Design Planning Has To Adjust to the Shrinking Homes Trend

You do not need to be a design planning specialist to notice that modern US homes are becoming smaller and smaller, especially in the urban areas and metropolitan cities. This is not only because of the lack of space but also due to the recession of the economy during the last decade. Statistics show that since 2007, US homes have shrunk with 5%. Over the next 2-3 years, this trend is about to continue, and the average size of a single-family home is expected to shrink another 10%.

Now almost 10% of all home design and engineering service providers and local construction contractors report building or planning smaller, lower-priced homes than in the past. Homeowners, on the other hand, do not seem to complain from the reduced size of the homes which they are getting. More than ? of them claim that they prefer a home plan design for a home which is smaller than 2,000 sq. feet. Despite the custom-homes-design-288x300shrinking, US homes are still two times larger than houses in Spain and France, and 3 times larger than residential buildings in Britain.

Because of this tendency, construction and design planning companies are now also forced to change their working stereotypes and adjust to the market. Not all of them, unfortunately, manage to keep up with the latest trends. Inexperienced or not well-trained contractors are not very flexible and did not adjust to the changes in the real estate market in Fort Myers, FL.

Luckily, you still have Calvetti Engineering Inc at your service. We are a team of design and engineering service specialists who are young enough to be creative and adaptive and experienced enough to know how to create solid constructions that will match your building requirements and will last for many years to come. In order to book a service with us, you can call our office at (239) 332-1777. We will be happy to answer all your questions or set up an appointment for a design and construction consultation.