[cschin4]

Our house is 2700 sq. ft and there are 5 of us. I have thought of "downsizing' but I would pay as much today for house half the size as I did 5 yrs ago so it doesn't make alot of sense to move to a smaller, older home. Our home was completely remodeled from top to bottom before we bought it so our maintenance on this house has been very little. And, since it was remodeled it was well insulated, new windows, etc so I don't think the heating/cooling costs are significantly different than a smaller, older home. It is alot to clean and I would not want to live here after the kids grow up. But, it is nice to have so much space at this point.