We buy apartments by the BHK number. Is WFH making that number irrelevant? We now need a home with GFC—good flexibility and connectivity.

Large drawing rooms meant for a good number of guests no longer make sense when entertaining is getting extinct. Instead the family room needs to be larger and must easily convert to a school or office.

The projector will beam the latest OTT series only when permitted by Zoom. The old flat TV from the living room is now on the kitchen wall. Makes look-and-cook adventures easier and more entertaining.

Want multiple cabins for separate calls? Easy! Creating a room large enough for a socially distanced mini conference room will take a little more time. Because you will need to reposition more panels, planters, and pieces of furniture.

Home is still sweet. Now it also needs to be safe. And buzzing with electronics that includes the sanitization device.

More than the number of bedrooms, convertibility and connectivity of the whole house is now likely to drive the purchase decision.

From the Mentor Muses series by Mohan G Joshi