?

-C9-

2/25/21 3:13pm

All under 7

CougarTailDevourer

2/25/21 4:02pm

4 kids under 7?!

2/25/21 4:07pm

We had 4 kids 5 and under at one time. So crazy.

Ycrazy

2/25/21 4:17pm

So did we!

BYU Grounds

2/25/21 4:30pm

RE: 4 kids under 7?!

CougarTailDevourer

2/25/21 4:54pm

2000

2/25/21 3:18pm

I grew up in an 1100 square-foot house with 8 siblings (11 total)

2/25/21 3:20pm

So how do you cram 9 kids in a (guessing) 3 bedroom house? Did you guys have a

2/25/21 3:41pm

Yep, 5 girls in two sets of bunk beds in one small room

2/25/21 3:48pm

2000 sqft with access to a park or something like a shared backyard, park or

jcase16byu

2/25/21 3:48pm

Well in the 50s when everyone had big families they built all of those

2/25/21 4:24pm

We lived with 5 kids in a 2-bedroom here in utah county ...

runnincoug

2/25/21 7:30pm

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