13 Apr Popular Custom Home Amenities That Add Style and Value

When you are planning your new custom home, there are a number of popular custom home amenities that add style and value. These features make for a well designed luxurious home, while making your day-to-day living more comfortable and fun for family and guests alike.

Better still, when you are ready to sell, these popular amenities will increase the value of your home.

Most Popular Custom Home Amenities for New Modern Homes

• • Open floor plans
    Open floor plans are one of the top features for new custom home projects. Modern homes embrace expansive and airy, open rooms, and use as few walls as possible. Instead, they incorporate screens, partitions, panels, glass, and split levels to create an open layout that lets light through.

• • Spa bathroom
    For people who crave a place to relax away from the busy outside world, you can design bathrooms within your home that are elegant sanctuaries. Who doesn’t love a luxurious bathroom?  For many who travel and you have visited  world class spas and hotels, creating something similar in their dream home is popular. This might include a freestanding soaker bathtub to escape the stresses of a busy life and a separate, massive walk-in showers and head-to-toe shower jets.

• • Cutting-edge technology
    Many of today’s homeowners want it all when it comes to technology. With a touch of a button on your iPhone you can now lock your doors, control your homes climate, control lights and control your alarm system from literally anywhere! Wireless home automation devices incorporated into their homes for convenience, security, and energy efficiency are very popular custom home amenities.

• • Commercial-grade kitchen
    The kitchen is at the heart of any home. Wether for family or entertaining guests, the primary gathering spot is often the kitchen area. Luxurious, high-quality amenities are key for those looking to relax and entertain in this space. Many custom home buyers are equipping their  kitchen with specialty features such as sleek restaurant-quality appliances, walk-in pantries, wine refrigeration, warming drawers, double dishwashers, and point-of-service refrigeration for seamless serving.

• • Wine cellar
    For the wine aficionado, a built in wine cellar is a must have amenity.  Designing a custom wine cellar to house your collection of bottles at the proper temperature and in the correct conditions is an amenity that serious about wine can appreciate.

• • Dressing Room
    More than a closet, a popular amenity for a luxury custom home is a dressing room. A high priority for a women is a place to store and display her wardrobe, shores and purses. A dressing room provides superlative storage space with shelves, racks to display shoes, purses and neckties and lighting and mirrors.

• • Home office
    A custom home amenity rising in popularity is designing and a home office space that is tailored to specific needs. A work from home environment may involve more than just the home office. The outdoor living area, kitchen breakfast area or even the master bed room may at times be the place to settle in, but the home office still needs to be the hub of this activity.

• • Outdoor Kitchen and pool
    A  popular feature of new custom homes are cozy outdoor kitchen and cooking areas.The top amenities of the ideal outdoor kitchen include a built-in gas grill, a sink and stainless food prep area, a small fridge for food and drink storage, and plenty of lavish stone patio seating areas for entertaining.
    Large pools, hot tubs and changing cabanas also top this lavish wish list. Expansive pools with water features such as waterfalls and plenty of privacy are a must. The leisure life is moving out-of-doors and those homes that have this sort of flair rank high with new home owners.

Carefully deciding on amenities for your custom home will result in luxury you love. Today’s modern living combines flair and simplicity. By incorporating these design trends, you can improve your home’s value, entertain your guests in style, and enjoy your space to the fullest.

Your version of luxury and style may vary from this list of popular custom home amenities, technology and comforts. Are you thinking about the design of a new luxury custom home? A free consultation with our team at Devonshire Custom Homes can help you review your ideas and perhaps suggest some others to compliment your wish list. Use the handy button below to request a free consolation.