Floor plans are being efficiently designed to include guest closets, family closets, pantries and storage closets. In some homes, builders are even including a closet on the first and second floor to accommodate two 20-foot long central vacuum hoses. For seasonal items, builders are creating storage space over the garage with an entrance door from the hall. They also are adding cedar closets in bedrooms and a walk-in pantry in the kitchen. In our other communities, some of our buyers are taking rooms with vaulted ceilings and converting the second-level space to storage.
Buyers have a lot of things they want to store away.
There are big toys for kids and adults, lots of food supplies and plenty of clothes, among others. The biggest change in storage has occurred in the kitchen, regardless of the home's price. Since mandatory recycling was introduced, builders are including extra garbage space in the kitchen. Extra space for recycling also can be found in the garage, laundry center and mud room. All of our kitchen and bath cabinetry is customized and hand-crafted, taking care to add divided or additional trash bins.