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Questions about adding on a second floor
Posted on 8/31/23 at 8:05 am
Posted on 8/31/23 at 8:05 am
Wife and I are in our starter home in a good neighborhood in Metairie. It is a nice house but smaller than we want (1600sqft). We want to upgrade to 2500sqft ish house. The houses that have come available are terrible value so we are considering adding a second floor to our home.
Home is one story 1600sqft standard square Metairie house with a new roof.
Does anyone have experience with this type of remodel? I am looking for general costs and other issues assuming additional shoring is not needed.
Home is one story 1600sqft standard square Metairie house with a new roof.
Does anyone have experience with this type of remodel? I am looking for general costs and other issues assuming additional shoring is not needed.
This post was edited on 8/31/23 at 8:09 am
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Posted on 8/31/23 at 9:07 am to Tmar1no
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I am looking for general costs and other issues assuming additional shoring is not needed.
Any answer you get here would be a wild arse guess. Whatever you think it is, I'd bet it will be significantly more. First, you need a structural engineer to tell you what is even possible. It's rare that you can simply add on a second floor without having to beef up the foundation. Second, you need an architect to draw something up for you. Be conservative, b/c in my experience, architects don't give a shite about your budget. They will draw whatever you tell them b/c they will be paid by the time a contractor bids it and you freak out at the cost.
Posted on 8/31/23 at 9:09 am to Tmar1no
i would guesstimate $200,000 for this. It is rare that you would have the footings on your current slab to add a second floor to.
Posted on 8/31/23 at 9:11 am to Tmar1no
Is 2,500 SF going to make your house the biggest in the neighborhood? May not be best for a future sale.
Posted on 8/31/23 at 9:29 am to Tmar1no
It will probably be cheaper to tear down and rebuild than to add a second story. Footings, load bearing walls moving etc is difficult for an addition and you will end up a home that looks like it had an addition added to it
Posted on 8/31/23 at 10:21 am to Tmar1no
fwiw, even if you pull it off, these never look good...
Posted on 9/1/23 at 12:06 pm to Tmar1no
For what you can get today for your house and the cost it would take to ADD a 2nd floor to it, you can get buy an existing house that will meet your needs and not have to deal with the nightmare of your proposed project.
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