8 Home Addition Questions to Ask

When considering adding a new addition to your home, it is important to make sure that it’s design is congruent with both your own home’s existing architecture, and the surrounding neighborhood homes. By hiring a home appraiser or or an expert realtor in your area, you can use their advice on how to make sure that your home does not deflect your neighborhood’s realty value in any way, and how to make sure that you make the right decisions in the future.

Key Takeaways:

Hiring a realtor or an appraiser can help you decide which home design will add value to your home and neighborhood.
Try to make sure that the additions you have in mind run congruently with your neighbor’s home designs.
It is also important to make sure that your new addition does not clash with the rest of your home.

“A home addition can be a marvelous way to get the space and functionality your home needs without moving, but it may not automatically add value.”