Advantages of Owning a 2 Story House

A Quick list of the Advantages to Owning a 2 Story House

  • Two story house takes up less space on the land vs a single story.  For example a 2 story house of less than 2500 sq ft is built on the same size land (50 foot lot) as a single story house.  The two story has a nice back and front yard vs a 1800 square foot single story  which has hardly any property left over.
  • 2 stories have more rooms and room divisions, less of the feeling of always being in the same place. 
  • Stairs are great exercise and for keeping aging and shrinking legs moving. Forced to walk stairs. 
  • Stairs are great for calf raises, and sprinting up and down.  My grandmother into her 80s would purposely walk her stairs to keep walking ok.
  • I like opening the second floors windows. Much less bugs enter vs ground floor. And safe from outside intruders just moving the screen and entering.
  • I also like if the AC is set to high temperature 83 Degrees +, in the hot weather, the first floor is much cooler.
  • Looking out second floor windows….seeing the moon, fireworks…..is just more appealing. 
  • Its more quiet sleeping on the second floor. I used to hate landscaper and trash pickup days in my single story.  If someone in the household wakes up early, on a two floor home, the kitchen is downstairs which makes it more quiet for those on second floor still sleeping.