DALLAS - Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?
Home builders are facing that type of situation with prewiring for home automation and other high-technology applications such as home offices and home theaters. Do builders prewire houses before there is enough consumer demand for such features?
A survey of 275 builders by Parks Associates of Dallas indicates that builders are waiting for more consumer demand:
* A total of 17% of the builders believe they need at least a 25% level of consumer demand to provide prewiring.
* Another 12% look for up to 50% of all consumers to request the feature.
* Some 11% want as much as 75% and 3% need …
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