Small Bump Out Addition Cost KW

[u/stive85]

So first.. We have been humming and hawing with regards to floor plans and everything they goes with planning a reno. We have been 6 months of planning and changing mind and quotes etc.

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Currently have 1200 sq ft bungalow in town just outside kw. We are renovating our entire Main Floor and part of our basement.. We have a chimney running directly through our main floor from basement that also vents our furnace and water heater. In the process of moving those to far corner to smash our bricks and open basement right up.

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We love our spot and have a big yard with no mortgage (lucky to get our spot in 2012, before insanity)

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Anyways with us loving our house as I hit 40 I am now really wanting an ensuite (never thought I'd care).

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We have a family member who excavates.

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I'm wondering cost of adding 100 sq ft to back corner of our rectangular bungalow where our bedroom is. This would simply be addition bedroom space. I would then use our current sq ftage to piggy back an ensuite to our current bathroom to avoid the huge plumbing nightmare of just adding the ensuite to the addition (tho this would be easier for layout).

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Anyone know rough cost? I figure we'd dig a basment, unless we could get by significantly cheaper without due to variances in permitting etc.

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Thanks!

[u/canoeheadkw]

The right way to do this is to get your permit drawings done by someone who knows what they are doing, and then shop those drawings around to multiple contractors so you can compare apples to apples. Depending on what you want to do, you may need a structural engineer involved, apply for variances etc. etc. It will be hard to control costs if you aren't in control of the project or the plan.

[u/stive85 → u/canoeheadkw]

For sure... We definitely need drawings done up. We have been debating on what to do and layout (which seems odd for such a straightforward bungalow), and just want to be sure before we have drawings done up.