Whether you’re looking for a new home or are interested in doing up your current one, it’s always nice to look at some of the hottest trends in new home developments up and down the country. What are housing companies and interior designers doing in this day and age? We’re definitely in an era of creativity and flexibility when it comes to new-build homes and apartments, and this paves the way for some exciting design ideas throughout the home.

So, if you’re looking for inspiration – or feel like moving to a new development soon – here are some of the biggest and best trends sweeping the industry right now:

Health & Wellness Amenities

Something you’re seeing a lot in new developments is the idea of health & wellness amenities for all residents. It’s an incredibly popular idea in these modern luxury apartments you see popping up around London and other inner-city areas. Instead of building apartment blocks with a concierge as the only amenity, developers go a step further by introducing the following:

• Fully-functional gyms that are free for residents
• Spa and sauna areas
• Wellness rooftop bars
• Swimming pools

It follows this idea of almost merging residential developments with the luxury of a boutique hotel. You live in this lovely apartment, but if you feel like starting the morning with an ice plunge, you can head to the on-site wellness facilities. Of course, having these things available all the time encourages residents to adopt healthier lifestyles, so it’s a positive trend in that regard.

Those of you on the lookout for new homes should keep this particular trend in mind – but what about anyone who’s searching for home renovation inspiration? Well, you could take this concept and then make a few practical upgrades to your home based around wellness, such as:

• A backyard sauna/hot tub for relaxation
• A home gym in your unused garage
• A home pilates studio in your unused garage
• Literally anything wellness-related to go in your unused garage

You get the point, and there are many ways you can ride this trend to improve the way your home functions.

Dedicated Outdoor Living Spaces

It’s become more and more apparent that modern people need outdoor living spaces. While most traditional homes were always built with gardens, many were not designed with a dedicated outdoor living area. You had your home, a door leading out to a garden, and then just grass. At the same time, apartments lacked any private outdoor space – unless you were lucky enough to stay in a proper luxurious one.

These days, the trend is very much to design new homes and apartments with clear outdoor spaces for the residents. For home, this looks like:

• Pre-build patio or decking areas
• Home designs that have patio doors to blend indoor/outdoor living
• Built-in exterior lighting in gardens

And for apartments, it’s more along the lines of giving everyone a balcony so they can pop outside whenever they want for some fresh air and privacy. Many home design experts point to the pandemic as a reason for this trend because it highlighted the desperate need for outdoor spaces at home. As a result, one of the best home upgrades you can make is to build a nice outdoor area where you can relax, eat dinner, entertain and so on.

Built-In Bedroom Storage

If you’ve ever been in the process of buying or renting a new place, you’ll know one of the biggest pain points is storage. A bedroom might look reasonably sized when you first look around it – but then you realise there’s no wardrobe. This means you have to buy one that fits within the bedroom, though it’s also more complicated than that. What if you’re renting, or you maybe don’t plan on living in the home you bought for that many years? You now have to make sure that future homes have space for your wardrobe, or you have to sell it. 

It complicates things, which is why almost all new builds are designed with built-in bedroom storage. From apartments to houses, developers now recognise the importance of building wardrobes into their properties. It makes life easier for everyone – and then they can also design the bedroom with storage in mind, ensuring that there’s still enough space.

It’s certainly something to keep your eye on if you’re buying a new home, but it’s also a great little home improvement idea if you’ve found a house and want to live there for as long as possible. Built-in storage looks cleaner than freestanding wardrobes – it’s also safer as there’s no risk of the wardrobe tipping over – and may even save a bit of space.

Other Dedicated Storage Areas

As well as built-in bedroom storage, most new home developments include some other dedicated storage areas. Think about it, if you live in a house that was built a handful of decades ago, it doesn’t tend to have any dedicated storage areas – unless an owner built it themselves. The area under the stairs was covered up, and there wasn’t any room in the entrance hallway for a closet or two.

That’s no longer the case.

Home developers realise how important storage is to the modern person, and so they try their best to incorporate it into the home designs. As well as an airing cupboard, most homes and apartments will have at least one dedicated storage closet somewhere in the home. It makes the property more usable because there’s ample storage to keep things like vacuum cleaners and cleaning supplies, shoe racks, etc. You can follow this trend by getting creative and looking at areas of your home to build storage – could you convert the understairs area into a little storage closet, or are you able to add built-in storage to your kitchen?

These four trends are scorching hot right now, and you should keep an eye out for them if you’re looking to buy or rent a new home. Alternatively, if you’re here because you want some inspiration for a renovation, then you’ve now got four excellent ideas to apply to your home.

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