Here are some shots that actually show the inside of the house. The interesting part for me is that the previous owners actually *raised* the whole house to make the basement an actual useful and comfortable space.
A lot of the houses we looked at had nice main floors, but then a "finished" basement that they counted as living space. The problem was the ceilings were often low, or there were sections with cement floors, or there were only a few small windows -- or all three. In other words, it's not the kind of place you would actually want to spend time unless you had nocturnal tendencies. Plus, having children run free around exposed wires or heating ducts might be a little dicey.
So, while the square footage of this house is relatively low, it feels big to us because every inch of the house is useable and has a purpose after the renovation that the previous owners did around 2006. (Plus, after living in dorms, apartments, and condos for much of the past 20 years, anything might seem spacious to me.)
Brief layout description:
Main floor: open area that includes kitchen, two bedrooms, full bathroom. The kids will start out sharing one bedroom (which they do now here), and the other bedroom will be a playroom. When they are ready to separate, we'll split the kids and toys up into the two bedrooms.
Ground floor (my term to act like it is not basement living): master bedroom with bathroom, family room, office, another 1/2 bath, and then laundry area.
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