The Forgotten Front Porch Is Making a Comeback

According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, about 65% of new American homes are built with a front porch, up from 42% a quarter-century ago.

Thanks to the pandemic, the front porch is enjoying a new golden age. Like their near cousins, stoops, steps, even fire escapes, porches offer a semipublic setting where we can meet friends and neighbors face-to-face-even if those faces are masked.

A staple of American homes, long out of fashion thanks to cars and air conditioning, the front porch is finding a new role in the age of social distancing. 

The Edgewater at Davidson Collection at Delta Coves.

Davidson Communities has a longstanding affinity for outdoor living spaces of all genres. From stunning courtyards to wraparound porches and sleeping porches, Bill Davidson has historically looked for ways to marry the indoor space to the great outdoors. 

The Wraparound Porch at Davidson Collection at Delta Coves.

Carriage Hill, Davidson’s newest neighborhood of homes, is another opportunity to reimagine the feel and function of your front porch in the age of social distancing. 

Carriage Hill offers new homeowners an opportunity to create a front porch best suited to their lifestyle.

Indeed, there is something approachable about a porch and the people on it. Sitting on a porch, like walking a dog, serves as an ice breaker. You can exchange greetings with a passerby and discuss the weather, but it's easy to move things along with a little "good seeing ya" salute or quick wristwatch glance. A porch is a place that's a little bit yours and a little bit theirs.

Porches give us a physical space to safely host friends, neighbors and passersby for the small talk and deep conversations otherwise difficult to foster in the middle of a pandemic.

Start building yours today. Carriage Hill is now selling by appointment. Call Marga - 619-495-6470