The residential Compound - the real estate cocoon?

I've noticed more clients asking - and more agents marketing - for properties that could be described as Compounds. I guess it's the cocoon effect - the desire to retreat to a safe, comfortable place surrounded by familiar things and faces. I have a wonderful Santa Fe home for sale in the Museum Hill district, which is about 10 minutes from downtown. The home has a guesthouse, a studio and a main house - all three could be separate or integrated, and that's what people seem to like about the place. I had one son & mother very interested in the property and their plan was for the son to live in the guesthouse, the mother in the main house and the studio for guests and a meditation space. Another Santa Fe home for sale is in the exclusive East Side and it's really a compound too, with a main house, guesthouse, chapel (!) and a number of outbuildings.

Room for Grandma, space for the kids (both of these properties are in great santa fe school districts), space to stretch, indulge in hobbies, arts & crafts.... Is the Compound the new trend?