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[quote=Anonymous]Well the rich and new home buyers want open floor plans, so all new home being built incorporate them. Open floorplans aren't going away anytime soon.

Open floor plans are prevalent in new home designs
http://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/open-floor-plans-are-prevalent-in-new-home-designs/2013/12/05/6ddd3de0-47d8-11e3-bf0c-cebf37c6f484_story.html

[b]Top amenities for wealthy homeowners: Tech, open plans[/b]

"Wine cellars and tennis courts are becoming passé for today's mansion buyers. What they really want are open floor plans, smart technologies and really nice pools.

A survey from Coldwell Banker Previews International and the Luxury Institute asked homebuyers who make more than $250,000 a year about their priorities or amenities for their homes. To put this group in perspective, their most recent home purchase averaged $1.6 million. More than a third own at least two homes.

When asked about their preferred amenities, the number one choice was "open floor plan," cited by 39 percent of respondents."

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101067003

Here are their top-ranked amenities, according to the survey:

An open floor plan was cited by 39 percent as the No. 1 preferred amenity
Fully automated/wired home system, which could encompass high-speed cable and integrated music systems, computerized lighting, and home monitoring systems
Pool
Outdoor kitchen
Gym
Home theater

On the other hand, wealthy home buyers ranked the following amenities as “less important”: wine cellar, guest house, safe room, separate catering kitchen, tennis court, and staff quarters (which came in last on the list). The average home purchase for this wealthy segment of buyers was estimated at $1.6 million.

The amenity with the lowest priority was staff quarters. That suggests either that today's wealthy don't need so much help—or they're telling the help to find their own quarters.[/quote]

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