The Housing Chronicles Blog: October column for Builder & Developer magazine now online

Friday, October 15, 2010

October column for Builder & Developer magazine now online

My October column for Builder & Developer magazine is now posted online. For this month's issue, which is entitled "The Changing New Home Interior" -- I discussed as new homes are becoming smaller, they're requiring design changes that increase both the efficiency of energy use and space. One primary example of this was the Home for the New Economy introduced in early 2010 at the annual International Builders Show.

An excerpt:

Owing to intense competition from discounted foreclosures, the end of demand for McMansions and a growing interest in sustainability, the Home for the New Economy -- introduced earlier this year at the International Builders Show -- promised a design that will compete with older sales homes in terms of both cost and utility. The only problem back in January? The home was built in digital format only as a 3-D rendering and had yet to be offered to the home-buying public.

Since then, however, the former concept home has become a reality at Warwick Grove, built by Leyland Alliance in Warwick, N.Y. Originally conceived as a real-world test project, Leyland has managed to sign contracts for several more in what is still a mostly traditional neighborhood.

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