Carport Under Bedroom Addition
Michelle NJ
3 years ago
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Michelle NJ
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About bedrooms accessed through other bedrooms . . .
Comments (9)In the two places I've lived with such an arrangement, some investigation into the original floorplan has revealed that there's been either an addition or some remodeling going on. And people just took the easy way out and slapped a new room on right next to an existing room, without bothering to add a hallway or the like. In my grandparents' house, you had to go through their bedroom to get to the upstairs bathroom, which was, for a time, the only bathroom in the house, other than a toilet in the basement. The house was built in 1865 and the bathroom was originally a closet. It was the only space for a bathroom. That is, until my grandparents had 7 kids and took the smallest bedroom and made it into a bathroom. They also made a pantry off the kitchen into a powder room, to get a downstairs bathroom. My brother and SIL have a child with disabilities. They needed to either buy a wheelchair accessible house or modify the one they owned. They looked at many houses that had been remodeled for handicap access--SIL was appalled, really, at some of the remodeling. She said it was clear they just added a ramp where it was easiest and threw on extra rooms where it was easiest to expand the house, without any consideration of the flow of traffic through the house or how the rooms would open up to each other, or even trying to match the style/ finishes of the original home with what was going on in the addition. She mentioned bedrooms opening directly off the kitchen, or off the master bedroom, or just a section of the family room walled off to create a room. In one house, they punched through the dining room wall and added a bedroom/bath right off the dining room. And another where they enclosed a porch off the kitchen to make the accessible bedroom, so everyone entering the house walked through the accessible room into the kitchen, unless they used the front door. Which no one does in farm country. They ended up hiring an architect to add on a wing to their house--you can't tell where the old house ends and the new wing begins. They did end up with a dining room with no windows, but it has two sets of french doors opening into rooms with tons of windows and sunlight and you really don't notice. They paid extra to get the addition done right, but I think in the long run they have a house that doesn't *look* handicapped accessible and hasn't lost any resale value....See MoreSmall Addition, how small is bedroom too small?
Comments (19)NaviJen, pleased to see you posting with us. Mass. is a whole different style of housing than what I'm used to in Alabama. Like lower ceilings, big basements, storm windows, dormers, angled ceilings upstairs. And I've been surprised at the absence of air conditioning (a necessity built into every home in south Alabama), and the intrusive nature of many heating systems--including radiators, baseboard heaters, boilers and oil tanks! Those things take up a lot of space and money to operate also. As older folks who married almost four years ago (second spouses), my DH has a home up there, and I have one down here. That's why I sometimes do a flip-flop from north to south, you will notice. I've been redoing his house AND mine. Jen, be sure to hang in there with us, a lot of creative ideas come from this group of folks. And Steph, you are so unique, giving your boy his own bedroom!!! I'm thinking you need to get out more? hehehehe Having huge antique furniture can be a drawback in a smaller home. Of course, ONE PIECE could fit, maybe, if it is a featured piece. Something that WORKS FOR ITS KEEP. I do hope you have room for the things you've STORED FOR 14 YEARS?!! At least, put it in place and see if it leaves enough breathing room. After all this time, you may have fantasized it into something it can never be, and you've grown out of it....so to speak. Dreams are hard to give up. If I had a good spot to put it, I'd be looking for a nice armoire...just because I like those. But I realize it won't fit my house or my lifestyle any more....See MoreBump out bedroom with roof already in place
Comments (5)The ceiling height is 7 ft 3 inches from carpet to ceiling. As shown in the photos, the bottom of the joists are at nearly the same level as the ceiling. I suspect these boards to be similar to, or extend in a similar fashion, to the beam extending through the middle of the ceiling as seen in the next photo. I wouldn't mind another identical beam (extending below ceiling height) in some way to help support the roof if this wall were removed and extended out. Also, to Claire's question- That is not a pergola, it's literally part of the flat roof. If you get up on a ladder and look at the top of the roof, you can't tell where the wall is from below. It's all roofed over as shown on the last photo. I'm assuming that on the inside of the house there is insulation between the joists and that the same could be replicated if the wall was moved out....See MoreUnique 1800 SF house with one bedrooms!?!?
Comments (13)Please post detailed plan AND the exterior photos if possible. Also check whether you can add "Home Building" forum instead, say "Bedroom" one, as one of subforums in your opening post. More folks specializing in designing and building and adding within already existing architecture will see your post and might provide helpful insights. "Bedroom" is too narrow a concept for what you're dealing here with. It's a very big puzzle to tackle. What area are you in? We also bough a house we were going to add on, for the cost that we thought is comfortable. Was twice a time we thought would take, and we never counted the money we spent, so hard to say-was it triple the what we thought, or not:) And it's a modest house, late sixties, nothing terribly special about it. We re in So Cal. We moved in more than 2 years ago..still no energy to tackle the backyard. We drag our feet...If something happens and we have to sell it out of a sudden(not our intention but things happen..it's my fourth "forever" home LOL)-it's right away 50K less because buyers would mentally add the backyard to their to-do list. So, you've a lot, a lot to consider, and the more info you can give us the better. Also -do you have a trusted contractor or somebody who'd take a look at the house with you and tell you something even very general about your possibilities there? How far along are you in the contract? We were already on our way to send out the fax we regrettably going out of the contract..unfortunately, on our way, we went by the house..))) We love it; it's very lovable house. but it swallowed me, chewed me, and spit me out....See MoreJAN MOYER
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