Colorado architects seeking to create “apartment effect” for younger homebuyers

Dan Bergeron, 31, left, and Danielle DenBleyker, 36, recently moved to Denver and purchased an apartment-style home in Stapleton. The couple was photographed on Oct. 13, 2018. In an order to attract young buyers accustomed to living in apartments and save money, builders are trying to make new homes look more like apartments. That means more open designs and simpler finishes. / Hyoung Chang / The Denver Post

 

Compact and more affordable homes seek to smooth transition from apartments

By Aldo Svaldi | The Denver Post

Young adults today are buying homes five years later on average than they did back in 2006, meaning they have had a lot more time to get accustomed to living in apartments than prior generations.

That in turn is changing how architects and builders are approaching the kind of homes they are putting on the market for first-time buyers.

About six years ago, John Guilliams, a partner at KGA Studio Architects in Louisville, said his firm started studying when millennials might finally buy homes in larger numbers and what would appeal to them.

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