As the premier custom luxury home builder in the Carolinas, we at Dillard-Jones have seen a multitude of special feature requests. Our clients invest in personalized spaces that reflect their passions and elevate their daily experiences. These custom additions transform their houses into true sanctuaries, offering entertainment, wellness, and personal fulfillment right at home. Here are the five most requested custom features we’re incorporating into luxury homes in 2025.
Indoor Golf Simulators
For the links-obsessed who would love to attend the Masters every month if they could… year-round practice and entertainment in climate-controlled comfort is where it’s at.
Indoor golf simulators have become the ultimate luxury for golf enthusiasts, offering professional-grade technology that allows you to play world-famous courses from your basement or bonus room. These sophisticated systems provide accurate ball tracking, realistic course simulation, and swing analysis that rivals professional training facilities, making them perfect for serious improvement or casual entertainment with friends.
Home Gyms
With wellness top of mind these days, accessibility and convenience drive our clients to request private fitness sanctuaries designed for personalized workout preferences.
From yoga studios with mirrored walls and specialized flooring to fully equipped strength training rooms, we can design a gym tailored to your unique needs. All with proper ventilation, sound control, and motivating aesthetics that make working out a pleasure.
Theaters/Media Rooms
Remember when going to the movies was a special treat? Now you can get cinema-quality entertainment experiences you don’t have to leave home for, tailored to your own preferences in size, design and personal touches.
Home theaters have evolved into sophisticated entertainment venues that rival commercial cinemas. Custom seating, advanced sound systems, professional projection equipment, and carefully designed acoustics create immersive experiences for movie nights, sports viewing, or gaming. These spaces often feature themed décor, automated lighting control, and concession areas that make every viewing a special event.
Personal Art Galleries
Your home doesn’t have to look like a museum to safeguard your artistic investments like one. For collectors or those who just love museum-quality pieces, curated spaces that showcase objets d’art offers sanctuary and protection.
These increasingly requested dedicated gallery spaces that provide proper lighting, climate control, and security for treasured decorative pieces. These custom rooms feature adjustable track lighting, UV-protective windows, and flexible hanging systems that allow for rotating displays while protecting valuable artwork from environmental damage.
Wine Cellars
If you’re a wine enthusiast or even an amateur sommelier, adding a wine cellar to your home’s design offers the perfect blend of function and fun when it comes to housing your bevy of treasured bottles.
Custom wine cellars combine proper storage conditions with elegant gathering spaces, featuring climate control systems, specialized racking, and tasting areas that showcase collections while providing optimal preservation conditions for valuable vintages.
Whatever matters to you can be made part of the custom luxury home you’re envisioning. All it takes is a bit of planning and the right builder.
