What are the most sought-after amenities, comforts and features desired in luxury homes heading into 2024?

December 11, 2023

Kitchen range hoods are officially an object of beauty. This appliance is now a star player in the kitchens of beautifully designed homes. Whether intricately adorned, or in modernist chrome, or custom-paneled to match the rest of the room, luxury hoods are now making a statement. Image: Coldwell Banker Global Luxury

By Luxury Marketer Intelligence

The wealthy and UHNW are a fickle lot when it comes to their homes and what goes inside, but the defining features are comfort, convenience and personalization.

In its Best of the Best guide, Anywhere’s Coldwell Banker Real Estate brokerage and its Coldwell Banker Global Luxury program have compiled a list of style trends that are defining and shaping the future of the luxury home. The data is gathered including input from more than 200 Coldwell Banker Global Luxury property specialists surveyed in the field.

Here are the results:

The in-demand luxury home: Affluent trendsetters are creating luxury sanctuaries and retreats from the outside world in the comfort of their own home.

The most desirable homes are equipped with a chef's kitchen with unique features and tech-enabled appliances, multi-functional indoor-outdoor living spaces that provide a seamless connection to nature and spa-like bathrooms that bring an oasis into the comfort of home.

Also included is advanced smart home technology that controls, automates and optimizes functions such as privacy, security, entertainment, lighting, temperature and landscaping, accessible from anywhere.

Two is better than one: Double duty kitchen islands are the leading feature in chef's kitchens

To qualify as a luxury chef's kitchen, the home must have:

A double kitchen island with ample space for cooking, gathering and entertaining as an important kitchen feature

A centerpiece of the luxury kitchen, elegant oven ranges and designer appliances, providing sophistication with superior function

Statement range hoods with pops of color and unique design features that add style and personality

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Reimagining a staycation: Cabanas and natural water features are the most popular additions to luxury backyards

Two-thirds of Coldwell Banker Global Luxury property specialists surveyed agree that the biggest trend in luxury outdoor spaces is the merging of indoor and outdoor living.

The must-have amenities in indoor-outdoor living spaces include:

State-of-the-art cabanas and pergolas offer resort-style comfort and relaxation in the home’s backyard

Water features, from heated swimming pools to waterfalls, fountains and plunge pools, providing an oasis-like atmosphere that every luxury buyer seeks

Outdoor living areas that serve as extended entertainment spaces such as sitting rooms, outdoor bars, expanded chef's kitchens with pizza ovens and built-in grills, expansive gas fire pits and movie screening areas under the sky

Where elegance meets renewal: The freestanding soaking tub is essential in luxury spa bathrooms

Having a spa-like bathroom with unique wellness features is top-of-mind for luxury homeowners. To have a spa-like bathroom, the home must have:

A freestanding soaking tub, now the leading trend in luxury bathrooms that epitomize elegance and relaxation, allowing the resident to lean back comfortably and be fully submerged

Hydrotherapy showers that offer a spa-like features with massage jets, customizable water pressure and a wide range of shower spray functions

Designated treatment rooms with spa-design elements such as heated floors and towel racks, and infrared saunas

This year’s luxe bedrooms are havens of tranquility, designed to evoke a sense of calm through minimalist decor, soft textures and subdued hues. Seen here is the Adalynn bed. Image: Adalynn

Healthy living meets smart home technology: Wellness products, from advanced air purifiers to human-sized sound therapy pods, are the top tech products in luxury homes

The key to smart home living is having a seamless integration where the technology enhances not only the home itself, but also the well-being of its inhabitants.

Having technology that satisfies luxury consumers' personal wellness needs are significantly reshaping the modern luxury home.

To own a smart home, the property must have:

Human-sized sound therapy meditation pods that gently mix body vibrations with immersive music, serving as a personal sanctuary to relieve stress

Tech-infused fitness equipment including immersive smart gyms with touchscreen mirror displays virtually bringing a variety of fitness experts into the home

Smart thermostats that allow complete control over the temperature of the home with voice command functions, real-time air quality monitoring and sensor technology that helps conserve energy

Advanced air purifiers that guarantee a near 100 percent particle-capture efficiency rate to eliminate pollutants in the home's air, easily controlled from an app

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