Why You Should Befriend a Structural Engineer and Architect: The New American Dream Home Is One You Never Have to Leave — The New York Times
If you’re buying a single-family house in San Francisco, this is why you should befriend a structural engineer and architect.
The new emphasis on home flexibility means some once-standard rooms are disappearing. Most of the model homes I toured that day in Elk Grove did not have formal living rooms or dining rooms, floor-plan staples in new homes for at least a hundred years. That’s not unusual. Lennar and other homebuilders say their most popular models today have “great rooms” that combine both, often with smaller total square footage.
![The post-crash floor plan for today's buyers.](https://i0.wp.com/www.kevinandjonathan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/14Jackson-superJumbo.jpg?resize=1170%2C1673&ssl=1)
According to Lennar and the New York Times, what an ideal floor plan looks like today.
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