Budget Busting Room Addition Ideas

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Budget Busting Room Addition Ideas
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• Expanding your home to accommodate more family
  members (or even unexpected guests who somehow
  seem to keep turning up!), is something that many
  homeowners dream of, and with house prices
  rising, for many, its often the more
  cost-effective option.
• If you are on a budget however, a full home
  expansion project might be out of your price
  range, making a room addition a much more
  achievable way of creating extra livable space.

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• Here are a few ways to add on to your home,
  without breaking the bank
• Finish off the basement
• This is perhaps one of the most cost-effective
  ways to add extra space to your home, and if you
  have an unfurnished basement, you can easily and
  effectively convert it into livable space, such
  as a family room, lounge, gym or bedroom.
• Because the structure of the space already
  exists, you may only need to fix up the flooring
  and possibly insulate the walls. In many
  instances, electrical and plumbing work are
  required, but even so, converting your basement
  should be a much cheaper way of adding space to
  your home than adding on to the existing space.

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• Convert the attic
• In much the same way as converting a basement can
  be a cost-effective way to add space to a home,
  as can converting an attic. Typically used for
  families who require an additional bedroom for
  their children, converting the attic is often a
  slightly more complex project than a basement
  conversion, because attics often feature gable
  slopes or irregular angles, and are located
  directly underneath the roof.

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• If you would like to find out if your attic is
  suitable for a conversion project, you can
  firstly check the height of the roof it should
  be at least 7 feet above the rooms living space.
  The space will also need to be properly
  ventilated so that it doesnt become too hot in
  the summer, or too cold during the winter months.

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• Convert the garage
• If your garage is currently being used just to
  store junk in, or is completely empty and sitting
  unused, why not convert it into a garage
  apartment? The perfect place for older children
  or other family members to live in, you could
  also turn it into a home office or gym, according
  to your needs. Relatively inexpensive because the
  foundation, walls, wiring and roof are already in
  place, you may only need to insulate the walls,
  extend the heating and cooling system to cover
  the space, and cover the cement floor with a
  floating system or carpeting.

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• If your garage has a traditional garage door, you
  could have French-style sliding doors put in, or
  turn it into a large window to flood the space
  with natural light.
• Dont forget that to turn the space into a truly
  livable one, you will need to have a certain
  amount of plumbing work carried out.
• Add a sunroom
• If youre not able to carry out any of the above
  ideas to create more livable space in your home
  due to budgetary restrictions or lack of
  available space then you might be able to add a
  sunroom instead. Costing as much as 10,000 less
  than building a new room sunrooms are made of
  glass rather than bricks and mortar, meaning that
  they can provide families on a budget, with some
  extra space.

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• For any of the affordable room additions
  mentioned above, its imperative that you only
  have the work carried out by a construction
  company who specialize in room additions, and
  that they have a good reputation that can be
  verified with previous customer experiences.
• RZ Construction Group Inc is a fully inclusive
  and one of the best construction companies in
  Queens 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
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  but affordable construction and repair services,
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