Home Extension Idea

Deciding on Your Extension

• First decide on what kind of home extension you want to add onto your home. Is it a room for a new addition to the family, a study or game room, or maybe an expansion of your bedroom into a master bedroom? Whatever you decide, it needs to be something that you can plan out entirely and afford beyond the price that will be quoted to you by your contractor, as these projects often run into difficulties or just take longer then predicted.

Architecture of Your Extension

• Once you have decided on what kind of home extension you want to build, how will it work with the rest of the home? You will want it to blend with the style of your home aesthetically but still feel like something new. If you're creating an extension to your home in the middle of your house, make sure you meet with your architect or contractor to make sure other rooms of the house will not be effected by this new addition to your home. Can the room be accessed from other parts of the house? Will the room need a bathroom or need to connect to a bathroom? You need to take all these things into account before construction can begin.

Planning Your Home Extension Construction

• Once you have completely planned out your particular home extension, make sure you have all the necessary building permits and have notified your neighbors, regardless of if they will be directly effected by construction. Make sure your contractor or architecture company quotes you a price and a time in which the project will be done. Try to plan the home extension construction so that you don't have to move out of your own home, by locking off the entrance to the room itself or building a temporary wall to block off construction. If you must move, rent a small house and a public storage unit--the house for you to live in and a public storage unit to store all your valuables.