How Adding a Garage Addition Can Benefit You

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It’s important to think about the advantages you will get from each project when planning home upgrades or improvements. A garage addition is a practical way to expand your home’s usable space and raise its market value. Garage additions add a lot of convenience and aid in maintaining the appearance of your home and property. The following are a few of the principal advantages of a garage addition:

More Space

One way to expand your home is by adding a garage addition. These additions can serve as both a covered parking area for vehicles and an additional, useful storage area for items like outdoor equipment (snow blowers, lawnmowers, 4-wheelers, etc.).Additionally, they offer a place to store toys, bikes, and sporting goods away from the elements. A garage addition is another adaptable area. For those “handy” homeowners, one of the practical uses for a garage addition is to designate a portion of it as a workshop.

Extra Storage

To make space for items used only occasionally stuff, such as seasonal outdoor decorations and auto cleaning supplies, shelving and racks can be installed in the garage.

One thing to think about is how many bays you want before planning a garage addition. You can decide how much space you need and how many bays to include in your garage addition by having an idea of how you want to use it and what you’ll need to store there.

A boost in property value and curb appeal

Although a garage addition doesn’t increase the amount of space inside your home that can be used for living, it does increase the amount of space covered by a roof. Additionally, buyers of homes value the conveniences a garage can bring daily life.

For these reasons, adding a garage to your house will help to raise its market value. The exterior appeal of the home will also be improved by these additions. The front of your house looks better kept, and your cars are protected if you have a place to park them out of sight.

Safeguarding Valuable Assets

By offering a location to store items out of the elements during the off-season, a garage addition helps to safeguard your assets. Undoubtedly, protecting your vehicles from the effects of the elements helps preserve their value and slow depreciation. This is one of the most advantageous aspects of a garage addition.

The garage may also be an excellent place to store additional items out of the elements, depending on its size, having a dry place to store items like lawn equipment, patio furniture, and even a grill when not in use can extend their useful lifespan.

These are just a few advantages of adding a garage. Be sure to consider how a garage addition can make your life better when planning your subsequent home improvement project!

 

You’ll probably wonder how you ever managed without one once your new garage addition is finished. Call Driscoll Contracting & Development, Inc. at 781-405-5584 to begin planning a home addition or another home improvement project.

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