Adding Upper Floor additions is a great option for house owners who already have a great house in a locality they love and still long to have more space in their backyards for a major or main level extension.

Adding a new floor to the existing house has a more significant value and turns out be a lot more economical in terms of costs rather than all together moving into a new house. It also gives you a free hand or liberty to sit back and decide and design how and what you need both in terms of extra space , extra bedrooms, create an office in you home or even have a master suite.

The thought and idea of adding a new floor to your already existing house is very disruptive to the household so meticulous planning will be there to ensure everything takes place in a smooth fashion. Adding a level is easy with Prominent Builders, it begins with initial free consultation with our project manager, with no obligation, no sales pressure, we listen to your concerns, ideas, problems and then after thoroughly elevate the right solution with our in house Architect, we provide you with multiple solutions. 

Some important and critical thoughts to bear in mind before beginning the process of adding an extra level / floor to your home include firstly setting up a budget. Its important to finalize and set a firm budget so one knows what exactly needs to be spent also keeping in mind  any individual’s capacity to spend. Also in this context it would be a wise idea to provide an extra 10% to 15% as buffer to cushion the costs of price variations escalations or any unexpected problems that might arise.

It’s also important to make rough sketches / plans / blue prints so as to envision the space, keeping in mind that space would also be required for a new staircase / stairway as well. Once you’re clear on what you want and a rough sketch then sitting down with the Engineer / house contractor and finalizing would be a rather easy task.

Hiring a Building Contractor

Hiring a skilled contractor is also vital as since the additional floor needs to be added to an already existing structure special skill sets are required by the builder to safeguard and not damage the existing house as well. Moreover its easier to find just an ordinary contractor but a little difficult to find one with these special skill sets. This would be an added advantage so that the contractor also is enabling to give proper and correct guidance to the house owner as and when required.

Also another important homework to be done is to check with the authorities from your locality for any norms that are in force in terms of height of the building to avoid any violation of ordinance or local laws which will definitely would be a serious concern if not looked into in the pre-building stage itself. Probably it would be good to get necessary plan sanctions / approvals from the local planning bodies of the concerned area / locality.

Another important factor to be kept in mind and cross checked is to see if the current foundation is strong enough to take the load of the additional level and also get the same certified by a building contractor or structural engineer. If need be the foundation / building can be reinforced with the help of columns enable to strengthen the framing and structure. Its also quite possible that while the framing process is on the roof will need to be removed and based on what is planned will be replaced accordingly. This will also impact the entire household and thus planning needs to be done accordingly.

Existing systems relating to heating, cooling and ventilation needs to be checked if extra space can be handled and accordingly get the go ahead from the concerned specialist.