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3 Ways Luxury Homes Integrate Traditional Looks With Modern Convenience

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A current trend in luxury homes is a return to the traditional craftsman look while keeping a home on the cutting edge of convenience and technology. This allows a home to look more comfortable and inviting than many homes that follow modern design but still have all of the features of the modern home. Below are a few ways that new luxury homes are integrating traditional looks with modern convenience. 

Natural Floors With Underfloor Heating

Floors in many luxury homes are returning to natural materials such as wood or stone as opposed to newer materials such as laminate or cork. However, builders are still integrating modern advances in heating such as efficient underfloor heating systems to increase comfort in a home. This is especially popular in luxury bathrooms and kitchens, where you are much more likely to find a stone floor rather than a more modern tiled or linoleum floor. 

Traditional Architecture With Passive Heating and Cooling 

Since one of the current trends in luxury homes is purchasing and renovating within cities as opposed to in the suburbs, it is important for many homeowners that their home retain the appropriate period charm of the surrounding area. Depending on the city, this can mean plenty of exposed brick, low-pitched roofs, exposed beams, and built-in furniture.

However, while staying true to these elements, builders are concentrating on offering the modern convenience of passive heating and cooling, utilizing strategically placed large windows, greater thermal mass, and carefully oriented homes that take advantage of the sun's natural heating properties. At the same time, windows and doors have been modernized to create better seals and prevent leakage and drafts. 

Hidden Smart Technology 

Just because a home should look old and well-worn does not mean that it should not have the latest technological features. New luxury homeowners still expect their home to have features such as proximity locks, smart power outlets, automatic window shades or smart glass, and remote security features, all controlled via their smartphone. However, now homeowners expect to find this technology integrated into the home design as opposed to added after construction, so all of the wires and gadgets can be thoroughly hidden behind a more traditional facade. 

If you are in the market for a luxury home, it is important to realize that the new trend is to combine the old with the new. Your home should have the charm and comfort of a craftsman but the latest convenience that modern life can produce. 


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