Smaller houses

This has not been just a trend, but my mantra for years. We have too much space in our houses that take up too much land. I am not on a soap box here, but there are repurcussions to the large land grab and over building. As we continue to push for this land/house deal, I am questioned about the size of our proposed house and people are surprised by the modest size. I hope this becomes the new norm and I know that I have the designs to back up the move to smaller and traditional.