House Remodeling and Room Addition — First Quality Building

House Remodeling

Remodeling an entire house is one of the most fulfilling residential projects, yet it can also be daunting. From structural changes to style updates, it requires a clear vision for the desired outcome. Without proper planning, it can become time-consuming and costly. However, when done right, a whole home remodel can turn your space into a functional and beautiful dream home.

Families who value spending time together benefit greatly from the efficiency and cohesion a major remodel offers. By integrating each room's design and function, you optimize your living spaces for both practicality and aesthetics.

A well-planned remodel addresses your current and future needs, enhancing daily life for your entire family. Whether it's creating dedicated work or school spaces, multi-functional areas, or improving family time, a professional remodel brings function and beauty to your home.

Moreover, a whole home remodel is a smart investment that increases your property's market value. Thoughtful design choices not only benefit you now but also appeal to potential future buyers, making it a worthwhile endeavor beyond your immediate enjoyment.

Planning a Whole House Remodeling Project

Planning and executing a whole house remodeling project can indeed be overwhelming due to various factors like the extent of renovation, budget considerations, permits, and hiring the right professionals for each phase.

We simplify this process with our talented design-build team. We oversee the entire project from start to finish, including design, engineering, and construction services, all under one contract. This streamlined approach gives you one point of contact and accountability, making the project seamless and efficient. Together, we can determine the best quality, design, and costs that align with your lifestyle and budget, ensuring a successful and stress-free remodeling experience.

Room Additions

Expanding your home with a room addition is a popular renovation choice, offering significant benefits when done right. However, it requires careful planning and expertise to ensure structural integrity and design harmony are maintained.

The complexity and cost of room additions vary based on factors like the room's purpose (kitchen, bathroom, office, bedroom) and the extent of renovation. Kitchen additions, for instance, involve additional costs due to cabinetry, plumbing, and electrical work. Demolition, moving load-bearing walls, and other structural changes also impact costs.

Room additions involve structural construction, often requiring input from structural engineers to assess retrofitting needs. It's essential to recognize the significant support required for even small additions, including framing, drywall, beams, and roofing adjustments. Adding on to the roofline adds stress to existing elements, necessitating reinforced subterranean support pads.

Considering the complexity and impact on existing structures, careful planning and professional guidance are crucial when deciding to add square footage to your home.

FAQs

A whole home remodel is a lengthy process and the actual time is dependent on the scope of your whole home remodel. If it is structural, it adds time. If your whole home remodel includes an addition, this also adds time; pending whether it is adding on a 2nd floor or more space on 1st floor. Both will require you dig into the ground to install footings to support the extra weight. Going up will take more time than out, and it will necessitate cutting into your existing flooring to add these additional structural footings to support your second story.
If you are doing a non-structural remodel and refreshing your kitchen, wet bar, baths, laundry room, and flooring, you are looking at a 6-month project once you have designed the whole home remodel. The design process is a weekly meeting with your designer to design each space and may take up to 3 or even 6 months to design all your spaces.
Adding an island may seem like a simple idea, but this includes electrical, possibly gas, and possibly water lines pending on what you want on your island. It’s this type of thinking that your home designer will walk you through to leverage value engineering and make the most cost-effective improvements to your home.
We can also help you plan how long it will take by suggesting improvements that do not necessitate new plumbing, electric, or water lines.
It is possible to remain in your home during a whole home remodel. We have had plenty of clients do this. However certain circumstances will require you to move out and you need to trust your designer when they say it’s required as this is typically to save time, money, and prevent accidents for safety.
If it is a priority that you stay in your home, you simply need to share this with us. We will make design recommendations for your whole home remodel that will support this goal. Remember that this may limit some of your other remodel priorities, so you will need to decide which is more important to you.
Room additions vary like any construction remodeling project. The variables included in a room addition costing analysis include:
The city you live in and the permitting and zoning requirements can impact cost by requiring you to build up as opposed to out on the first floor. Building up is more expensive and has additional costs associated with retrofitting your home to support the additional construction materials and living weight.
This can include needing more pads dug under your home, including cutting into your existing ground floor to dig the necessary locations for reinforcement which will also necessitate new flooring in the area that will not be “touching” the room addition. You may find that certain cities also require different levels of structural integrity than your neighboring city.
Your current available lot space is limited or expansive; the general rule of thumb is that building out is more affordable than building up. If you have expansive space, it may be more affordable.
The condition of your existing home and year built will have additional consideration to costs as certain cities will require more retrofitting based on year built or current condition is not sufficient or reasonable to add on to.
What will this space be used for? If you are looking for a bonus room with nothing but lighting, electrical outlets and proper egress, then this will be much more affordable than adding a bathroom with plumbing, tile, electrical, vanity, mirrors, and plumbing fixtures, and even to a greater expense, a kitchen will cost much more than a bonus room as it is cabinet intensive and this is where most of the cost of a remodel comes in.
There is a lot to consider when developing your remodel budget for a room addition. The best way to budget for a room addition is to work with a builder to design your space, work with the city, and determine an actual cost of the remodel rather than guessing and providing change orders the whole way through; surprise cost increases are never pleasing once you think you know what your room addition project cost is. When you work with a design build firm, you’ll know all your costs up front, saving you time, frustration, and money.
This depends on how much you are adding and where. We have done dozens of small space additions that enclose a porch or window seat to make a single straight wall; sometimes these small enclosures can add only 3-4 weeks to your typical kitchen addition. If you are building up, it may take an additional 3 months to get the necessary supports in place with proper approvals from your city.