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Do you love your log home but need more space? Are you trying to sell your log home but today’s market doesn’t reflect your homes true value? Instead of losing 10-15% of your homes value to selling costs have you thought of adding additional value to your current home by adding on? Elite Builders NW and Wiens Log Homes have teamed up to offer special pricing to maximize your dollars value.
- Increase space with a seamless log addition.
- Increaase your equity as material and labor prices are lowest in years.
- Change the whole dynamic of how you experience your home.
- Add a master suite, great room, garage, and more...
Why Do You Want This?
Think about what you are trying to achieve, are you adding a larger living room, master suite, garage, etc… You will need to have a list of important wants versus needs.
You Are Building a House
...albeit a mini-house. Look at this project in these terms, and you will be much happier in the end. Just like building a whole house, you will deal with permits, contractors, electricians, plumbers, and so on. Just on a smaller scale, though.
Secure Funding
Most home renovation projects can be completed with cash. Even if you aren't pulling in a lot of money, you can always break down projects into small chunks so that you can build it - and pay it off - over time. But the house addition is the one exception: you need a loan. Most homeowners get a home equity loan or line of credit.
First Meeting with Contractor
Everything passes through the contractor (some exceptions listed below, though). This job is too big for you to contract out on your own. The first meeting establishes the scale of the project, our timeframe, general design issues, and cost-saving issues. Do not be shy about asking the contractor how you can control costs during the process. This is your money, after all.
Meet with Architect
We can design your addition, or we have an architect that we work with exclusively, or have stock addition plans. Alternatively, you can hire an architect on your own. The value in going with an architect recommended by is you will have two parties who are accustomed to working with each other. But even if you eventually you will need to choose this arrangement.
Permits, Demo, and Prepare Site
Anything other than level bare dirt will need to be demolished, removed, and graded. A crew will come and drop off a portable toilet, and perhaps put up a sign telling the world who is building your addition. We will obtain permits.
Slab, Basement, or Crawlspace?
Depending on the plans discussed, the crew will begin pouring a concrete slab or digging out a crawlspace or basement. Foundation footers - the peripheral base upon which the addition will rest - are poured or constructed of block concrete.
Walls Go Up
Then, one day you come home from work and, miraculously, your addition has two, three, or even four walls up! At this point, you feel like the project is merely a few days from completion.
Roofing
Next the roof will go on, the addition is beginning to be dried in at this point.
Electrical and Plumbing
But the process slows again as the electricians and plumbers come in and work their magic. Also, the HVAC crew comes in and installs ductwork.
Insulation and Drywall
Insulation and drywall are the next steps. Now the addition is beginning to look like a real structure.
Windows
We might board up the open spaces until the windows are ready to be installed - or we might install the windows now.
Flooring / Paint
Flooring might be installed before paint is applied, or paint may come first.
Trim Work and Doors
The carpenters come in and put up detailed trimwork such as baseboards, window trim, crown molding, and so on. Also, the doors go up.
Bathrooms
Now you're nearing the end. Shower tiling, tubs, and any pre-fab shower stalls and bathtubs are installed.
It's closing day, congratulations. Break open a bottle of champagne and enjoy.
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