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RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS <br />architectural detail. Many higher -end twin home developments feature designs where one <br />garage faces the street and the other to the side yard. This design helps reduce the <br />prominence of the garage domination with two separate entrances. Housing products <br />designed to meet the needs of these aging Elk River residents, many of whom desire to stay <br />in their current community if housing is available to meet their needs, will be needed into <br />the foreseeable future. <br />Twinhomes are also a preferred for -sale product by builders in today's market as units can <br />be developed as demand warrants. Because twinhomes bring higher density and <br />economies of scale to the construction process, the price point can be lower than stand- <br />alone single - family housing. As previously mentioned, there are a number of new twin <br />homes under construction in the West Oaks subdivision; however twin homes will continue <br />to be in demand as many older adults and seniors will move to this housing product with <br />substantial equity in their existing single - family home and will be willing to purchase a <br />maintenance -free home that is priced similar to their existing single - family home. Move -up <br />twin homes has especially been popular in the Twin Cities Metro Area over the past few <br />yea rs. <br />Twinhome Examples <br />Standard Twinhome — garage on end <br />Executive Twinhome with alternate garages <br />Executive -style Twinhome — front facing garage <br />MAXFIELD RESEARCH & CONSULTING, LLC 102 <br />