Expand your home: how to make your expansion successful?
You are too cramped in your home? The report is there: you need more space! Having more room, it does not necessarily go through a move, you can consider the construction of an extension. Read on to find out which option is best for you!
And if we start by defining what is really a home extension? Real solution to overcome your needs to acquire additional space, the extension is a construction carried out in continuity of your home, even if in some cases, it can be not glued to it. In vogue for a while, it allows to obtain a larger surface, without having to move and sell your property. With this process, you can get an extra room to welcome a new member to your home, double your area, or create a veranda for relaxing moments in peace. In short, the possibilities are vast and are infinitely different.
What to choose ?
Before embarking on your expansion project, you will need to define the form of structure that will suit you best, depending on how useful you want to do it. Here are the different configurations possible for its realization:
• The contiguous extension consists in creating a structure on the ground, which will be built in continuity of your home. On the ground floor or on the floor, it will remain attached to your property.
• The extension by elevation, as its name indicates, is intended to enlarge your house in height, to raise it, to create an additional floor. This technique is often used when the land on your property does not have an area for contiguous extension. The work to be done will have an impact on your daily life, the time of their realization.
• The extension with a veranda is realized as the first enumerated, in continuity of your habitat, on the ground. This being the case, some points differ from a classic extension, truly intended for habitation. Your conservatory often has a glass roof, to feel outside even in bad weather, or to enjoy the sun when the freshness is felt. That is why, during its construction, a removable separation is made, generally of sliding type, to avoid the losses of heat due to an insulation often less consequent than in your true habitat. With a veranda, you are therefore halfway between the outside and the inside of your property.
• Creation of an appendix: This extension diverges from the others, in view of its structure not arranged really in continuity of your house. It will be built on your land, but will not be attached to your home. This option can be considered to create a workspace for freelancers having their offices and workshops in their property, or to create your own sports complex in your garden. The creation of an annex can also be considered for renting homestay rooms, for the purpose of maintaining a certain intimacy.
Wood, have you thought about it?
Wood, a material endowed with exceptional insulating power, will be your perfect ally to achieve the continuity of your home. He has indeed some advantages to his palmares: economic, strong and sustainable, as we see every day half-timbered houses built hundreds of years ago. The wood is also ecological, coming from the nature that has been given us, while being a perfect acoustic insulation, so as to provide a quiet and respectful space.
The icing on the cake, the construction of a wood frame extension is made in record time, thanks to its great maneuverability, and all its properties that require little treatment to add. In addition, it can be cut to the expected shape, and its cost will be lower, compared to a conventional extension.
Two elements not to be neglected ...
For the realization of your extension project, do not start alone in this adventure, trust the professionals trained to perform this type of work. There are standards to be respected, and the purpose of this construction is that it lasts through time: this is why we strongly discourage you from undertaking this project yourself.
The second note that we bring to your attention is to consult the various urban planning rules present in your sector, and to establish a building permit application which is, in most cases, necessary. If you use a professional, he will guide you through the various administrative procedures to perform, and will advise you the best solution to your needs and regulations in force in your subdivision.