Homebuyers in North Carolina’s “Triangle” region have long been accustomed to getting what homebuilders have given them: a closed floor plan, with separate rooms and walls everywhere.
But as homeowners in this region — comprising the cities of Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill — have traveled to traditionally warmer climates, where builders have been constructing homes featuring an indoor-outdoor connection for decades, they have returned to the Tar Heel State with a sense of opportunity for their own homes.