Adding a Bedroom/Loft

by | Jul 15, 2013 | Bubbleinfo TV, Remodel Projects, Vendors | 13 comments

If you have high ceilings and wondered about building a bedroom or loft above the living room, check out this room addition:

13 Comments

  1. Thaylor Harmor
    Thaylor Harmor on July 16, 2013 at 3:07 am

    I couldn’t build a bridge over a puddle let alone a loft conversion.

  2. avgjoe
    avgjoe on July 16, 2013 at 5:32 am

    looks nice

    I think you mentioned permits about 5 times. I assume a lot of people dont bother?

  3. Shadash
    Shadash on July 16, 2013 at 7:16 am

    So what does something like this cost? It looks like everything was done correctly. I’ve tried speaking with a couple of these groups about remodeling and they all seem to avoid offering a price.

  4. Jim the Realtor
    Jim the Realtor on July 16, 2013 at 7:39 am

    $27,500 for architect plans, permits, construction, paint and carpet.

    Yes avgjoe, many contractors don’t mention permits, they just show up and start nailing. It can be a problem when selling!

  5. Jakob Nebeker
    Jakob Nebeker on July 16, 2013 at 9:00 am

    Awesome project. It would seem that having some extra cash to make improvements before moving in brings many more homes into your consideration. I’m actually impressed at the cost, seems very reasonable.

  6. Kwaping
    Kwaping on July 16, 2013 at 9:56 am

    Thanks so much for posting this, Jim! This is exactly what we want to do with our home. However, that cost is a lot more than we had anticipated – gotta keep saving!

  7. Jakob
    Jakob on July 16, 2013 at 10:53 am

    If my math is right, $131 per square foot, not bad at all. Might be instant equity.

  8. Just some guy
    Just some guy on July 16, 2013 at 3:12 pm

    @Jaokb
    “If my math is right, $131 per square foot, not bad at all. Might be instant equity.”

    If the addition is the difference between making a 3bd house into a 4 bd house, then yeah absolutely. That would be money well spent in this market.

  9. Jim the Realtor
    Jim the Realtor on July 16, 2013 at 4:53 pm

    This addition turned the house into a 5 br/3 ba, 3,086sf home, and added equity. This was the Businessweek house, which happened on the weekend of March 23rd, and the owners paid $610,000.

    A logical person would probably think it’s now worth $650,000 or so?

    There were some crazy bidding wars around San Elijo Hills during the frenzy – this was one block over and listed on May 2nd for $649,000:

    http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Marcos/1431-Dolphin-Ct-92078/home/6537680

  10. Mike
    Mike on July 10, 2016 at 8:11 pm

    Is this video still available to view? It is currently restricted.
    Thank you

  12. Stephanie
    Stephanie on October 8, 2020 at 10:56 am

    We are in the market for something like this in Ramona. Our bids for 70sq ft of loft space are 29k -45k. that seems ridiculously expensive. Do you have any contractor recommendations?

  13. Jim the Realtor
    Jim the Realtor on October 8, 2020 at 11:43 am

    I don’t have a recommendation. Everything is more expensive as ever!

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