Things to Consider Before Scheduling A Home Addition

1. Things to Consider Before Scheduling A Home Addition

2. While a couple of years ago, many homeowners might have decided to sell their smaller home and upgrade to a bigger one, nowadays more and more people are choosing to remodel and invest in home additions. However, while a home addition – when carried out professionally – is undoubtedly going to add value to your home and give you more space, it is still a significant investment, and it pays to consider the following points before you engage with a general contractor:

3. Think carefully about your budget and above all, be honest and realistic! The quickest way to doom a home addition is by being unrealistic about your budget. If you don’t know – or don’t want to face up to – what your actual budget is, how can you plan your home addition effectively? Your general contractor will also want to know how much money is available to them, so that they can help you realistically plan your perfect home addition. Try to research the various costs associated with a home addition, and look at other homes in your neighborhood to try and establish what your benchmark should be.

4. Find a general contractor who is right for the job: While deciding to have a home addition built is of course an important decision, it’s not as big a decision as finding the right general contractor to carry out the work successfully. Not only do their prices need to be within your budget (and fair and reasonable), but you need to be able to trust them and their level of workmanship. Get competitive estimates from several contractors in your locality, and never settle for the first one you stumble across.

5. Think about the reasons why you need, or want more space While adding more space is almost always a good idea – especially for growing families – it does make sense to think carefully about why you want more space, as this can shape your final plans and actually solve your problems, instead of potentially adding to them. Think also about how appealing your proposed home addition might be to prospective buyers, should you need to sell your home in the future.

6. Consider the most profitable home additions: Research has consistently shown that additional bathrooms and expanded kitchens are not only favorites for home addition projects, but they often add the most value to a property, and are the most useful, too. Aside from these two rooms, second-story additions are increasingly in popularity, along with master bedroom suites. Whatever your dreams are for expanding your livable space with a home addition, always work with a professional general contractor who has a solid reputation locally, and whom you can trust to carry out with the work to an exacting standard.

7. RZ Construction Group Inc is a fully inclusive construction 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 a room addition contractor in Astoria NY 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.