The easiest way to extend your house

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The easiest way to extend your house. How to build a summer kitchen or a covered terrace

If you do not have enough space in your house and you often thought that one extra room would be useful for you, find out that to build an addition room to your house is not nearly as complicated as it sounds.

Whether you want a summer kitchen, an extra enclosed terrace or bedroom, when it comes to the construction of the annex, there are some basic things that you should take into consideration before you start to work.

Here is how you can quickly and easily extend the house, so the end of the summer finds you sipping a tea on your new terrace or cooking the dinner in a cool kitchen.

Explore all the options

The first decision that you have to take is about the place where you will build the respective room. Now, very popular are those annexes that make easier the transition from the house to the garden. In the same time, you should look at the papers and see if you need approvals for extending your house and which are the walls of resistance that you are not allowed to demolish.

The easiest way is to build a new room as an extension of one that already has a door to the outside, if you do not want to make other changes besides building.

Choose quality construction materials

Decide what is the role that your extension will have and for what purpose will you use it. A summer kitchen or a new bedroom should be well-insulated to keep the cool in the hot season. A resistant construction material that insulates thermally very well is the brick and it is recommended by many specialists for building the structural walls of the annexes. After this, a simple idea, but effective, is to assemble with wood the exterior walls to give an original touch to the house. When it comes to the roof, you need a durable material, which would combine with the rest of your house harmoniously.

Pay great attention to the proportions

There is no rule that the annex must comply perfectly with the size of the house, but its proportions must create a pleasant effect of symmetry and harmony with the rest of the building. Ideally, the new room should be slightly lower in height, to not eclipse the house and blend nicely with your house. This thing can be done by creating coherence of the colours or of used materials, but also a high contrast can look as good if you know how to properly put it in place.

Call the architecture specialists

No matter how good you are in constructions,  it is best to ask for the opinion of an architect. He can make you recommendations about the place where is the best to build the annex, he will show you any disadvantages, he will estimate the costs and he can make you the project in such way that the annex will withstand the passage of time. Also, he can advise you about the depth of the foundation and about the materials that are better for you to choose in this situation.

Ensure the functionality of the annex

For an outdoor kitchen, you need running water and gas for the cooker, so you have to explore in time the possibilities for connecting the room to utilities. If you build a covered terrace, you can fiddle with brightness, adding many high windows and a hatch in the ceiling, similar to the garret. In this way you will have a bright room, perfect for relaxing.

Building an annex to the house is the best way to add space to your house and to expand it. If you plan in advance, choose the materials and if you know exactly how you want the new room to look like and what functionality it will have, it will also be easy to finish the construction quickly, with minimal costs.

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