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Whether the family is growing or there is need for more space in general, considering a home addition is a popular choice amongst homeowners. These additions allow you to utilize the space you already have, but have not fully exploited. Home additions are also more cost-effective than a complete remodeling, or shifting to a new house due to space crunch.
Some houses just need an extra bedroom or bathroom, while some may need an extra story. Be it sunrooms sacramento ca or a study, these are some of the most popular home additions.
- Room addition
Room additions are generally a single room added onto one side of the house. These generally function as a bedroom or an office. Such an additional room will need extra wiring, plumbing, and HVAC facilities. The roofing and siding of this room must match your existing house.
- Bathroom addition
Owing to a growing family, bathrooms are one of the most common rooms that homeowners generally require. Bathroom additions increase the functionality of a house and increase its value.
- A sunroom
Sunrooms are additions to the side of the house, built to let residents and guests enjoy the weather without being outdoors. You can also maintain plants in the sunroom. This room does not require any heating or cooling because it is not meant to be used as a regular room where family members stay for prolonged periods of time at night or in the day.
A small amount of wiring work may be required if you wish to have a couple of lights or a fan working inside. The price of a sunroom addition will depend on the materials used.
- Garage conversion
Just by installing a ceiling, replacing the garage door with a wall and adding flooring, you can have a perfectly comfortable additional living space in place of your garage.
Garage conversions are easy to do as most of the required elements for a permanent room are already there. If you have more than one garage, for example, this conversion is not a bad idea but if you convert the only garage you have into a bedroom, it will decrease the resale value of your house as homes with no garages do not get sold easily.
- Second story extensions
This is possible if your house is of one story and you have the capacity and permission to build one more story above. In this type of addition, the roof of the entire house needs to be removed to add the second story. The second story will then need a new roof.
You will also have to invest in extending your electricity, water, and HVAC supply to the second story.
- Kitchen extension addition
A bump out can be created to extend the kitchen, increasing its square footage so that you can have a bigger counter top, put in an island or have more space for guest dining. The kitchen extension addition is built on the exterior wall where your kitchen currently lies, on a crawl space foundation.
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