stuff was also cheap then like a gallon of gas cost 15-25 cents and now it cost up to 4 dollars a gallon in california and even though things were cheaper the average size of a new house was about 983 square feet and today in 2015 the average size house is about 2,349 square feet.we also buy more things to put in our houses today. comedian george carlin once described houses as "a place to keep your stuff while you go out to get more stuff", computers, tvs, mobile devices, game systems, microwave ovens, and gedgets of all sorts fill a 21st century home. today, many houses have central air conditioning this was unheard of in the