Expanding the footprint of your house might seem like a smaller project, but planning-wise, it’s as intense as doing a full reno.

I consider myself knowledgeable about real estate and renovations. I’ve purchased two homes; renovated one house entirely and built the other one from the ground up. So, when we had water damage throughout our house, instead of just repairing it, we decided to also do an addition. Given my previous experience overseeing construction projects, I thought I was prepared. And building an addition seemed like it would be less work than undertaking an entirely new structure from the ground up. But boy was I wrong—I made all the blunders that a novice possibly could have.

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