These rooms are typically very large, with cathedral ceilings and oversize windows or skylights. This room serves as a media room, children's playroom, informal family room or fitness area, again depending on how the family chooses to live. An offshoot of the more formal conservatory, Hovnanian also is incorporating sunrooms into many of its home designs. This space is not as regimented as a conservatory, which usually sits off a formal living or dining room. Located just off the kitchen and usually separated only by a knee wall, sunrooms can function as breakfast nooks, informal sitting areas, another TV area or an additional playroom, putting children in direct view of parents as they cook.
Basements are another area of the house that homebuyers are putting to good use.
In probably 50 percent of the homes we feature today, there is a walk-out basement. We find that more and more people are finishing their basements right away, particularly if there is a walk-out condition. The light provided by sliding doors and windows make this very appealing space in the home. Even homebuyers who choose not to finish the basement right away are opting to have the builder put in the rough plumbing so that a full bath can be built in the future. Finding that seniors have different preferences for the use of their interior space, K. Hovnanian has designed unique flex space areas into many of its active adult communities.