Friday, April 15, 2011

Things To Consider When Looking For Extra Home Space

By Jack Wogan


Which is the best way to achieve the extra living space you need? Here are some thoughts that might change your mind or get you inspired.


Buying a brand new house that can offer all the comfort and space you require is definitely the easiest option if you have the money, get to keep your current home, and need no bank financing. Yet, that "if" is hard to jump over for most of us. .. Changing houses nowadays is risky and troublesome. Finding the right buyer to tender the "right" price offer, seeking for that ideal new home, so wonderful and charming, but foremost a bargain...is not what usually happens. Rushing into things because you just spotted a great deal that nobody detected beforehand or because you have to move out is certainly neither prudent and, most times, nor clever. And, what if you really love your current residence, but just need some extra space?!


Building a house extension in the traditional way also seems like a rough and costly ride. Brick and cement construction of a wing attached to your main house requires pretty much courtyard space, whereas adding another storey needs proper support and a lot of expenses. Going after and paying for the architectural plans and the whole series of building permissions, is again troublesome. Noteworthy is also the long time necessitated by the conventional construction patterns. Not to mention the ordinary inconveniences on the comfort and privacy of your family when the construction crews are around all day for a few months. Furthermore, the courtyard, garden, or last floor ceiling (in case you add another storey) might need serious reconditioning by the time the workers are done with the extension.


Building a home extension
This solution addresses the lucky home owners that have a generous courtyard, the money and the nerves for building a home wing or adding another storey. The great disadvantages of traditionally house extensions consists in getting and paying for all those construction permission fees and architectural plans, which gradually sum up to be almost half of the extension's costs. Having construction crews around for quite a while is also objectionable both for your family's comfort and for the look and condition of your courtyard.

By and by, its dimensions, shape, and finishes are subject to your requirements and possibilities. Regarding its functionality, the options are indeed endless. It can be employed as a practical, yet chic garden office, as a family games room, wonderful and intimate guest house, gym, arts studio, pool house, kitchen, urban escape place, and so on.




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