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The Luxurious Future Of Housing

Posted by: Nate Berg

12 August 2007 - 9:00am

Architects and housing experts look to the future of housing and predict increases in the amount of gadgets and furnishings rather than square footage.

"The average family may be smaller than it was 10 years ago, but the average single-family house is larger -- and more luxurious. It has more bathrooms, higher ceilings, more elaborate master bedrooms, and bigger kitchens and outdoor space."

"So what will the average home look like in the next decade?"

"More than 300 architects, designers, manufacturers and marketing experts interviewed by phone or surveyed by the National Association of Home Builders last year predicted that the average U.S. home in 2015 will not be any bigger. What it will be, they said, is much more luxurious."

Full Story: For 2015, It's What's Inside That Counts
Source: The Washington Post, August 11, 2007
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