This article offers the reader information about how to know when the time is right to add living space to your home.
If you are very happy with your current residence and have no plans to relocate, there will probably come a time when you and your family need more living space and in this short article, you get to take a look at a few tell-tale signs that the time has come to think about extending the property.
The Spare Room Is Full
If you have accumulated so much stuff that the spare room is full, this is the perfect time to talk to a house extension designer and draw up a set of plans. If the spare room is already being used as a bedroom, you are probably storing your stuff in the garage, which means you will quickly run out of space.
An Addition To The Family
If the pitter-patter of tiny feet is around the corner, think about adding an extension to incorporate a nursery. A growing family is faced with the dilemma of relocating or extending and if you like your neighbourhood, adding an extension is the way to go.
Starting A Small Business
If you have had enough of being an employee, there’s no need to rent office space when you can build onto the side of the house and run your business from home. If you have the space, you could use a sea container and put it on a concrete base, which puts your office away from the home, allowing you to burn the midnight oil without bothering anyone.
High School-Age Kids
Once your kids transition from primary to secondary, you need to create a study area – a place with a computer and an Internet connection, where your kids can do their homework without distractions. Sharing a bedroom is no longer an option; teenagers want their own private space, and who can blame them?
Overnight Guests
If you regularly have people to stay, they should be able to use a guest room, with everything they need, including an en-suite bathroom, ideal when your parents come to visit for a few days, or your sister flies in from the US and wants to be near you.
Disposable Income
So, you finally paid off the mortgage and now you have money sitting around doing nothing; why not make that money work by building an extension on your home? As an investment, adding living space to your home is pretty much risk-free and a local builder can design the perfect extension that fits your budget. Crunch the numbers and see what you can afford to invest in extra living space; even if you don’t need the space right now, it will come in handy later, of that you can be sure.
Passionate Hobby
Let’s say you take up woodwork with the intention of making furniture, yet you don’t have a workshop. Build a stand-alone unit and locate it in one corner of the garden and feed the utilities. Build a concrete base and the unit can be lifted into place and voila, you have your workshop!
Growing Collection
You might be an avid collector of antique pocket watches and need a small space to showcase the collection. A single room on the rear of the property would be ideal and at a later date, you can add another floor.
As you can see, there are many reasons why you might need to extend; talk to a local builder who has hands-on experience building extensions in your local community. Adding rooms to the house is a wise long-term investment and one that you won’t regret.
