A laundry room is the most popular specialty room—defined as any room other than a bedroom, bathroom, or kitchen—among millennials according to a survey conducted by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The survey, What Home Buyers Really Want (2019 Edition), found 86% of millennials indicated a laundry was either desirable or essential/must have. The survey polls recent and prospective home buyers—people who have bought homes in the last three years or plan to purchase a home in the next three years—about desired features in their spaces.
It is important to note that a laundry room is not only the most popular specialty room among all home buyers, but the most popular feature out of the 175 features listed in the What Home Buyers Really Want report.
Coming in second on the most wanted specialty room list is a dining room: 77% of millennials want one (39% consider it desirable and 38% consider it an essential/must have). After a dining room, the third most popular specialty room is a home office, wanted by 67% of millennials. Not far down the list in fifth place, is the closely related ‘study/den/library’ specialty room (63% of millennials want this room). These two items on the list indicate that millennials want a space dedicated to work or school-related activities in a home.
A ‘great room (kitchen/family room/living room combined)’ is considered desirable or an essential/must have by 66% of millennials. This specialty room is slightly higher on the list than a ‘separate family room’ (62%) and a ‘separate living room’ (61%), indicating that slightly more Millennials prefer an open concept for this area of a home. Rounding out the top ten are a mudroom, wanted by 59% of millennials; and a sunroom and a breakfast nook, wanted by 58% of millennials each.
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