Originally Posted by Spotshooter

I’d depends -

1. do you or your wife like cleaning .... if not don’t buy a bigger house.

2. Does your wife buy so much crap (Hoarder) until you are pilling stuff on top of each other ... smaller is better.

3. Big open spaces = more comfort inside, but high heating & Air Conditioning bills


We have up sized and down sized a couple times, I like the bigger open spaces but things can bite you in the arse.




Spotshooter, good points but it depends on where you live regarding heating and cooling costs. My dad and step mom retired and moved to Ecuador several years ago. They built a 5700 square foot house, all on one level and have no heating or cooling costs since the house is 100 yards south of the equator and at 8900 feet elevation.