Real Estate evolving ...

GREETINGS FROM ME...and hopefully some interesting information.



One of the things I love most about what I do are the changes that sooner or later take place in the world of real estate. What was "in" yesterday is "out" or on the way out today.
According to a new study by the National Association of Home Builders, what is "out" are mega-mansions; what is "in" are smaller homes. The report indicates that by 2015, a new single-family home will be 10 percent smaller, greener and packed with more technology and fewer frivolities. And so....
The living room is dead. As all things almost never used, it will either vanish, merge with a "great room" or in the kitchen, or become a smaller parlor, retreat, library or music room. As I try over and over again (always without success I might add) to explain to my husband that the reason people congregate in the kitchen is 1) it usually smells good; 2) it's comfortable; 3) they can help if they want to; and 4) it's easy. Which they like. Every house with a kitchen and or kitchen/family room will almost NEVER see anyone in the "living room". Interestingly enough, only 5 percent of those polled said the living room would remain as it is.
Other rooms that are disappearing (obviously, unless there is an absolute NEED for it) include third and fourth bedrooms, unheated screened in porches, formal dining rooms, three or particularly three PLUS garages, media rooms, pool rooms (as in shooting), and second master bedroom suites.
And what is really "in"? The frog is right..."and the color is GREEN. How much better for the environment and better health. Low-e windows, engineered wood beams, joists and trusses, environmentally friendly plants that don't require that much water grey water for lawns, solar panels, solar hot water heaters, tankless hot water heaters, multi-pane windows, sunscreens, ceiling fans, HVAC (16 SEER +), re-circulation pumps..... and the list does go on. Kermit was right. "It isn't easy being green", but so very, very important, particularly now not only in terms of YOU... but in terms of BUYERS who are more and more becoming green-conscious.
And on that note....
Until next month.
Best to you all and enjoy the remaining half of June (!!), and the months to follow.
PAULA
www.paulasolomon.com









Paula S. Solomon