Fantastic commentary/article by the EcoConsumer, Tom Watson, in the Times this weekend. We “downsized” from an older home on a 1/4 acre into an attached townhome “condo style”. Our geographic footprint is much smaller, altho our home size is about the same (1,700 sq ft approx) – by going from 2 stories to 3. We even gained a 2 car garage, which we never had and would never have been able to afford to build (and didn’t agree with adding nonpervious area to our property, so would have built in a green roof)).

I know I couldn’t live in 800 sq ft with MY husband, but we’re still pretty proud of the changes we have made so far. Here is a photo of the street-side presentation of our townhome – only 2 stories, so it is not as dominating of the landscape. The 3rd story is below ground and accessed from the back of the home, and has a garage, flex space and storage room.

Read It takes a less-is-more attitude to embrace smaller houses