9. What’s Hot in Houses Today

9. What’s Hot in Houses Today - What’s Not

Published by Joseph Ferrara September 22nd, 2006 in 101 posts, Residential Real Estate and Tips & Useful Links.

Forget those comps with yesterday’s styles - you’ve got what’s hot & in demand so you can get a better price. Roselind Hejl of Broker-Agent News opens the door on what sells NOW.

Hot

2 sinks
3 car garage
4 bedrooms
Stainless steel
French doors
Wood entry doors
Media Rooms
Enery efficient anything
Fire pits (love these)
Patios & covered porches
Terraces

NOT

Mirrored walls or ceilings
Sliding doors
White tile floors
Formal Living Room
Popcorn ceilings
Multi-level floors (think sunken living room)
Heavy drapes
Everything my childhood home had

2 Responses to “9. What’s Hot in Houses Today - What’s Not”

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1 Bonnie Erickson Sep 22nd, 2006 at 10:13 pm

I fought with our contractor when we built a home regarding the “textured” ceilings. I told him I wouldn’t sign. He thought I was nuts. I had no idea popcorn would become passe!
2 sellsius° Sep 25th, 2006 at 3:00 pm

I read that article and it described my childhood home. It was funny. But wait a few more years and what’s old is new again.