re: Home Expansion Experience

I'll chime in ...

My situation is a bit different than yours, but I did an expansion last summer (2022) and could not be more pleased with it.

My house was built in 1959, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, and @2700 sq ft. My kids are 14 and 12. My biggest goal was to get an isolated space for them and their friends to hang out it, instead of the middle of the house where I usually am.

I ended up having the carport closed in make a multi-purpose room @400 sq ft that could be closed off from the rest of the house. I had a new, open carport built in front of the old one.

As you expand your house, you might want to consider how the additional space could be used in the future as your kids get older.

ETA: I've been in this house 18 years, so I never really looked at moving elsewhere to get more space, even though I started the project when interest rates were still really low.