Why Livability at a Glance®
Through an ongoing
series of consumer focus groups with women of all ages and
backgrounds from around the country, a revelation emerged that
changed Design Basics understanding of how many women
look at floor plans.
Rather than starting with the elevation when
looking at home plans,
women
often began
by looking at floor plans. Which begged the question, “How
do women look at home plans?” As we delved into this topic,
we learned women look at a plan to determine “how
the home lives.” Further research helped us realize
there were four primary filters through which women evaluate
designs: how the home entertains;
how the home helps her de-stress;
the flexibility of
the home’s design; and the home’s ability to address
her storage needs.
Turning the dream of building
a home into reality can be a daunting challenge, with thousands
of decisions along the way. Choosing
a plan can be the most intimidating because it's often difficult
to visualize the finished home and how it will live. To make
it easy we have created a new way to present floor plans to
help you narrow the search for a design that fits your personal
lifestyle
and needs.
Color Coded Floor Plans
Each Livability At A Glance® floor plan
is shown in a color-coded version that highlights four different
categories
especially important to women: Entertaining (yellow), De-Stressing (blue), Storage (orange)
and Flexible Living (green).
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