House plans designed for future expansion

[hpp4me]

Menehune, I'll try to check it out the next time I'm on the island. thanks!

[Christopher16]

Aloha!

Have you thought about pre-fab houses that are specifically designed for future expansion? A 700 sq ft house now ranges between $120-$150 per sq ft...... email me if you want more info: preftreat@earthlinknet

Chris

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Originally posted by hpp4me

If anyone has gone through the process of building a small starter home that was designed from the beginning for future expansion, I would appreciate hearing your thoughts about how to make this approach work best.


What we have in mind is a house that might be as small as 700-800 sf, but would later be expanded to perhaps 2000 sf.

I am assuming that it would be less expensive to put in all of the infrastructure for the big house on the initial build.

If it matters, we're quite sure we will be going the woodless Castleblock way.

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christopher naylor

[hpp4me]

Thanks, Christopher. I appreciate your comment but prefab won't work for our purposes. We are intent on having a home built with Castleblock type materials (no wood) so unless you use these materials the prefab approach won't work for us. Truthfully, I have not been impressed with the look of most prefab houses. I know that the industry has improved a lot, but what I've seen to date has not impressed me.

[Kapohocat]

I agree to size your septic for the additional size not the current size.

Rob hasn't weighed in here on this - roof lines would that keep it from that ugly "addition" look where someone slaps on a room and the roof line clashes.

Additions that have split pitch roofs sometimes have that look - and also create problems with drainage where the pitch is way way to steep on one and not steep enough on the lower.

The engineering for the second floor would come into play now (again Rob?) so that you don't build then rip out to rebuild.

Where the ridge of the roof is would be important in an remodel/addition to an existing structure to make it not look tacked on.

Can you have your drafts person give you a rendering of a phase 1 and phase 2 so you can see what it might look like and what structure you need to begin with?

[hpp4me]

These are great comments, Catherine! I agree that it would be best to have a plan for expansion drafted from the start.

[gtill]

I wonder if a smaller starter home could be built in a CCR subdivision like Nanawale. A 900SF house(plans for and septic sized for, mabe a full sized slab)could be 1/2 built on permit one (450sf) the rest to be finished later.