One of the primary reasons why homeowners look into home additions is the need for additional space. However, even if you don’t need additional rooms to accommodate a growing family, you can still find room additions beneficial in a number of ways.
Benefits of Room Additions
Check out these benefits to help you decide whether room additions could be a good investment for you.
- Additional floor space – The most apparent benefit of room additions is that it allows you to add floor space, making for a bigger home. The space can be used either for storage or living. A room addition, after all, isn’t limited just to adding bedrooms. You can choose to add a home office, expand your kitchen, build a family room, upgrade or add a bathroom, and so on. The possibilities are endless!
- More accommodations – Families grow over time, making additional space to accommodate the new members of the family a necessity. Whether you’re looking at having your elderly parents or relatives move in with you or have a baby on the way, you’ll need to plan for their specific needs. You may already have a room available to convert into a nursery, but if it’s your elderly folks you have to accommodate, you may need to build a special bathroom.
- Additional income possibilities – If you are in or near an area where real estate is in demand, you may try building an extra room to rent out and bring in some additional income.
Things to Consider When Adding a Room to Your Home
There are a number of things to consider when planning to add a room to your home, such as:
- Building out or up? Basically, building up will not require additional acreage as opposed to building out. But, you should still consider access and what type of room you wish to add. Additionally, when building up, the supporting structure should be checked to make sure that it can hold the additional weight.
- Hiring the right pros. Depending on the extent of the addition, it can be either a minor to major construction project. It will need careful planning and execution, so you need to choose the right professionals to do it.
In the next post, we’ll take a look at in-law apartments and their benefits. Stay tuned!