A type of housing that is a practical approach to both designing and building housing is FlexHousing. FlexHousing allows residents to convert space to meet their changing needs.
The principles that FlexHousing is based on is adaptability, accessibility, affordability and healthy housing.
FlexHousing is the concept I housing which incorporates at the design and construction state, giving the ability to make future changes easily at minimal expenses. The goal of FlexHousing is to meet the constantly changing needs of the homes occupants.
With FlexHousing, it allows the homeowner to occupy their home for longer periods of time, possibly their entire lifetime while adapting to changing circumstances and meeting a wide range of needs.
At one point in time, a growing family will reach the point where their current home will become too small. Generally, the only choice would be to move to a bigger house. However as you might already know, moving can be difficult at times, and purchasing a larger home will be costly.
You then have to consider that when your children have grown up and moved out of the home, the larger home you needed will be too big or too difficult to maintain and then you might begin searching for a smaller home.
A few examples with what FlexHousing allows homeowners to do instead of moving in the circumstance of change would be renovating a large bedroom into two smaller ones or having your attic converted into a large family room or master bedroom.
Ideally, FlexHousing will allow homeowners to stay in the location they have come to love rather than move into a new house and new location.
Now FlexHousing is not for everyone, some people will find moving a better decision. However it is always great to have an alternative, and for those who are looking for it, FlexHousing is the choice.
Heleen Jacobsen
Broker of Record with InfoMarket Group GMAC Real Estate
www.infomarketgroup.com
