On Sydney’s North Shore, many older homes are exceptionally well built but relatively small compared to their land. This makes them ideal for enhancing and enlarging rather than replacing, so extending your existing home can be a smart and economic way to create more space.
New Designs Solve Old Home Problems
A home extension provides the ideal opportunity to rectify parts of an existing home that may not work as well as they should. So in some ways the design process is similar to a renovation and raises the same considerations:
- Your family, your needs and your expectations
- Your property’s location
- Your long term plans
- Your dreams
- And your finances
In most cases, it’s also important that the transition between new and existing flows smoothly in order to create a holistic feel for the home rather than leaving it feeling like two individual pieces.
Considerations for Home Extensions
Whether it requires the extension of a ground floor or the addition of a top floor you’ll need to consider:
- Issues that may affect your neighbours
- Privacy issues for yourselves
- Placement of trees both on your property and neighbouring ones
- The overall environment
- Council regulations
Having discussed and thoroughly considered these issues we’ll then present you with alternative designs in order for you to determine which is your preferred direction. Better still, by considering all issues before we begin designs, we’ll achieve successful approvals from both your Council and Private Certifiers in the most cost-effective manner
For more information, please feel free to call us or send us a message.
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