When we were designing the house, we made a list of what we wanted in the house, and then designed the house around these rooms, i never planned to build a 3200 sq foot house as the rooms are average size, but we put in a good size utility, downstairs shower room, closet rooms for holding buggies/vacuum cleaners etc, walk in robes for ourselves, a large walk in hot press and a TV room for the kids down the line plus a mini sunroom...its the extra rooms that adds the space