Every generation has different wants, needs, and priorities when it comes to home shopping. Here's the scoop on what Millennials are looking for:
If you’re looking to upgrade your backyard this spring with an eye toward putting your house on the market, millennial house hunters might have an unusual request.
“They’ll ask, ‘Where’s your backyard vegetable garden?’” said Mary Hutchison, a real-estate agent with Better Homes and Gardens Realty in Kansas City, Mo.
While homeowners customarily have taken advantage of good weather in springtime to add such backyard upgrades as patios or pools, Hutchison said millennial owners and buyers are going in a different direction. “They’re making their own pizza outdoors with vegetables they grow in their garden,” she said.
About 32% of millennials plan to buy homes over the next two years, compared with 25% a year ago, according to the American Express spending and saving tracker, which surveyed 1,800 adults in February.
In addition to landscaping and other backyard improvements, popular items this year with millennials include smart doorbells with cameras and electronic exterior locks that can be accessed only with a code and remotely locked and unlocked via smartphone, according to Sabine Schoenberg, a real-estate agent and luxury builder in Greenwich, Conn.
Of course, it’s not just the 23- to 34-year-old generation that’s upgrading backyards and exteriors this spring; according to Houzz.com, an online database for residential design, 75% of all homeowners who are planning outdoor projects in 2016 will start in the backyard.
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