A living room is considered essential for first-time home buyers, according to a poll of home shoppers conducted by the National Association of Home Builders. Sixty-one percent called the living room a must-have in the home they plan to buy. A laundry room and dining room also ranked high on the must-have list for first-time buyers.
The following are home features that first-time buyers call essential, ranked in order of what they deemed as most important:
- Living room
- Laundry room
- Dining room
- Garage storage
- Walk-in closet in master bedroom
- Shower stall/tub in master bath
- Front porch
- Great room
- 2-car garage
- Kitchen double sink
Source: “Home Features Buyers Consider Essential,” National Association of Home Builders’ Eye on Housing blog (March 5, 2018)
