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NEW YORK – Home improvement trends come and go. The wildly popular open floor plan concepts that have dominated homeowners’ desires over the past decade-plus could be falling out of favor.
Rachel Stults of Realtor.com linked that shift to the COVID-19 pandemic, in a 2023 interview with Business Insider.
Stults noted open floor plans will likely exhibit some measure of staying power but linked the shift toward more traditional layouts to Covid lockdowns and the desire for more privacy among residents.
But trends still deserve a place at the table among real estate investors and homeowners who want to renovate their homes with an eye on projects that could be most appealing to prospective buyers. As homeowners balance their own preferences with those that might help them sell their homes down the road, they can consider this list of the most popular rooms to renovate, courtesy of the “2024 U.S. Houzz & Home Study” from Houzz Research.
1. Kitchen
2. Guest bathroom
3. Primary bathroom
4. Living room
5. Guest bedroom
6. Primary bedroom
7. Laundry room
8. Closet
9. Dining room
10. Home office
When considering renovating these or other rooms, homeowners should know that Houzz researchers found that the median spend increased for most interior room upgrades compared to the previous year. However, the median cost to upgrade living rooms and home offices remained unchanged.
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