Home Remodeling For A Growing Family

There are three big renovation projects that can add major living space and functionality to your home, and they are not as expensive and time consuming as you may think. They are certainly less expensive than selling your house and buying another. Attic conversions, basement renovations, and enclosed patios are three choices with major potential for a family busting down walls.

Attic conversions are basically taking the attic space that is already built into your home and converting it to living space. These areas make good game rooms, teen bedrooms, or private offices. Some things you must consider in cost estimation if this is the project you choose are insulation and the addition of dormers, which are the structural elements of the conversion that will make the attic space livable by adding headspace and possibly windows. Adding framework to ceiling joists will make the ceiling of the lower floor serve as the floor of the top floor. You need to have a heating and air person inspect the plans to determine if your current system can handle the addition, or if you need a separate system for this room.

Basement renovations are less involved because the structure is already a part of your home. You will not be adding to any part of the structure, so you bypass getting a building permit, and short of figuring out how to hear and cool the area, this home remodeling project is just a time commitment. Lay some carpet, paint the walls, and furnish the space. These areas are good game rooms or offices as well, but one luxurious option is to make the whole new bottom floor the master bedroom rendezvous. You may want to add a bathroom if this is the case.

Framing in the back patio of a home is a multifunctional way to approach home remodeling. The foundation already exists, and many contractors have added these additions to their repertoires. They are fairly quick installations for builders, so the projects supplement business well. This is to the homeowner's advantage as many a glass patio enclosure has gone up in one weekend. These areas can be made as an extension of the outdoors. Furnished with traditional or outdoorsy furniture, the room will function well for an office, a man cave, an additional dining, or just a great place to hang out in view of the backyard activities. 

Before taking on any home remodeling project, be sure to investigate the permits you will need to legally carry it out. Consider the value it will add to your home and subsequently the tax increase. Even with these expenses, renovations are financially savvy ways to increase your living quarters.