“Upstairs Den?” “Family Room #2?” “Upper Level Lounge?” First, laundries migrated from dark, dingy basements to the upper level. Now, the home’s living spaces are following them upstairs. Versatile, Multi-Function Space (and Light!) Specifically, many new construction homes in the Twin Cities now feature an upstairs sitting area ” typically near the top of the...Read More
Target Market: Baby Boomers Who Want to Age in Place The term “life cycle build” is new, but the concept isn’t: a new construction home that’s versatile enough to accommodate the (invariably Baby Boomer) owner’s various life stages. Typical features include: —Two owner’s suites, one on the main floor and the second on the upper...Read More
Buyer Needs, Wants — and “Don’t Want’s” Either 2nd-story Living Rooms are now a trend, or, at least one local Buyer who doesn’t like them keeps running into homes that have them. Which is apparently why they instructed their agent — broadcasting (“networking”) a Buyer need earlier today — to make clear that they were only...Read More
“Upstairs Den?” “Family Room #2?” “Upper Level Lounge?” First, laundries migrated from dark, dingy basements to the upper level. Now, the home’s living spaces are following them upstairs. Versatile, Multi-Function Space (and Light!) Specifically, many new construction homes in the Twin Cities now feature an upstairs sitting area — typically near the top of the...Read More
Lobby Facelift, Without Breaking the Bank One of the biggest trends in residential real estate the last few years are “tray ceilings”: basically, an indented or recessed shape in the ceiling — often a pentagon or hexagon — framed by decorative molding(s). I’ve seen them in Living Rooms, Dining Rooms, Master Bedrooms — indeed, practically every room...Read More
Can’t Sell It? Sub-Divide It! As has been painfully noisily clear the last week or so, the landlord’s solution to filling the hard-to-lease retail space — directly below the Edina Realty – City Lakes office in Calhoun Village — has been to subdivide it. So, instead of the 3,000 square foot-plus space formerly occupied by Hollywood...Read More