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Trooper61
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# Posted: 12 Jan 2026 01:14pm
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What would be considered the ideal size for two people living there full time?
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MtnDon
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# Posted: 12 Jan 2026 01:37pm
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There are too many variables in people's wants or needs to say what number of square feet is ideal. Are the people minimalists? Some people need a larger kitchen than others because they do more kitchen things, for example. I'm sure nobody needs a mansion. It takes a bit of time & effort to plan it all out.
Something between 500 and 1500 sq ft is my broad range depending on personal desires.
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jsahara24
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# Posted: 12 Jan 2026 02:25pm
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Like Don said there are so many variables that come into play. But for me I would want to have 2 bedrooms, a bathroom, living room and eat in kitchen.
You will also need a place to store things, Christmas decorations, seasonal clothes, etc. A garage can work for many of these, but don't forget about storage.
I think you are going to be looking at ~600 sf at a minimum.
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 12 Jan 2026 03:07pm
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We have lived in 940sf c/w a full basement for ~35ish years and it sure would have been better at 1200.
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Fanman
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# Posted: 12 Jan 2026 07:23pm
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It depends on how much "stuff" you have, whether you will have visitors (overnight or not), how much time you'll spend inside vs. outside, etc., etc.
Our cabin is roughly 780 ft² with an additional ~200 ft² screen porch. That includes 3 small bedrooms, kitchen, living room, bathroom. Laundry machines are outside under an overhang. There's also a plastic storage shet (new this year) and a storage garage up the hill. We have too much "stuff", trying to do something about that as we age.
That's for two of us, with occasional visits by our daughters & their husbands, and frequent grandchildren visits (only two so far).
Our old cabin was around 470 ft², two bedrooms, plus a smaller screen porch, and that's one of the reasons we moved... we had both daughters living with us at the time.
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