Single / Is 160m2 house too big?

Andrew for example I go to the office once a month. Maybe same for him. Means you do not need to live beside your office or easy reach.

The house is buiot, there’s no extra emissions. A bigger house allows for my Solar panels. He’ll be grand.

For me it’s location location location.

we are currently looking around the area for a 4 bed 125m+ for a family of 5. Our budget is about 800k. There’s very little, what is there needs updating and another 100k at least.

so Be sure to include the additional costs in your search.

Same here... Wife and I (me 44 her 37, no kids, and no plans to have any) moved to a 3100sq ft (approx 290 sq M) gaff last year. Location was perfect. I got my huge garage. Nice and manageable garden/rear. Was listed as a 5 bed dormer... but in reality has 3 bedrooms upstairs...

We didn't want a HUGE house but it came with everything else that we did want.

So, bedroom 5 (downstairs) is now a home gym. Bedroom 4 (downstairs) is my wife's home office. We've a living room, an old fashioned bar in the other 'living room' and another room for movies, separate TV, in case one of us wants to watch sports/netflix or give the other space when friends/family call.

We had, and still have LOADS of people making comments that it's TOO BIG. Which it is! But 13 months later... we are happy as pigs in sh1t. You're only here for a good time, not a long time!

That does sound crazily big for two people though 😂

It's not too big.

I had a detached house in blessington when I was in my mid 20's.

I made one superb master bedroom from the original master and another room and it had a walk in wardrobe.

A downstairs room was a home office. Great kitchen space and separate lounge.

I never thought it as too big.

I'm now in a much larger rural house - just two of us and couple of cats and dogs. Pure Bliss.

At the same time, I have lived "under a stairs" literally! This was in London in the 80's. Nice and cheap. Single bed under a stairs with shelves - but did have access to other parts of the house. £200 a month in 1985.

This is a bizarre misreading of my comment.

1. The OP specifically pointed out that people were making negative comments about a big house and that it was a factor in them rethinking their purchase, so obviously that's what I was referring to. The point I was making was that before I bought the house I received those same comments, after I bought it comments were positive - so the comments should be ignored.
2. Of course that's not what they say, it's just the reality. I've plenty of friends and family living all over. I enjoy that they can come to visit because I have room to accommodate them without it being an inconvenience to me. For example. When my niece was born she and her parents stayed with me when visiting Dublin, rather than my sister, as I had space for them. Thus I got a week of bonding with my god-daughter, as opposed to the couple of visits I would have if they stayed somewhere else. This would not have been possible in a small apartment.

It would be too big for me but you may want to let out rooms or have a family eventually. My house is 120m and its plenty of space for a family of 4.

Extra space just ends up filled with shite to be honest. Have a spare bedroom/office in converted attic and home gym in cabin out the back.

Not too big. I think a problem with the whole downsize thing is that you just don't get houses with roomy living areas, and just one or two large bedrooms; smaller houses have everything shrunk. In other words, to get a good sized Kitchen, living and bedroom, you basically have to buy a good sized 4 bedroom house, as I have never seen a single bedroom house with those features.