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Purgula Innovation for Homeowners The Reinvention of Wellness & Aging August 23, 2025 Hi Reader, August is National Wellness Month—a perfect time to explore how 55+ active adult communities are redefining wellness, and what it means to live and age well. Today’s leading-edge planned communities are no longer just about beautiful homes, pristine landscaping, and “usual suspect” amenities—they’re about living with purpose, staying active, and prioritizing health from the inside out. In our...

Purgula Innovation for Homeowners Reviving Communities with Adaptive Reuse August 16, 2025 Hi Reader, This week’s newsletter is focused on Adaptive Reuse Homes—the creative transformation of old buildings into new, meaningful residential living spaces. A key goal of the broader practice of adaptive reuse is applying it as a means of rebuilding and maintaining resilient neighborhoods and commerce hubs. In many cases, adaptive reuse isn’t isolated to improving just a single property: adaptive...

Purgula Innovation for Homeowners Designing to be More Productive at Home August 10, 2025 Hi Reader, Given that it’s Back to School season, we thought now would be an ideal time to cover Designing for Productivity, especially in light of our recent exploration into Neuroaesthetics. As more households adapt to hybrid work schedules, remote learning, and home-based businesses, designing a home that supports both productivity and creativity has become essential. The way your home is designed,...

Purgula Innovation for Homeowners Designing Homes That Feel as Good as They Look August 3, 2025 Hi Reader, George Carlin, the legendary American comedian, once quipped: “A home is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out…” At the time, his witty observation captured a shared sentiment about the function of a home — practical, perhaps a little impersonal, and certainly utilitarian. But times have changed. Today’s innovative homeowners expect far more from their living spaces. With real...

Purgula Innovation for Homeowners Summer: A Living Laboratory for Your Home July 27, 2025 Hi Reader, Summer is here — but you couldn't tell in Southern California, where the weather is still spring-like and perfect (but not for long). Now is an opportune time to pay attention to what your home might be telling you, during the harshest season for outdoor furniture, indoor air quality, home exteriors and landscaping. Each morning, we unplug our AeroBroom from its charger and perform a light air...

Purgula Innovation for Homeowners Acoustic Privacy for the Home July 20, 2025 Hi Reader, This week's newsletter is on Acoustic Privacy and the growing market need to improve sound insulation and acoustic comfort, both in existing homes and in new home construction. We enjoy attending conferences and events where we are fortunate to meet and learn from residential construction professionals of all types, experience levels, and locations. One thing all builders have in common is that they are...

Purgula Innovation for Homeowners Energy Storage Systems for the Home July 12, 2025 Hi Reader, This week’s newsletter topic is Energy Storage Systems for the Home. Two factors — rising utility costs and unreliability — are driving homeowners to pursue ways to mitigate these untenable trends, which are a result of growing energy demand, aging infrastructure, extreme weather events, and operational incompetence. Making matters more challenging are four concurrent residential energy-related...

Purgula Innovation for Homeowners Independence and Innovation July 3, 2025 Hi Reader, Purgula is taking a much needed break this weekend to celebrate America’s Independence Day, so we will not be delivering the regular version of our weekly newsletter. For those celebrating July 4th, we wish you a safe and enjoyable holiday, filled with delicious food, comfortable outdoor seating, shade, live music, and spectacular fireworks! In Los Angeles, where we are based, we enjoy ending our evening at...

Purgula Innovation for Homeowners Integrated Kitchens: A Harbinger of the Future Home June 29, 2025 Hi Reader, This week’s newsletter topic is Integrated Kitchens. We attended a CEU (Continuing Education Unit) on Integrated Appliances this week at our local Snyder Diamond experiential retail center, presented by Katy O'Connor of Fisher & Paykel (F&P). Co-sponsored by F&P, Miele, GRAFF, and Wood Stone, the entire event was focused on integrated kitchens and how this sophisticated kitchen...

Purgula Innovation for Homeowners Home Building: Challenges & Areas of Innovation June 21, 2025 Hi Reader, This week’s newsletter theme is the State of Innovation in the Home Construction Industry. The 2025 Pacific Coast Builders Conference (PCBC 2025) demonstrated that builders are open to innovation and change. The event's theme, Dare to be Different, was a capitulation that the old way of building homes will not sustain the industry. Change — in the form of collaboration and adopting...