Floor plans

For those of you that your parents' house for the weekend, you may have noticed has changed how many houses over the years. Lifestyle Trends, construction products, technological and economic fluctuations all had a hand in changing the American homeland. How will the current economic outlook for the houses in the morning? If the current recession is time something like this before, you will be surprised. Building a new home can take months to design and build. Successful private developers to use all his powers of perception of a house design is now known that the housing sale tomorrow. This is demonstrated by recent events and the rapidly changing demographic and economic forces can wreak havoc on the future markets catch many unprepared home builders with real estate "that play is not for sale". These changing forces of change, sometimes the design of housing - for better or worse. Over the past thirty-five years, economists generally recognize five economic recession or a crisis:

• 1973 oil embargo
• Recession in the early 1980s
• Recession in early 1990
• Recession in the early 2000s
• The current recession, which started in 2007

Each of these events were short-and long-term impact on the way home is designed and constructed. The understanding of these trends can be better builders in a position to anticipate the needs and demands of the future housing market. U.S. Census data, we applied for new housing activity over the past 35 years. From these data, we developed eight different charts showing how the economic recession of that period did not affect the design and style in their new home. Chart that looks at each record can be accessed by clicking on the link at the bottom of the list.

1. Size matters - If you think the recent economic downturn will lead to smaller homes, think again. Historical data shows that the previous decline has slowed down only the trend towards ever larger homes. With the exception of a slight decrease in the late 1970s, is steadily rising home values. The average home today, fifty percent larger than it was 25 years ago was built.
2. Sleeping conditions - the recession in the early 1980s seems to be the only influence on the number of rooms in the new development. But was corrected in the late 1980s, in this sense and a general trend to homes with four or more bedrooms up continues today.
3. Other Facilities - The events in the early 1980s, had influence on how many bathrooms in new houses also. A trend that has built more houses with only 1 full bathroom quickly reversed by the end of the economic challenges. Prior to 1985 data for households with three or more bathrooms are not available. But the bedroom is a continued trend continued in several bathrooms in almost twenty years.
4. More parking spaces - the early eighties on the type of garage into a designed new home. The number of homes built without garages increased to the detriment of households with two car garage. But this trend is soon to go to the negative economic consequences honored. During the past fifteen years, has built nearly two-thirds of all new apartments for two parking garages.
5. Up, not out! - As the size of new homes ever strong in the last 35 years has increased, which is also the number of multiple enrichment building. Here too, the recession of the eighties seems to have the greatest impact, but over the past fifteen years, the market is divided almost evenly between single-and multi-storey house with a small deviation occurred since 2001. Even with an old-age baby-boom generation, the number of households appear to be based on one floor, is absurd.
6. Burn burn, baby! - The energy crisis in the early 1970s seems to be the most influence on the introduction of a fireplace in the newly constructed homes. We intend to burn our stoves instead of our ovens? Perhaps, but the recession came in the early 1980s, this trend and today the market is divided almost evenly between households with and without chimneys. Even with price increases in housing in warmer climates, we still want the warmth and glow of a fire.
7. The magic of heat pumps - heat pumps introduced a new home at the beginning of the 1970s. Because of the oil crisis of the early 1970s, rapid heat pumps as an efficient way to heat a house accepted. So much so, in 1978, the U.S. Census, a new category to track the heat pump. Since heat pump systems have been relatively stable, since their effectiveness has been made in many regions in question. In recent years, new advances in heat pump technology in an increase in market share. If this trend continues? Possibly, but more than a quarter century, warm air furnaces, where heat system choice for the American home. Even after the 1973 oil crisis, solar, wind and geothermal technologies have continued to win in a disappointing result of the small market share. Let's hope that trend changes soon.
8. Our way of seeing - External siding had significant changes over the past 35 years. Maintenance-free vinyl siding was large market share in an industry dominated by wood. It should not be surprising that cost-effective, easy to install, low maintenance building products quickly accepted. Quickly in the construction industry is a relative term, since it took 20 years a market leader in vinyl siding (vinyl siding sales in 1992 were in "other covered" category). The economic recession in the early 1980s seemed to be on the market. In this recession, new products and technologies have been introduced to meet the unmet needs in the market. In the first, began to vinyl siding products on the market shares of all other categories dominate the market in the early years to take the new millennium. Recently, the Government through the introduction of fiber-cement siding in the last part of the endangered 1990s. Will this trend continue, or will other technologies that are out of this recession, which will dominate future markets?

What's up with that?

So what does this all mean? Taking a line from our broken financial system, we want to explain that "Past performance is no guarantee of future results is not." But if history teaches us anything, probably the history of the U.S. recession of the past 35 years have not been very sore, design and finish. Monetary and financial burdens of the past economic challenges appear to have little lasting impact on in. The house that we want to live

But there are other factors that affect the house design. The aging population, changing industries, migration and new social trends for all types of homes we build change. These and hundreds of other natural and synthetic issues will continue to support the design and style of the American dream. Provided that it can drastically in a serious economic downturn affecting home design is simply not true. The design forces change on the domestic market for many years and will continue to affect home design, despite the economic. The economy may slow a trend or a temporary change its direction, but empirical data show that there is a trend, a trend and will continue on its path despite economy.

S o where do we go?

The three home properties - space, number of rooms and number of bathrooms will not change - drastically. In fact, we believe the average size of homes will continue to grow, to build four bedroom apartments and houses with multiple bathrooms. But the reason for this, it will not satisfy me alone (although it) continues to influence the market. An aging population combined with improved healthcare means that people are living longer. Difficult economic conditions mean that it is not money, might have to do it.

House sizes will continue to increase because more people need help. Facilities for their aging parents moving their children is part of new home designs. More bedrooms, bathrooms and fireplaces still more will be built for more people. Separate, self sustainable living area with separate entrance will be built everything under one roof. The lines in the graph will rise further - for reasons that will hit already on the market - while the plans for this design is the new market requirements.

Technology plays a large part of new home designs. Developing new products is governed by stricter building codes, energy codes and differentiation allows manufacturers to build bigger houses for less. Home Designs must take into account the contact and power sources for electric vehicles. Collection and recycling with solar panels and geothermal energy will be included in future designs to be improved with home monitoring and control. "Smart" windows and doors and even "smart" walls and ceilings are all power to maximize performance, reduce operating costs and help Americans keep living their American dream.

Future house gets bigger, better, more efficiently, with wider aisles, stairways, and less space for more than just the immediate family. It is again to bring the proposed change in the lifestyle of a diverse population. Died in the dining room is finally a reality, while the larger, more diverse food sectors will be invited to be interpreted as part of the kitchen. Outdoor and also the "semi-outdoor" areas are becoming more sophisticated. Studies, computer nook and entertainment rooms will replace the dining rooms, family rooms and caves as homes for more functional housing for people of all ages. Room size, floor plans and integrated functionality will be significant changes. But despite the changing economic doom and gloom reports, improved properties, the more we ask that you, the more we really just more - much more - the same.