{"id":958,"date":"2016-09-17T15:50:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T20:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/?page_id=958"},"modified":"2018-12-28T19:18:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T00:18:57","slug":"design-your-own-home-addition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/home_articles\/design-your-own-home-addition\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Addition Design &#8211; Design Your Own Home Addition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>How to Architect and Plan for a Successful Home Addition Design<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>By Mark J. Donovan<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!-- google_ad_client = \"pub-3988490936633155\"; \/* Homepage_Home_Improvement_468x15_ATF, created 8\/13\/10 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"6539705898\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 15; \/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"KonaBody\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- New_300x250_051317 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 300px; height: 250px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3988490936633155\" data-ad-slot=\"4202793463\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"3%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" width=\"47%\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Deciding upon building a home addition is a major endeavor and it is not for the faint of heart. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This said many people choose the home addition route versus selling their existing home and moving to a larger one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Like any major project, planning is critical, and thus a home addition design is a must for a number of reasons, including obtaining accurate home addition estimates. <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Home Addition Design Questions that&#8217;ll be answered in this article:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">How big to make your home addition?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">How much will your home addition design and home addition cost?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">What tools to use\u00a0 for creating a home addition design?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">How to find a reliable and qualified home remodeling general contractor?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">How to finance your home addition?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Why Build \/ Design Home Addition<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Prior to kicking off home addition design plans it is important to understand why you need the extra living space so that you can design your own home addition plans accordingly. Thus you need to start off by generating a list of what you want\/need in your future home addition and then developing a set of basic DIY home addition plans and a rough DIY home addition cost estimate, or budget, for the project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It is important to make sure your home addition won&#8217;t dwarf your home. In general your home addition should not represent more than about one third of the area of the entire house. Any bigger and the home addition will look out of proportion with the main house, particularly if you did not use an architect to develop the home addition design plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Cost of a Home Addition and Home Addition Design Costs<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A simple family room addition will cost your on average somewhere between $80 and 130 per square foot. If a bathroom or kitchen is part of your home addition design plans, expect for the home addition costs to be 25% to 50% higher on a cost per square foot.\u00a0Learn more about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/home_articles\/estimating-home-addition-costs\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">estimating home addition costs<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span> here.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" width=\"50%\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you hire an architect for generating the home addition design plans anticipate his\/her fee to be between 5% and 10% of the total cost of the home addition construction project.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">How to Design a Home Addition<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Again, the first step in developing your own <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/home_articles\/home-addition-plans\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">home addition design plans<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span> is to determine why you need the extra space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Most homeowners elect to build a home addition because the family is growing and they don\u2019t want to leave their community or spend more money on real estate closing costs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In other cases homeowners just want to build the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/home_articles\/master-bedroom-additions\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">custom master bedroom<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span> or family room home addition to make their home more comfortable.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" width=\"1%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"49%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/home_addition_bid_sheets\/room-addition-bid-sheet\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4040 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Room-Addition-Bid-Sheet-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"Room Addition Bid Sheet\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Room-Addition-Bid-Sheet-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Room-Addition-Bid-Sheet-768x1056.jpg 768w, https:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Room-Addition-Bid-Sheet-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Room-Addition-Bid-Sheet.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em>My <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/home_addition_bid_sheets\/room-addition-bid-sheet\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Room Addition Bid Sheet<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, shown below, is the perfect tool for estimating home addition costs as well as helping you with knowing how to select the right remodeling contractor for your home addition design plans.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Once you have mapped out what your home addition design needs are, begin to architect your home addition by sketching out some floor plans on graph paper.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Ideally you should make the home addition design sketches to scale so that you can assess better if the home addition space will be the right size for your needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">After you\u2019re reasonably satisfied with your home addition design plans you can then move on to the next phase in the design of your home addition. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Invest in a home design software package that will transform your sketches into actual home addition plans that contractors and building inspectors can follow.<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"3%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"47%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/home_addition_bid_sheets\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-381 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Home_Addition_Bid_Sheets_Ad_250x250.jpg\" alt=\"Home Addition Bid Sheets\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Home_Addition_Bid_Sheets_Ad_250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Home_Addition_Bid_Sheets_Ad_250x250-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Use one of this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/home_addition_bid_sheets\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">home remodeling checklists<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> and save time and money on your home construction project.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The company Chief Architect offers a software package called \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004348AEC?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwhomeadditi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004348AEC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chief Architect Home Designer Suite 10<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u201d that is excellent and affordable for home addition designing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It provides all the cross sectional and elevation views and information a contractor would need to quote your home addition project. In addition it can help you to estimate the actual home addition costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When transferring your sketches into the home designer software package pay close attention to how the home addition will tie into your existing home. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It is important that the home addition is sized properly and melds into the existing home so that it is both aesthetically attractive from the outside curb and is functional from with inside the home.<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"3%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"47%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-906 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/mother-in-law-addition.jpg\" alt=\"building an in-law addition for the mother-in-law\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Bring Home Addition Design Drawings to Building Inspector for Approval<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Once you\u2019ve completed your own home addition design plans, and before you provide the plans to any contractors for bidding on, take them to your local building inspector to make sure your home addition meets all <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/home_articles\/residential_building_codes\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">local building codes and zoning laws<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There is no point of wasting yours and a contractor\u2019s time on bidding on the project until the building inspector has confirmed that your home addition design is in compliance with all the municipality\u2019s building codes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Getting Home Addition Contractor Bids<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">After you get the building inspector&#8217;s approval of your home addition design plans, submit your plans to a few home remodeling general contractors to get construction bids. Again, use my<em>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/home_addition_bid_sheets\/room-addition-bid-sheet\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Room Addition Bid Sheet<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/em>to help find and hire the right general contractor for your home addition project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Finally, after getting firm home addition cost estimates from your contractor determine how you will pay for your home addition.<\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In most cases <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/home_articles\/home_addition_financing\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">homeowners borrow money<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span> as well as pay for some of it in cash. In some cases it may make more sense to take out a home equity loan against your existing mortgage. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In other cases, if interest rates are lower than you existing mortgage, it may make more sense to refinance the entire mortgage with the additional funds to build the home addition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"background: url('http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/images\/Home_Addition_form_Ad_Small_rev1.jpg') no-repeat top; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; height: 190px; width: 275px;\">\n<form action=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/UHI-info\/Additions.htm#form\" method=\"get\"><input style=\"float: left; width: 80px; margin: 110px -255px 50px 165px;\" name=\"PC\" size=\"20\" type=\"text\" \/><br \/>\n<input style=\"float: right; background: url('http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/images\/homeadditionplus-btn-next.gif'); height: 34px; width: 91px; 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