Customer Input: Single Family Home Market Survey

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Hello! Zero Energy Homes and BrightBuilt Home are collaborating to bring a new, more affordable home product to market, one that is accessible to a broader range of household incomes and lifestyles. BrightBuilt brings design and modular experience. Zero Energy Homes is a Maine start-up company that will modularly manufacturer net zero energy homes, primarily with Maine materials. Please help us better understand the needs of future customers. Thank you for your input!

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If you plan to own a home in the near future, what would be your realistic timeframe to move-in?

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0-1 year

1-3 years

3-5 years

5+ years

I don't plan to own a home in the near future

If you do plan to own a home in the near future, where would you ideally like to be? (City, State) *

What is your age range? *

18-25

26-34

35-44

45-55

56-65

66+

What is the size of your household? *

1 person

2 people

3 people

4 people

5+ people

How many bedrooms do you need? *

1 bedroom

2 bedrooms

3 bedrooms

4+ bedrooms

undecided

What is the minimum amount of square footage you feel you'd need, for a new home to comfortably support your spatial/daily life needs? *

<600 square feet.

600-900 square feet

900-1,100 square feet

1,100 - 1,400 square feet

1,400 - 1,900 square feet

1,900+ square feet

I'm not sure

Other:

Do you need single-floor living? (All spaces on ground floor) *

Yes

If you do not specifically require single-floor living, what is your preference for how many floors you would like in a new home?
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1 floor preferred

2 floors preferred

1 floor with option to finish a second floor in the future

1 or 2 story would be fine - no preference

Other:

What is your preference for the common spaces? *

Open Living/Dining/Kitchen space

Common Living/Dining, with more separated kitchen area

Fully separate rooms for living, dining and kitchen spaces

What features are absolutely essential (must haves only, rather than nice-to-haves). Please check all that apply. *

Washer and dryer on same floor as bedrooms

Separate mudroom

Step-in shower (lower threshold)

Bathtub

In-kitchen seating (at an island or peninsula)

Dedicated office space

Full basement

Universal design features for accessibility

Other:

Required

Are you inclined to install solar panels so the home can operate at net zero energy efficiency, which means making as much energy as it consumes? *

yes

maybe, I need more information

unlikely

What is your ideal vision for how you would come to own a newly-built home?
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Have land now, and would like to build on it.

Don't have land, but plan to acquire it.

Prefer to buy a newly-built home that is conveyed with a standalone lot included.

Prefer to buy a newly-built home that is part of a larger development.

Other. (please describe) -

If you plan to reside in Maine, is it important to you that most of the building materials are produced by quality, Maine and Northern Forest suppliers (including dimensional lumber, interior/exterior sheathing, insulation, flooring, cabinets, windows)? *

Yes, very important but I'm budget conscious so price is also very important

Yes, very important. I'm willing to pay a little bit more to build with regionally-sourced forest products

Not important, the source and type of building materials are not a key consideration

I'm not planning to live in Maine but would like to have local/regional wood materials used as much as possible

Other:

What do you need for vehicles/unconditioned storage? *

1 car garage

2 car garage

Garage would be nice, but if it's not in-budget, I'll go without

No garage necessary

What is the maximum budget you plan to finance for purchasing a new, energy efficient home (excluding the cost of property)? *

less than $200,000

$200,000 - $300,000

$300,000 - $400,000

$400,000 - $500,000

$500,000 - $600,000

$600,000+

I don't know what I would be qualified to borrow from a lender.

I wouldn't need to finance.

Other:

What is the town & state where you currently live? (Format example: Portland, ME) *

What other information, ideas, or suggestions would you like to share with architects, designers and builders?

Thank you!

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide invaluable feedback toward our efforts to bring valued, energy-efficient, healthy and durable homes to the single-family market.

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