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<v Speaker 1>Let's say good morning now to the host of home

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<v Speaker 1>every weekend right here on KFI, the house whisper Dean Sharp.

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<v Speaker 1>So Dean, we're taking a look at tracked homes this

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<v Speaker 1>weekend and how to make them a little more homey.

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<v Speaker 2>Huh, yes we are, yes, we.

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<v Speaker 1>Are, okay, So start. I think this is interesting because

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<v Speaker 1>I have a person I know who bought a tract

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<v Speaker 1>home and one of the options was to make changes

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<v Speaker 1>before she ever moved in. But after you move in,

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<v Speaker 1>you can still do some upgrades to make it more

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<v Speaker 1>like a home and less like a pre fabricated box.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, a well over eighty percent of us live

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<v Speaker 2>in some version or another of a tracked home. And

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<v Speaker 2>you would think that a custom home designer like myself

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<v Speaker 2>would be like, you know, looking down our noses at

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<v Speaker 2>tract homes. But I live in one as well. And

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<v Speaker 2>the fact of the matter is, you know, the tract

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<v Speaker 2>home is essentially what has created the middle class homeowner.

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<v Speaker 2>And so you know, I don't I don't poo poo

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<v Speaker 2>the idea of living in a tract home. It's simply

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<v Speaker 2>the thing that has enabled the most of us to

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<v Speaker 2>actually own a home. But but you have to understand

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<v Speaker 2>there are problems that come with tracked homes. There's a

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<v Speaker 2>very unique set of things that are involved. Craftsmanship, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>is not always that great in a craft in a

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<v Speaker 2>tract home, things like lot orientation, uh, the way a

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<v Speaker 2>home is facing its street, the directions of the compass.

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<v Speaker 2>There are that same floor plan is laid out so

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<v Speaker 2>many different ways in attract it appears so many different

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<v Speaker 2>times as kind of you know, the roll of the dice.

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<v Speaker 2>And yet the windows, the doors, they don't change their orientation.

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<v Speaker 2>It's one fixed plan regardless of its orientation to the compass.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's one of the things about a tract home

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<v Speaker 2>that you can change things like turning windows when necessary

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<v Speaker 2>in two doors. And when you think about that, you're like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>that must be a big thing. It's really not. Imagine

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<v Speaker 2>taking like a sliding glass door and turning it into

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<v Speaker 2>a window. Okay, you would take out the door, you

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<v Speaker 2>would put in a window the same with and then

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<v Speaker 2>all you would do is build that little wall section

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<v Speaker 2>up underneath it. It's a pretty simple move in terms

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<v Speaker 2>of construction. You're not even touching the structure of the house. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>the opposite of that is exactly how every window and

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<v Speaker 2>door in a tract home is made. Every window started

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<v Speaker 2>out as a door, so turning it back into a

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<v Speaker 2>door is simply removing the window, removing that section of

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<v Speaker 2>ball underneath, and adding in a door. And when it

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<v Speaker 2>comes to a bedroom that doesn't have a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>light coming into it, or a bedroom like in a

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<v Speaker 2>ranch style house that has access to the backyard through

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<v Speaker 2>a door, it could be a huge design game chain.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's one of those things that you can do

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<v Speaker 2>in a tract home remodel that is relatively little cost

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<v Speaker 2>compared to a massive, massive payoff.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, Okay, And then here's another one that I wholeheartedly

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<v Speaker 1>agree with, and because I think they were a thing

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<v Speaker 1>for a while, not so popular now, and that's soffits

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<v Speaker 1>getting rid of them.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, soffits are placed in tracked homes in a very

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<v Speaker 2>very generalized way to leave room for HVAC ducting, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>air conditioning and heating ducting and things like that, little

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<v Speaker 2>plumbing things. And the thing about soffits is that whatever

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<v Speaker 2>space that AC duct needed, uh, it wasn't just confined

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<v Speaker 2>to that. It was much easier for the builder to

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<v Speaker 2>just drop the whole ceiling or make the soffit much

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<v Speaker 2>much larger than it needs to be. And so if

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<v Speaker 2>we do a little bit of investigating, we find out

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<v Speaker 2>exactly where the duct is, and I got to tell

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<v Speaker 2>you nine times out of ten, we can reroute the

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<v Speaker 2>duct anyway to get to that same space and get

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<v Speaker 2>rid of soffits completely. And that can change things like

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<v Speaker 2>entry ways from seven foot ceilings up to eight or

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<v Speaker 2>nine foot ceilings. Kitchens are notorious for having softits all

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<v Speaker 2>around them. Those soffits come out so easily and can

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<v Speaker 2>make such a big difference.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, and then real quick, you mentioned ceilings, and I

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<v Speaker 1>love this idea. Maybe get rid of the attic space

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<v Speaker 1>and put in some vaults.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, not everywhere in the house. Not every how room

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<v Speaker 2>in the house needs to have its ceiling vaulted. But

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<v Speaker 2>there may be, I mean, you're if you're already committing

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<v Speaker 2>to a remodel, there may be some of those prime

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<v Speaker 2>rooms rooms like the living room or the kitchen or

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<v Speaker 2>the family room where if you get in the attic

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<v Speaker 2>and you actually understand, you know what's up there, there

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<v Speaker 2>are ways to eliminate the or move the structural elements

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<v Speaker 2>in the attic. And just to imagine a ceiling line,

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<v Speaker 2>vaulting up in some of these rooms that we spend

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<v Speaker 2>most of our time in volume. Even though you're not

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<v Speaker 2>changing the square footage, the volume of the room makes

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<v Speaker 2>all the difference.

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<v Speaker 1>Ye. And that's just a couple of the things that

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<v Speaker 1>you can do to make your tracked home more homie.

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna find out a whole lot more this weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>Dean Sharp has a little show on KFI. It's called

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<v Speaker 1>Home six to eight am on Saturday, nine to noon

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday. You can also follow Dean at Home with Dean.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much, Dean, We always love talking to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks Amy, have a great weekend.