HOUSING TRENDING SMALLER
Posted by Joan Coogan on
In a recent Wall Street Journal article, it was reported that Americans are favoring more historic designs, such as arts-and-crafts type homes their grandparents once lived in over the huge suburban homes that have been built over the last thirty years. McMansions are supposedly becoming a thing of the past! Â Smaller, saner housing stock is growing, partly because oftheeconomy, partly because of nostalgia.
I grew up in a two-family home my Dad bought on the GI bill for $8,000 in 1950. Â A four room apartment on the first floor, ditto the second floor, one bathroom per apartment. Mom, Dad and two daughters lived in those two bedrooms. Â When my brother came along, the wrap-around porch gave way to an extension, adding an extra bedroom fortheonly son.…
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