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12 HAWAII RENOVATION MARCH 27, 2022 ATLAS CONSTRUCTION
Make your home functional
BY CAROLINE WRIGHT
Lately, Hawaii’s impos- sibly high cost of living has been a hot topic
in local news. It’s a chal- lenge many families have addressed by pooling their resources to create multi- generational homes in which several generations can live, often sharing expenses, chores and childcare.
“There’s only so much land on this island, and only so much new development that can happen,” says Joshua Vasconcellos, project coor- dinator at Atlas Construction in Honolulu. “But people still want to live in Hawaii, so they remodel, build additions, or knock down their homes and rebuild, to accommodate multigenerational living.”
As Vasconcellos explains that multigenerational home projects represent a large percentage of Atlas Con- struction’s business, he set the scene: “Mom and Dad raise their kids; the kids get married, want to start their own families, but can’t afford to buy. So they get together with their parents to build a larger home. We see a lot of that type of work.”
Multigenerational con-
struction isn’t always done to accommodate new grand- children. Sometimes the goal is to help mom and dad spend their golden years in their own home.
“Wedoalotofworkfor people who want to add on or alter their homes, because when they bought or built them, they could go up and down the stairs,” Vasconcel- los observes. “Today, it’s a
different situation.”
Against costs of $650 a
month or more per keiki for childcare, and as much as $5,000-$10,000 per month for assisted living and nurs- ing home care, multigenera- tional living makes perfect sense. Here are some issues to consider while planning construction:
FIRST, MAKE THE DOLLARS MAKE SENSE
“If a customer can only af- ford $500,000, and you de- sign a million dollar house, you haven’t helped that fam- ily,” says Vasconcellos. “Our company helps people stay
within their budgets. That’s key. We educate our clients from a real estate standpoint, to make sure they’re doing the right thing for them- selves and their family at the right cost.”
FUNCTIONALITY MATTERS
Make sure kitchens and ground floor rooms are de- signed to be functional for adults aging in place, with easy-to-reach cabinets and cupboards, open floor plans whenever possible, and safer flooring. And as Vasconcellos reminds us, multistory homes must be
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