![]() ![]() Let’s tailor it so that it really fits us. In the same way, we don’t need a bigger house just because we can. “We don’t buy a bigger piece of clothing just because we can. One way of doing this is to have convertible spaces, such as a home office that can double as a guest bedroom. Use all of the space every dayįrom seeing more houses being built with ever greater square footage, Sarah embraces building smaller houses where all the rooms get used. She sees part of her job as helping to make a house grow out of the site very naturally. Sarah explains that it is very rare that a pre-made plan for a house is going to automatically be suitable for a site that you acquire. The site impacts on the character of the house As well as helping clients, she has re-modelled her own life and found a happy balance where she is able to commit time to doing the things she loves. ![]() Sarah is an architect, and author of The Not So Big House and The Not So Big Life series of books. ![]() Architect and author Sarah Susanka explains why bigger isn't always better when it comes to building a house.Īs his house plans grew larger than he had originally intended, Ben found himself often thinking back to Sarah Susanka's advice about only building as big as you need. ![]()
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