Demands of today's home buyers.When asked about emerging lifestyle preferences in today's residential real estate market, architect Steven Kratchman, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. firm Steven Kratchman Architect, P.C., immediately identified this checklist of new "demand trends" that currently, most frequently, affect apartment and house purchase or renovation decisions: 1. More than 2 bedrooms is a common demand or request. 2. Top of the line, high-status, brand name kitchen appliances. 3. An extra room, whether it's for guests, family, recreation, work or simply status. 4. A home office, when possible, for both practical and status reasons. 5. Combining apartments is a request from many who prefer to "stay put" rather than move, if they can purchase and then combine with a nearby apartment. 6. An open kitchen in the "great room" expansive style or concept. 7. Kitchen cabinets finished as elements of furniture with darker or natural woods, not traditional all-white cabinets, because cabinets are open to the living room. 8. More lighting everywhere. More lighting fixtures with precise area-lighting controls and with careful, multiple placements of fixtures that are often recessed re·cess n. 1. a. A temporary cessation of the customary activities of an engagement, occupation, or pursuit. b. The period of such cessation. See Synonyms at pause. 2. . 9. Radiant-floor heating systems built into floors to replace and eliminate freestanding free·stand·ing adj. Standing or operating independently of anything else: a freestanding bell tower; a freestanding maternity clinic. radiators and to increase overall coverage of heating. 10. Expandable spaces that can be open and closed, or enlarged, by moving panels, etc., for different activities or lifestyle functions. 11. Tankless, flow-through water heaters for constant hot water availability. "In our daily discussions with developers, real estate professionals and individual home and apartment owners, many of these architecture and design trends are the ones most often demanded, which is why we refer to them as 'demand trends,'" Kratchman said. Steven Kratchman Architect, P.C., was founded in 1999 by Mr. Steven Kratchman, who previously served as Associate Project Designer for the urban redevelopment team that transformed an abandoned New York City urban harbor area The Harbor Area is the area along the Port of Los Angeles. It contains neighborhoods of Los Angeles (including Wilmington & San Pedro). Los Angeles City neighborhoods in the Harbor Area
Since its inception, the firm has grown from two architects to a professional staff of 13. The professional staff work on commercial and residential projects, including multi-family residential Multi-family residential is a classification of housing where multiple separate housing units are contained within one building. The most common form is an apartment building. Many intentional communities incorporate multi-family residences, such as in cohousing projects. , clubs and sports facilities See:
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