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Originally Posted by accord1999
1600 square foot is large enough that you should be able to fit a modern kitchen, living space and couple of bedrooms with ensuites on the main floor. The only problem would probably be that an older house's layout may not be easily adaptable to the current desired form.
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It all depends on what you need. Personally, we need 3 bedrooms and some office space (both wife and I work from home a lot, so basement office isn't ideal) and most older bungalows just don't have the room (and the ones that do are on large lots and thus out of our budget range).
I understand space is all relative. I was raised in tiny apartments or townhouses. I spent my 20's sharing a 300 square foot shoe-box. I just don't want to do that anymore, and I suspect most people with kids don't either.