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Additions ~ Room Additions

Reasons for Adding Extra Rooms

Adding a room to your home is often the answer when seeking solutions to a cramped living space. As a family grows, it often feels as if it outgrows the house as well. Sometimes a home is purchased with the intent to add on extra rooms, because the property is beautiful and the home needs improvements and just more living space. A hobby, too, can cause a need for an extra room devoted completely to the hobby. And sometimes it is necessary to setup an additional room for an ailing relative.

Regardless of your reason for seeking information about residential home additions, 'adding on' to your current home may offer a perfect solution when seeking a larger living space. From a cost perspective, too, additions offer an advantage: the cost to add a room is low when compared to the cost you would incur if you sold your existing home to move into a larger home.

When adding a room or rooms to your current home environment, an additional benefit is customization. When you add an addition to your home, you are able to customize the addition selecting the interior design, layout, wall and floor coverings, etc. The addition will reflect you and meet or exceed your expectations in terms of amenities.

In general a homeowner goes through the same process as building a home from scratch when constructing an addition to an existing home . Building plans and permits are needed and a general contractor is necessary to handle your project.

Prepare for the Addition

One temporary but unique disadvantage of adding a room to your existing home is that the occupants of the home may experience major inconveniences as the work is done. Sometimes it may be beneficial to relocate to temporary housing if the project involves areas that impact the critical living space such as the kitchen, bathroom, or possibly even a bedroom. Preparation often wards off a lot of the frustration that might accompany a major addition, so be prepared to plan ahead.

Another reality to prepare for with an addition is the impact on your local and county taxes. Once a permit is initiated, the tax department is notified that there will be a change in the residential living space. That improvement is generally accompanied by an increase in taxes. Knowing and realizing this up front helps to prevent surprises down the road.

First Steps - Property Boundaires

Your property's boundaries and your town's ordinances may or may not impact your residential addition, but it is extremely important to research, review, and assess how both will impact your plans for an addition to your home. A homeowner should pay particular attention to the following:

• Property boundaries and the amount of setback requirements required by your town.
  
  
• The location of your well, if applicable, since there are generally ordinances that specify how close a wood structure can be in relation to the well.
  
  
• The location of your septic tank and leach field - again, certain restrictions may apply.
  
  
• The utility easements, draining requirements, and the location of underground utilities.

While you can pursue the above independently, Batch Building is extremely knowledgeable in these areas and has the ability to work through these issues on your behalf.

Developing Construction Plans

One of the most difficult aspects of an addition is tying the addition into the existing home in an aesthetically attractive way without overpowering the existing home. Batch Building & Remodeling is the general contractor to call. Tuck Batch can go over your ideas and work with you to turn those ideas into your additional living space. Batch Building will assist you with the important step of planning properly so that the project will result in the successful and smooth construction of your home addition. Call Batch Building today!

Financing Your Addition

Interest rates are now at a 40-year low. Obtaining funding in advance of beginning work on your addition is critical. This is where Batch Building & Remodeling excels. Because of the thorough and complete job Batch Building does in understanding your addition prior to beginning work, surprises in work required and, therefore, additional funding are minimal. Your budget can help determine the extent of your addition and types of building materials used as well as any additional amenities you may be able to afford in your addition.

Return on Investment

Understanding how an addition to your home will impact the value of your home is an important step to take before committing to the addition to your home. One way to assess the impact of the addition on the value of your home is to talk to a local real estate person to review the value of your home in its current state and then to review the potential value of your home with the additional living space. In this way you can see if your construction plans are in line with market trends for your neighborhood.

Need guidance on the type of construction for your addition?

If you need assistance in determining which method of construction would meet your needs or if you want to explore the options available, contact Tuck, President of Batch Building early on in the decision-making process for expert assistance.

Making a decision to add additional living space to your existing home is exciting. It can also be quite overwhelming.

Contact the professionals at Batch Building & Remodeling today!