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Originally Posted by EvoFire

What Traum said about the house. He wasn't a huge fan of being home when we were in the townhouse, now he won't leave the house. Its the difference between having 10-15ft for him to run back and forth, and now he can run in a circle around the house (our main floor forms a circle with the stairs and laundry room in the middle.)

We think the house is too big because we actually need to clean it, but he can have his toys all over the place and can still run around; kids will always love a bigger place. We took on a ginormous mortgage, but it was a calculated bet that realistically was always going to be a win in Vancouver. And hey I have a 2 car garage.

Worse case scenario we sell the house in 5-10 years and live mortgage free at a smaller place because it's gone up so much in price. The first few years are going to be tough but I just need to suck it up. I managed to make it work without selling my car so it's a huge win for me already.

I echo this too. My new place has our primary living space all on one floor (about 1350sf) compared to splitting it over 2 floors and our kid loves it. We can chase each other around our kitchen island easily now and all her toys are on one floor now so it's easy for her to haul it around wherever she wants. Our yard is big enough that I was able to build a sled track in the back and go sledding with her every morning (my wife said it seemed like I was really building it for myself).

I pushed most of our chips in to make it happen but it's been worth it cause it's our forever home and I don't really care where the market goes now cause I'm out of it for the next 40 years.