What Will My Room Addition Cost - What Are the Factors in This Cost

We have a common question in our initial meetingsfeet or less with these being in the 200.00 per square
about the price of a project whether it is a newfoot price range. The 100.00 to 150.00 dollar price range
addition, kitchen or bathroom. These prices are basedusually works in the 300 square foot and above in
on our experience for Central Ohio (Central Ohio,size. The price also increases with the square footage
Upper Arlington, Westerville, Dublin, Gahanna,price with the adding of exterior projects such as
Pickerington, Lancaster Ohio, Fairfield County,porches, decks and landscaping packages. This of
Columbus).course does not add to the square footage of the
Most customers have a pre-conceived idea of howproject but does drive up the square footage price.
much their room addition will cost. The truth is thatThis pricing does not include any bathrooms or
most customers guess the price of their addition to bekitchens with it, as this is its own project inside the
50% to 80% of the actual cost. A standard roomaddition.
addition will initially run 100.00 per square foot up toWhat we consider to be a more value-oriented room
150.00 per square foot with the size and design beingaddition contains standards of common building
the variable. We have had quite a few additions be inpractice such as a crawl space, vinyl siding, standard
the 200.00 plus per square foot range.roof design with basic tie in to the existing house,
The bases for the difference in square foot price hasstandard interior of carpet, wood trim and vinyl
many variables, being existing home structure andwindows. Also, in the past six months, costs have
design for tying in the new addition, complexity of thecome down on their own due to the economical
roof design, what the exterior of the existing home isdownturn which is a plus for the homeowner.
made of and finally what the interior of the addition willWe also suggest that consumers check out any
have in it. We also have had customers decrease thecompanies that are bidding on the project through BBB,
size of the addition to bring the price down but whenAngies List, NARI-National Association of Remodeling
the project is so small, there is a point at whichand or the BIA- Building Industry Association (BBB,
decreasing the size makes no difference. It takes aNARI, BIA, Angie Lists). This helps customers get a
certain amount of effort to start and run a project andbuilder in good standing and this simple step would stop
also to meet minimums for subcontractors andmost of consumers from being deceived (Room
suppliers. The plus for small additions is to increase itsAddition, Project Construction cost, Contractor
size will have a very small effect on the price.verification, reputable contractors, photo gallery,
Typically we refer to a small size being 150 squarepictures).