The home was listed as a 3-2-2, 2306 square feet. The home is a 4-2-2. I knew something was up when we looked at the house. Blame/give credit to the fed. government. Built in 2001, in 2004 there were 3 repos on the street, 2 FHA and one VA. Two were on the correct side of the street, away from the light/noise pollution of the high school. We chose the bigger one, an FHA repo. The inside of the house really is 2725 square feet because there are few houses in any of the Fox and Jacobs Neighborhoods that had the 2703 square foot plan. Ours was one of those. It was a strange floorplan, because the kitchen from the 2703 square foot plan is exactly the same kitchen as the kitchen from the 2132 square foot plan. The 2306 square foot kitchen is a bigger kitchen. I know this because I saw the very few 2703 s. foot homes on realtor.com and compared them to the 2132 s foot plan.
I remember asking our realtor in 2004 "Steve, how do we get out of this?" I was worried about a/c and bills for the additional 400 s feet. His response "You don't. You just enjoy the extra square footage." I worried for nothing. Our electric bill went from $140 for a 2-2 apartment to $190 for the house. That heat pump that everybody complains about was very energy efficient, and I watched the electric bill like a hawk for the first 10-12 years.
Preparing to sell, I prepped my realtor by giving him a copy of the 2004 appraisal showing 2725 s. feet. I asked him if he was allowed to talk to the appraiser and he said yes, and we didn't hear anything from the appraiser, which was expected.
However, the size of anything didn't make a bit of difference when we sold, unless the investor we sold to wants to put two families in there at one time, which is possible. Huge driveway, corner lot, means even more parking available. The home sold for about the same price as a good 3-2-2, imo. There were a lot of complaints from families about the master bedroom location-upstairs.
Closing was Friday afternoon. We got plenty of good use out of the house. Today was supposed to be money day. Both mortgage companies say they will not know for sure that they received the wire transfer until tomorrow. We did get our money wired today, a substantial profit, and I paid off credit cards just now.
here is the property.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2500-Brinlee-Branch-Ln_MC-Kinney_TX_75071_M70501-89006?view=qv