Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Question: Three months ago, we sold our 4-bedroom Arcadia home. On the listing paperwork, we showed that the square footage of our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Is a Basement Included in the Square Footage of a Home? This is the tale of two basements in otherwise comparable houses. One is a ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Candy bars are now smaller but cost more. Same with ice cream, which doesn’t come in gallon cartons anymore. And now, shrinkflation has found the new home market. The size of new construction has ...

A home can have plenty of square footage and still feel like something's missing. The spaces that truly work are the ones designed with intention, where every space serves a purpose. When a home ...

Square footage can look reassuring on a listing sheet, but it often says less about livability than you might expect. You can ...

When you buy a new home, or sell your current one, thinking about how to measure its square footage probably isn’t top of mind. And while it may seem like an inconsequential metric, it’s one of the ...

Question: Three months ago, we sold our 4-bedroom Arcadia home. On the listing paperwork, we showed that the square footage of our home was 4,417 sq. ft., which was the square footage on the paperwork ...