5 reasons why home buyers in Hyderabad are preferring more spacious 3BHK flats/independent homes over 2BHK!

Home buyers in Hyderabad are now more inclined to buy bigger residences than ever before. COVID-19 has definitely triggered an overall change in a home-buyers lifestyle, priorities, and perspectives, be it Hyderabad or elsewhere.

Home buyers in Hyderabad who were earlier looking for a 2BHK are clearly favoring a 3 BHK with a utility room in the post-pandemic era. A 2bhk is small and falls short of expectations. A 2 BHK means that you get 2 bedrooms (one master, and a second smaller room), 1 hall (or living cum dining), 1 kitchen (with or without a utility room), and two bathrooms.

A 3bhk, on the other hand, is a winner! With it, you get 3 bedrooms (comprising one master, and two smaller bedrooms), 1 hall (living cum dining), 1 kitchen (with or without utility), and 3 bathrooms.

The top 5 reasons for this clear preference for a 3 BHK by the home buyers in Hyderabad can be attributed to:

Let’s dwell on these further…

1. Change in priorities after COVID-19 coupled with cost factor

• More space is a clear requirement for a healthier mental state for all the family members living in an apartment
• With the ‘new world order’ where quarantine and social distancing may be needed, even family members may be forced to maintain physical distance between themselves for mutual safety
• With 2 BHK homes less than 1200 sft, this flexibility/option of having enough distance amongst family members is just not possible
• Even otherwise, it is safer for nuclear families comprising of two generations– ‘parents and their two unmarried children’ to have separate rooms for both the children

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2. Need to stay indoors and work from home and children’s priorities

• Work from-home requirements have created more stress on the homes. This is because the smaller homes are just NOT designed for work-from-home reality!
• If both husband and wife are working from home, they need additional, non—intrusive spaces for themselves
• Bedrooms need to have additional smartly designed spaces as workstations in the bedrooms
• Even an open kitchen could be explored as an option to get more spaces- for ‘work-from-home’ and for various ‘multi-tasking activities’
• Children also need to attend their school or college online classes from their bedroom
• Working children on the other hand could also be ‘working-from-home’

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3. Psychological and physical well-being and fitness needs

• A small 2 BHK is far more suffocating compared to spacious 3BHK flats or independent homes
• More space simply means more cheer, more joy, and lesser depression
• Normally, 3 bedroom apartments also come with balconies, keep you connected to the outside world, and allow you to have unrestricted views of the blue skyline– a benefit that truly lifts up your mood and state of mind. This is not so easily doable in a smaller 2 BHK apartment
• Even if the family is a small one comprising only 3 members, you could have an extra 3rd room put to effective use as a play/exercise area ‘work-from-home’ area, or for entertainment/indoor games, etc.
• With a 3rd bedroom, space is that you do NOT run out of space in times of need
• Plus, you get more space to walk, straighten your legs, and feel ‘agile and fit’
• Additionally, if any family member needs to be quarantined/isolated, an extra 3^rd room makes that possible!

4. Overall benefits over-weighing over the ‘price differential’ between 2 & 3BHK flats or independent homes

• On the cost factor, a 3 BHK is about 20% to 30% more expensive compared to a 2 BHK. For example, instead of spending 50 lacs, if you spend an additional 10 to 15 lacs, you gain much more!!
• It’s not every day that you buy a home, and with an additional cost, you actually get a much bigger and better home
• The additional money spent on 3BHK flats may get you an incremental increase in the sizes of all the rooms- you could bet bigger living rooms, bigger bedrooms for all, a bigger utility room, and an additional bathroom
• Besides, a 3 BHK gives a home buyer safety and quality-living

5. Need to be more self-reliant with efficient laundry and storage spaces

• In a post-pandemic scenario, one needs to be self-reliant in being able to manage our laundry (washing/ironing/drying clothes)
• Unless we have an efficient utility room, this cannot happen
• Plus, we need to have the apparatus prepared in case we do not have access to laundry man (dhobi)¸or should we want to deliberately avoid any scope of outside human intervention
• Indian kitchen also requires excessive storage space for items like groceries, cutlery, dry food bags, and Big 20 Ltr. Water bottles, dry vegetables, beverages, etc.
• We can even have a wash-basin in the utility room to cater to heavy washing of utensils or hand-wash/cleaning of small clothes
• The utility room is also used for storing clothes as per season. For instance, the monsoon-season rain gear, travel bags, or winter-clothing, etc.
• The utility also serves as a room for pets
• The utility room is also to be used for drying clothes and also be inviting to work-in

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As a first-time home buyer in Hyderabad, it makes sense to upgrade to a 3 BHK for the larger good of the family. Times have changed, and our current lifestyle and requirements have become more family-centric.

The home-buyers in Hyderabad recognize this and are willing to stretch their budget in favor of a 3 BHK for their family’s safety and happiness.

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