Be On The Cutting Edge With These New Home Trends

Brand new homes have the added advantage of being easily customizable according to your liking. As you will be its first owner, you can suit the home to specifically cater to your needs. With the current surge in new builder home sales, many builders have found that some features are very popular among buyers.

To drive more buyers to their homes, builders have now included these features as standard in their homes, instead of being expensive options. Take note of them as you are looking for your new home, and see if the builder is offering them as standard features.

Granite tops and under-mount sinks in kitchens and baths. These have always been considered as a luxury home surface. An advantage of this is that under-mount sinks don't have sink edges above the counter top, making for a clean and modern look.

Living room additions. Living rooms have always been the main gathering place for the family but home owners are trending towards the kitchen nowadays. For plans that have living rooms, expect modern features like wall ports for internet cables, and home theater niches for hiding bulky hardware.

Hardwood Flooring. Carpeting used to be all the rage a few years ago, but the demand for low maintenance floors and with radiant floor heating, has caused hardwood and tile floors to be ideal for heavily treaded areas like hallways, foyers and family rooms.

Stone exteriors. Full stone exteriors or even stone accented ones are gaining in popularity as they give the home more curb appeal. It's usual to find vinyl siding on the neighborhood's homes because of its low maintenance and styling options. Stone exteriors makes your home stand out from the crowd.

Front doors made of solid wood. Wooden doors have always been more attractive than steel front doors, and buyers are realizing that now. They are also warmer to the eye compared with cold steel. Various styles are available for wooden doors, like intricately designed glass details.

Solid interior doors. These are more popular as they muffle loud sounds between rooms better.

Higher ceilings. One reason why home owners are moving into larger homes is the feeling of being cramped in a small home. Builders are making their homes attractive by increasing the average height of their ceilings by a couple of feet. The feeling of a large home impresses many buyers, but it only costs very little for the builders to do so.

Use these features as a guideline when looking for your new home. You will know that you are getting the most out of your money when several of these features are included by the builder as standard.

By James McNault from ezinearticles

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