The Luxury Property Forum has published a major thought-leadership report on wellness in luxury property, and our Partner Chris Thorne was among the experts invited to contribute, alongside leading voices from architecture, interiors, landscape, acoustics, wellbeing and real estate.
The report's central argument is one we share: wellness has moved from a trend to a baseline expectation. Buyers no longer ask what facilities a home has, but how it helps them live, recover and perform day to day.
Beyond the gym and spa
Too often, the report notes, wellness is reduced to a recognisable set of features, a gym, a spa, a cold plunge, rather than understood as a holistic approach that shapes how a space feels and functions. The gap between appearance and experience is where many developments fall short.
The most powerful wellness outcomes are often the least visible, sleep quality, calm, sensory comfort and effortless daily flow are becoming the true markers of excellence.
Priya Rawal, Founder & CEO, The Luxury Property Forum
Where technology fits
Much of what makes a home genuinely support wellbeing is invisible: circadian lighting that follows the day, advanced air and water systems, acoustic performance and discreet, integrated control. These are exactly the disciplines we engineer, and, as the report concludes, they work best when embedded from the earliest stages of design rather than added as a late checklist.
