http://www.braitmandesign.com/home-remodeling/remodeling-within-the-existing-footprint-case-study/ Helping Homeowners turn their Existing Home into the Home of Their Dreams Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:07:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.braitmandesign.com/home-remodeling/remodeling-within-the-existing-footprint-case-study/comment-page-1/#comment-320 3 Rules for Remodeling Within the Existing Footprint Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:42:35 +0000 http://www.braitmandesign.com/blog/?p=989#comment-320 [...] In my experience, if instead of just building-on, you do the most with what you have, the costs are reduced and satisfaction is enhanced.  Certainly, remodeling within the existing footprint is environmentally beneficial requiring fewer materials, resulting in less waste, and requiring far less energy to heat and cool than building large additions onto existing housing stock.  Sometimes a small bump-out will allow a better flow and make the existing space far more usable — see example. [...] [...] In my experience, if instead of just building-on, you do the most with what you have, the costs are reduced and satisfaction is enhanced.  Certainly, remodeling within the existing footprint is environmentally beneficial requiring fewer materials, resulting in less waste, and requiring far less energy to heat and cool than building large additions onto existing housing stock.  Sometimes a small bump-out will allow a better flow and make the existing space far more usable — see example. [...]

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