Coronavirus changes our approach to building houses

Coronavirus has verified the current approach to buying real estate. We want to turn compact apartments into investments with more space and access to green areas. In the construction industry, talks about returning to multi-generational housing are becoming louder and louder, claimed Rafał Buczek, an expert at Awilux, windows and doors producer.

Multi-generational housing is the most popular in Southern Europe. In Poland, it works well in rural areas and in smaller towns. Many Poles definitely choose the Western trend – early removal of adult children and self-employment. Quarantine and insulation, which hit millions of people, showed that staying permanently in small apartments, which do not always guarantee access to light and do not allow creating different living zones for all household members, is not a good solution for everyone.

"Among the developers in recent years, two types of buildings have been popular. On the one hand, they were huge multi-family buildings, and on the other a housing estate of terraced houses. Current moods related to insulation show that people need a space that will meet all their needs. Staying closed and away from loved ones, we feel overwhelmed," Buczek said.

In his opinion, the house is not only reinforced concrete walls that limit the sense of our freedom. Quite the opposite – it should give us a sense of security and comfort of being inside. In Poland, there are many residential buildings in which residents do not have sufficiently lit flats, which is especially important during isolation, and in many cases even access to a balcony that would give a substitute for integration with nature. That is why many people have decided to circumvent traffic bans during quarantine.

(WBJ)