New Real Estate Industry Term: the Man Cave
After spending more time with younger couples home searching before the tax stimulus deadline, I learned a new word or phrase that I believe is becoming an industry standard: the “man cave.” I’m not sure if it’s one word or two words or whether it’s hyphenated, but it’s definitely a term widely used. 
From what I’ve learned from clients, a “man cave” is the SINGLE room in the home that the male gets to decorate and keep his personal stuff not allowed anywhere else in the house. He can paint the man-cave whatever color he chooses and display whatever goofy treasures he brings from college or his parents that is simply not suitable anywhere else.
The “man cave” is usually a third bedroom, den or garage.
Now being a researcher at heart, I googled “man cave” and discovered that there is an official man cave web site: mancavesite.org. Definition supplied by this site is “man cave n. A dedicated area of a house, such as a basement, workshop, or garage, where a man can be alone or socialize with his friends.”
So, now I realize I’m NOT going to be the first to enter the term "man cave" in Wikipedia - it’s already there.
New Real Estate Industry Term: the Man Cave
My girlfriend just built a huge new home with every amenity you could want. She kept talking about her husband’s “media room” which has a full wet bar, large television screen, all of his sports memorabilia and ugly beer mugs displayed. She calls it a media room, but now I know it’s his man cave.
I wonder if younger couples are searching in google, “3 bedroom home under $150,000 in midtown Tulsa, Oklahoma with updated kitchen and a man cave?”
Come to think of it, my 55 year-old husband has his own man-cave that is spilling out into MY area of the house. Time to start stuffing things back in to HIS man cave!
Lori is a residential Realtor serving the greater Tulsa area, and specializing in midtown Tulsa real estate. Please visit Lori’s web site, LoriCain.com or call 918-852-5036.
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