When it comes to choosing their ideal home, the members of generation Z, those born at the end of the last century and the beginning of this millennium, are clear about what they want, even if their dreams and desires clash with the reality that surrounds them and the future that seems to await them. This could be, in a brief way, the conclusion drawn from the study Hogar-Z: the home of the future for generation Z in Spainmade by the Cosentino Silestone Institute.
At a time when access to a home of their own sounds almost like an odyssey, with prices that do not stop rising and banks unwilling to provide mortgages, centennials 32.5% imagine themselves living in a house with land of those consulted, followed by a flat, 29%, and a house (27%). An image that contrasts with the opinions of the experts consulted in the report -from architects to sociologists to psychologists-, who recall that “economic difficulties will not disappear for a good part of this generation and the difficulties to become independent will continue”, according to what appears at work, adding that the cohabiting and social housing are the solutions for the future“some alternatives that young people hardly contemplate”.
that solution of cohabiting that the experts point out, does not fit well with the response of the 75.4% of those consulted see themselves buying a homecompared to 18% who see themselves renting and 4% living with their parents.
When thinking about their dream home, most Gen Z members envision it with a layout where there is a clear delimitation between common areas and rooms, nothing of the typical study in which the separation of the room and the living room-kitchen is done with a shelf. In addition, among these delimited spaces, 57% prefer to have a office to work, and not from the sofa or the kitchen table. For more than 75% of those consulted, it is essential that the house has an outdoor spacer, either a large terrace or a garden, which agrees with the answer given by 55% who cite luminosity as the element to which they give the most importance when planning your home, followed by comfort (39%) and cleanliness and hygiene (37%).
Precisely to keep the house in the best conditions, 63% say they would like to have a cleaning robot, followed by the kitchen robot, the second option chosen by 48% in a multi-choice option. When choosing the furniture, the preferred option is the minimalist style, while to choose the appliances and faucets priority is given to helping sustainability saving energy and water.
Regarding your preferred stay39% of the centennials asked answered that it is the roomand only 4% say that it is the kitchen, although it is in the latter where they value design the most.