Changes in Home Design Since COVID-19
During the pandemic, everyone was ordered to stay at home. Your home became your live, work, school, and play all in one. Here are what the builders say when it comes to the changes they are seeing after COVID-19.
Builders are reporting that current model homes function as working, living, and learning but also function as a place to crash and relax. A home’s footprint is getting bigger but the rooms are a bit smaller. They are adding more rooms for offices, playrooms, home gyms, or dens. One specific area that is getting bigger is the bathrooms. The more time we spend at home, the more often they are used. More rooms are also being equipped with power outlets and USB ports because more people are working from home.
“Flexibility is probably the most important thing. People want to be able to customize their home to the way they live,” says Nancy K. Keenan, president of Dahlin Group Architecture and Planning.
A cool fact is that the powder room was originally created after the 1918 flu pandemic. Tile was also pushed in bathrooms because of germs and the ability to be able to clean easier.
“The question we get all the time is, how much of this do you think is really going to stick into the future?” Keenan tells Axios. “You don’t realize that this sort of thing actually does create change.”
“Homes are becoming more like office space,” says Amit Haller, CEO and co-founder of the homebuilding company Veev. “There is the grand opening area with a very large countertop island that allows people to eat together.” “The bedroom is going to be literally like your conference room and your private space,” Haller says.
