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For the First Time In Years, New Homes Are Shrinking

880 - squa KB房屋新建小re-foot homes in four Houston subdivisions. Offered for $64,000, the homes include low-e windows and 14 SEER air conditioners.
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McMansion时代可能正在结束

华盛顿特区 - 至少十年来,美国出售的新房屋的平均规模正在缩小。在2008年第四季度,平均新房屋的尺寸为2,342平方英尺,显着少于2008年第二季度,当时新房屋平均为2,629平方英尺。

Reporting on the trend,USA Today全国房屋建筑协会研究副总裁Gopal Ahluwalia采访了Gopal Ahluwalia。“这将是一种趋势。我不希望这个(房屋大小)会恢复。”阿卢瓦利亚说。“我们不需要大房子。在过去的35年中,家庭规模一直在下降。”根据NAHB的一项调查,十分之九的建筑商表示,他们计划比过去建造更小的,低价的房屋。

A Novel Idea: A Home Is A Place To Live

USA Today还引用了美国建筑师研究所首席经济学家Kermit Baker的话说,他说,房屋价值暴跌,“导致许多人停止将房屋视为一项投资,而是作为居住地。”

Recognizing the trend, home builder KB Home is selling tiny new 880-square-foot homes in three Houston subdivisions for $64,000. According to BusinessWeek.com, “If the houses sell, KB will build them in other cities, targeting renters in all markets. The houses will yield higher-than-usual margins, KB says, because they have [fiber-cement] siding instead of brick and Formica countertops rather than stone. Bathrooms are lined up vertically to save copper pipe. … KB chief Jeffrey Mezger says the mini-houses are a return to his industry’s roots in post-World War II communities such as Levittown, N.Y., where 800 square feet was a typical home size. ‘Any time there’s been an age of exuberance and then the economy turns,’ he says, ‘people get back to “What do I need?” rather than “What could I buy?” ’ ”

3条评论

  1. 约翰·布鲁克斯||#1

    It's the Architecture not the footage
    如果房屋不出售,它可能不是平方英尺。
    摆脱那些疣(车库和狭窄的门廊)。
    休斯顿是一个炎热的潮湿气候。从车库里拿走钱,并在那些窗户上放一个真正的门廊...将窗户分开在二楼添加上面的建筑遮阳篷。
    If you want shutters USE WORKING SHUTTERS..shutters that are half as wide as the window so that they would actually meet when closed. Aesthetics matter.

  2. 同志dictatrix||#2

    我完全不同意
    房子没有错。它真可爱。门廊是否是常规尺寸的,因为大多数人都将露台倒回去,并且可以根据风格以100-300美元的价格将您可以在Target购买的那些不错的凉亭之一。或带有漂亮大伞的露台桌。为什么在世界上您想失去车库?它是一个不错的车间,似乎有一个高大的屋顶,因此一个人可以挂钩或架子,然后放在那里存放。如果一个人想遮挡窗户,他们可以在以后添加遮阳篷……或更美好,或者更好,在院子里放很多树,以获得美容和功能。但是,我将同意百叶窗丑陋,与房屋没有比例。失去它们看起来会更好。

  3. 丽塔艾迪生||#3

    formica
    I'm building a small, 785 sq. ft. home with materials that are the least likely to harm the watershed as rainfall heads for the river.
    我选择了Formica台面。那不是奇怪吗?我长大后以为这是最讨人喜欢的东西,但是经过数周的研究,它的危害不如地球的石头,像Swanstone这样的固体表面,像Swanstone一样,使用石化化学物质和带状的铝制铝。

    毕竟,Formica是纸。他们通常拍摄真实(木材,石材等)材料的高分辨率照片,并将其制成层压板。如果您要求,他们将使用基于水的粘合剂(非常低的VOC),而没有甲醛胶合板作为底座。

    I chose chestnut burl....always have had a thing for burl. It will look and function beautifully on top of my cabinets that I got at a recycling store.
    I find this site so useful. I plumb it almost everyday as I build.

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