Homebuilding & Renovating

How to add space wıthout extendıng

As our families grow or our needs evolve, the homes we live in don’t always feel like they are flexible enough to accommodate these changes. Space becomes a premium, whether that’s because more people are sharing it, or because we need our homes to do more for us — we may need an office space, for example, due to many more of us working from home. The problem can make us promptly jump on those ‘house for sale’ search engines and thumb-scroll through potential houses that could take all of our extra stuff/or people. But moving isn’t always the answer, or an option. Often our homes have the potential to give us more space; we just need to look at them differently. And although extending seems an obvious route, splashing out on a big (and disruptive) build project isn’t always feasible. Thankfully

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