Is Adding A Balcony to Your Home A Worthwhile Investment?

1. Is Adding A Balcony to Your Home A Worthwhile Investment?

2. Homeowners with balconies certainly reaped the rewards when COVID-19 forced global populations into lockdown due to COVID-19, and even a tiny balcony enabled people to get some fresh air and look out on the rest of the world without leaving the confines of their home. With this in mind, more and more architects are calling for homes to be designed with balconies, citing a range of mental, social and physical health benefits. So clearly, adding a balcony to your existing home has its advantages, but is it really a worthwhile investment? Let’s look at balconies in a little more detail and help determine whether adding one to your property, is a good idea and a sound investment:

3. What can balconies be used for? Having been in existence since the 1600’s, below are just a few of purposes balconies can be used for: • Drying clothes • Growing potted plants • Relaxation • Storage • Outdoor eating • Socializing • Smoking • As a pet area

4. What are the main types of balcony? Three of the most common kinds of balcony are listed below: Cantilevered Designed by an architect, weight is an important consideration for this type of balcony since it imposes a large load on the building, and if designing a cantilevered balcony, timber joists are commonly used along with concrete with a maximum 15,00-1800 depth.

5. Pillar stacked Arguably the most popular design of balcony and supported vertically with pillars and posts separate from the main structure, these balconies have no direct weight impact on the building. Hung balconies Perpendicular to the building and fully independent from it, a hung balcony is installed using a concrete plate at 45 degrees connecting it to the house from the outside. Steel cables then attach the plate to the wall.

6. How do prospective buyers rate a home with a balcony? Pretty highly, is the short answer! In homes with gardens and outdoor space, a balcony may still be a worthwhile addition to a home and a valuable investment, but it’s in homes without any access to outside space that a professionally designed and built balcony can add the most value, both financially and in terms of quality of life.

7. In general, is a balcony a worthwhile investment? While it depends upon the size of your proposed balcony and how much money you choose to spend on it, it’s hard to see how a balcony wouldn’t be a worthwhile investment, especially in light of the ongoing pandemic. Even if you don’t intend to sell your home soon, if you maintain the upkeep of your balcony (which doesn’t take a lot of effort), it will almost certainly add value to the property when you do come to sell it.

8. Always remember that when you’re talking about adding value to a property, this is only applicable if the work has been carried out by professionals, and has been guaranteed to perform well for years to come with minimal maintenance. Shoddy workmanship or an ill designed and constructed balcony could seriously devalue your property.

9. RZ Construction Group Inc is a fully inclusive construction company and general contractor in Astoria NY. From initial design to final clean up, our results speak for themselves. We are fully licensed, insured, and bonded to provide both commercial and residential construction services to customers in Astoria and the surrounding area. Proud to serve New York State for 25 years. No job is too small nor too big. If you are looking for balcony paving in NYC or want to know more about our wide range of professional but affordable construction and repair services, reach out to us at (718) 938-9887.