Consider These Kitchen Features If You’re Searching for the Perfect Piece of Real Estate

1. September 19, 2017 Consider These Kitchen Features If You’re Searching for the Perfect Piece of Real Estate As you check out various homes for sale, don't forget to check out the kitchen. When it comes to real estate, the kitchen is actually one of the main selling points, and for good reason. The heart of the home is the place where everyone can gather and bond over a comforting meal. That's exactly why you would want a new home with a kitchen that features everything you may want. Page | 1

2. Beverage Stations Wouldn't it be great if there is a spot in your new kitchen that caters to everyone's beverage needs? Well, that's exactly what a beverage station does. It’s often located in a part of the kitchen away from the cooking zone, allowing anyone to fix themselves a drink without interrupting meal preparations. Typically, a beverage station will have a coffee maker and other related accessories such as a milk steamer and more. There would also be space for an electric water heater in case someone wants to make other kinds of hot beverage. Aside from this, the beverage station would also have enough cabinet and drawer space to store things like ground coffee, powdered creamer, sugar, tea bags and others. It's incredibly practical because it also allows for guests to help themselves to their drinks while you are busy whipping up a feast. Double Ovens Why just have one oven when you can have two? The best part about this is that you have a separate oven for your breads and sweets. Who wants their chocolate cake to smell like roast chicken anyway? With double ovens in your new home, it never has to. Of course, you can always opt to just order double ovens and have it installed in your new home, but having them in place helps you save on costs. It also gives you the opportunity to instantly start baking the moment you move in. Appliance Garage If you have a lot of small appliances, it helps to have a good appliance garage. This is a part of the cabinet that's designed to store your mixers, blenders, ice cream makers, toasters, panini press and any other small kitchen appliance you may have. When you need them, all you have Page | 2

3. to do is slide them out then tuck them back inside the moment you're done. This would definitely make your life a lot easier, and neater. Prep Sink Don't you just hate it when you have to move to the other side of the kitchen just to wash all the vegetables you are preparing to cook? With a prep sink, that would never have to happen again. Since the sink is situated right by your prep counter, you never have to be far away from your chopping board. Kitchen Office If you are a real food lover, you would certainly want a kitchen office. This is a little office space where you can keep all of your favorite cookbooks for easy access from the kitchen. A kitchen office often may have a desk for your computer. This way, you can easily print out any recipe you want to try out for the day. Don't forget to check for these features when you view possible homes for the family. You can also ask your exclusive buyer's agent to check for homes with the kitchen features you really want. This way, every home you check out would already have the kind of kitchen you have in mind. About The Buyer's Agent of East Florida: At The Buyer's Agent of East Florida, we take great pride in making sure each of our clients find the home they have always dreamed of. All of our exclusive buyer’s agents work diligently with homebuyers to make sure the homes they find have all the features they could ever want. Page | 3

4. Sources: Popular Kitchen Features, hgtv.com Appliance Garage, houzz.com Must-Have Kitchen Features, bhg.com Page | 4