A main floor or second floor addition will often require an excavation for a foundation ultimately leading to landscaping work.
Third floor addition.
The third floor option would eliminate the need to re landscape.
The third floor is built above the second floor.
These can be as much as 5 7 of the total cost.
Beyond practical considerations and who best to design and implement them schedules and disruption of daily routines there are neighbours.
A third floor addition will also require some amount of re work to the second floor to accommodate stairwell access to the upper floor.
A third floor addition was constructed which had to span over the existing house to eliminate interior supports which would have disrupted the first floor layout.
Second floor addition with multiple rooms 1 500 sq ft.
Third floor there was much more engineering required to complete this job than we anticipated.
200 000 475 000 sun room or three four season room without heat 250 sq ft 30 000 55 000 if you are planning a complex project such as a two floor addition you will need to hire an architect and budget for his fees.
Realistically the cost of a third floor addition can be 50 more than other house addition projects.
A third floor renovation does not require you to change the layout of the main floor while a second floor addition requires a main floor extension below it.
Many people are coming here looking for a per square foot psf cost of a 3 rd storey house addition.
If you are on a shorter lot and do not want to take up too much of the backyard this is a big plus.