Room additions can add square footage and value to your existing home, without the additional expenses incurred in the purchase of a new home. This is especially attractive to growing families.

Most room additions consist of extending the size of your home by adding the new room to an exterior wall. Popular room additions are new bedrooms, but dens, living rooms, dining rooms, and studies or studios can easily be included, depending on the needs of the family or individual. A growing trend in today's society is to add comfortable, private spaces for aging parents, while sharing the traditional family areas.

Other popular room additions include increasing floor space by adding a second story room to your existing home, sometimes called a "pop-top." This can increase the value, functionality, and comfort of your home, without robbing you of lawn or garden footage.

And yet more ideas for room additions are garages, carports, porches, decks, or sunrooms. In all instances, the value and equity of your home is increased along with its usability.

There are contractors who specialize in room additions, but many general contractors and remodeling contractors perform this same service. A well-planned and executed room addition can make a dramatic difference, both in the livability of your home, and in its value.