1. Gaining More Living Space

The obvious reason to extend your home is to gain more living space. For a growing family, home extensions can be a great alternative to the costly business of moving, as often just adding an extra room can transform the way that you live.

And just think of the possibilities for that room! Maybe you need a playroom to allow the kids to enjoy their toys in, or perhaps a larger family kitchen would change the way you socialise as a family. Alternatively, a home study or gym could create the grown up space you require. Whatever your reasons, Stevenswood will help you to create your dream space.

2. Change Your Lifestyle

It may sound dramatic, but home extensions can actually change people’s lifestyles. If your career allows you to work from home, by creating a dedicated home office space within an extension, you’ll be more productive, creative and motivated to work.

Alternatively, perhaps you like the idea of multigenerational living. If so, by adding an extension, you could create a self-contained granny annex, allowing you to live as one large family but not be on top of each other.

3. Create Family Harmony

Just as your lifestyle can change through a home extension, so can your family’s harmony. Just think what adding a second bathroom to your home could do, for example. It’s every teenager’s dream to be given a space to get ready in which is dedicated just to them, not to mention every parent’s wish not to have to hurry teenagers up in the morning because the sole bathroom is needed!

If you’ve got a younger family, the addition of a large kitchen/diner family space can mean that homework can be done under the guidance of a parent who is also preparing the family’s dinner at the same time, proving that home extensions can aid multitasking!

4. Modernise Your Home

By adding home extensions, homeowners can create the house of their dreams. Many homes have untapped potential and renovating your living space can really transform your home. Whether you want to add a modern open plan family room onto your kitchen, add an extra bedroom or even build a whole series of new rooms. Perhaps the layout of your home doesn’t quite work for you, or your home would benefit from the addition of an extra bathroom or a mudroom. Whatever you need, speak to Stevenswood about how you can transform your home in the space available to you.

5. Add Value to Your Home

There’s no doubt about it: adding a home extension will add value to any property! Yes, home extensions are often about halting the immediate need to move, and therefore you may wonder why adding value is so important, but at some point in the future you may want to move or release the equity in your home, and a home extension could help with this.

Of course, here at Stevenswood we recommend that you look at your reasons for extending on a wider scale than this, and consider what you want from your home, but adding value through home extensions as a long term gain isn’t something that should be overlooked.