Re: Earth Hour

On Mar 30, 3:01 pm, Grumman-581 <grumman581-usenet-2...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:30:40 -0700, JOF wrote:
That's true. My toyroom is in the basement, where I sit as I type this.

Whereas around here, we're more likely to convert a 3rd and 4th bedroom
into offices... We might have game rooms for pool tables or as a media
room whereas you are likely to have it in your basement and thus not count
towards the 1500 sq-ft of your living space... Formal dining rooms
are often converted into offices around here also if the family is
not really a formal dining type of family and tend to just eat all
meals in the breakfast area adjoining the kitchen... Around here, our
utility/laundry room with our washer, dryer, sink, and cabinets are in our
living area, whereas you are more likely to have it in your basement and
as such not count towards your living space... The cost per sq-ft of
living space tends to be higher up there due to this 'hidden' space that
doesn't get counted in the basements... Around here, 1500 sq-ft would be
considered a rather small house, but if you can factor in another 1500+
sq-ft of basement, it makes it into a nice sized house... If your basement
extends underneath a 2-car garage, then instead of being 1500 sq-ft, it's
probably over 1900 sq-ft and we're thus talking about 3400 sq-ft of space
to work with even though you *officially* have only a 1500 sq-ft house...

Not quite that big. The basement doesn't extend under the garage and
in fact because it's a split level a small part of the basement has a
lower ceiling height making it only good for storage space. It's
really quite a modest house. We've talked about building over the
years but with just the two of us here now we've got all the space we
need. If we build a new place it won't be any bigger than what we have
already.

JF

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