Here's a quick article on the current builder's view of staff accommodation in newer homes. Enjoy.
Not every grand estate has a resident mixologist, but there’s plenty of room as back-of-the-house service areas have expanded in recent years.
Zones set aside for staff have grown and become more sophisticated to accommodate and maintain blue-chip properties’ increasingly complex parts: high-tech security systems, theaters, techno gyms, hammams, salt rooms, cigar lounges, wine cellars, chef kitchens, bowling alleys, wall aquariums, Botox spas, glam rooms and treatment rooms with IV drip stands for wellness infusions, to name a few.
“The wealthy have gotten exponentially wealthier and their homes larger in the past five to eight years, so we’re seeing a huge uptick in the desire for on-site services and the staff to manage it all,” says Jesse J. Harrison, principal at Harrison Design, which specializes in high-end residential and landscape architecture as well as interior design.
In today’s version of Downton Abbey’s rarefied realm, an aquarium cleaner might be just one of dozens of staff required by high-profile homeowners to get through their day…
Read here: Upstairs, Downstairs? Mega-Mansion Estate Staffs Are Now Everywhere