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support the building industry in its goal to achieve
excellence in building standards."
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new home concerns and deliver peace of mind
with each new home warranty.
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SPRING 2024 PARADE
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HOMES 119
BY KRISTIN MARAND
First-time homebuyers, empty
nesters and people downsizing for
various reasons are increasingly
turning to duplexes — but they
aren't the matching side-by-sides
you may be imagining.
odern-day duplex builders take
a unique approach to designing
two halves of a whole, each with
a distinctive identity.
"They're not your standard traditional old kind
of designs where you have both sides look the
same or there's not a lot of square footage,"
explains Jason Jaquet, vice-president of
Randall Homes.
"When we design a duplex, we try to make
each half look individually different; there's not
a mirror image of the one from the other side.
It gives you your own identity because, even
if you are sharing a common wall and a part of
a driveway, you still want to have your home
look like your own."
Contemporary duplex designs incorpo-
rate many of the most in-demand trends,
including nine-foot ceilings, modern kitchens,
open-concept great rooms, oversized garages
and square footage that ranges from the
mid-1,400s up to 1,700 square feet. While
duplexes may be narrower than some single-
family detached homes, the same high-quality
laminate flooring is used throughout to make
it feel larger. Open-concept basements with
no posts and eight-foot-six ceilings are like a
painter's canvas — ready for anything.
"Just because it's a side-by-side doesn't mean
it can't meet your wants and needs in a new
home," Jaquet says.
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