Building or renovating your home is a long, stressful and expensive process, but it is well worth the work. Don’t let that work go to waste just because the house is outdated in two years. Make the most of your home by future proofing it to ensure that it stays as beautiful and usable as the day you moved in.
Make your home smarter
Implementing smart-home features into a house can be a fantastic way to help keep your home future proofed. Even though the hardware will age, the software is likely to be updated regularly. This ensures that as time passes and things change, your smart home stays relevant.
Durable materials
The best way to future proof you home is to use materials that are long lasting. Durable materials ensure your home to withstand whatever you throw at it. Some simple examples of this could be to install a metal roof instead of shingles.
Access
Create easy access points in strategic points in important areas throughout the house. By keeping areas accessible for future use, you can very quickly and easily make changes or upgrades to many of the important wiring and plumbing running through the house. These access points save you or your contractor the headache of guessing the location of the thing you need to find.
Prepare for generations
This does not necessarily mean that multiple generations will be living under the same roof, but having the family visit is always a great thing. On top of that, I’m very sorry to say, you are not getting any younger. Keeping in mind that life is full of rollercoaster moments and inopportune timing. By preparing your house for some of the most common of these surprises, you can rest a little easier.
Wire ahead
Even though everything is moving toward wireless technologies, it’s not a bad idea to have some physical connections. Audio cables allow for higher quality than bluetooth, ethernet cables give a faster and more reliable network speed, and wireless charging isn’t as readily available as we would like to see. Having the extra cables strategically hidden away for when they are necessary is ideal because you can always have the option of what you want to use.
Multipurpose spaces
The possibility of transforming a room and allowing it to be used for an entirely different purpose is fantastic. Your home office could easily become a bedroom. The garage, a workshop, and then a gym. Maybe a home theatre sounds more reasonable if it is also a playroom for the kids and an entrainment space for parties. The possibilities are endless.