Does your household need a major change because your spaces aren’t functioning as you need them to? Is your hunt for a new property going nowhere fast?

Don’t keep spinning your wheels touring homes, only to be too late or outbid. With inventory exceptionally low and new mortgage rates high, NOW is the perfect time to re-envision your current home. Working together, we will find creative, practical and beautiful (!) strategies to address challenges and transform your living spaces.

Here’s why:

Complete Customization

It’s rare that you’ll locate a new home that checks off all the boxes. You’ll likely compromise on something. By building an addition or undertaking a renovation, we design the rooms exactly how you want them to look and need them to function — within the boundaries of your budget and zoning laws, of course.

• Expanding your family? Build a bonus room over the garage or renovate your basement.
• Transitioning to empty nest? Convert a bedroom into an office, hobby room or gym. Change that playroom into a sunroom for leisure and entertaining.
• Growing your business? A separate structure on your property or an addition might be the answer.

Excellent Economics

Staying in your existing home can make good financial sense.

• Leverage and increase the equity you’ve amassed after years of living in your home. Use that existing low-interest home equity line of credit to finance your changes and upgrades.
• Major changes can cost less than you think. In many cases, moving walls (even with engineering sign-off) is just a fraction of the overall budget but makes a huge difference.
• One of my clients added 3+ feet to her kitchen, allowing me to include a highly functional island in the design. The couple agonized over investing in such a giant undertaking. It ended up only costing them about $10K and, two years later, she still gushes about how much she loves the extra airiness and overall look.
• Unless you’re making incredibly unique updates and additions (think huge built-in aquariums or exceptionally ornate, hard-to-change finishes), well-planned changes are great investments that can yield solid returns in an eventual resale.

Home Even–Sweeter Home

When you transform and engage in the design process, you build on good memories rather than moving on from them.

• For some this means doubling down on the pride of your first home purchase by upgrading appliances and finishes.
• For families moving into the teen years, it’s making spaces suitable for studying and hanging out with friends without losing the familiarity of the childhood years.
• Locating affordable, smaller, turnkey homes with first floor primary suites is a huge challenge. So, for many of my empty nesters heading toward retirement, it’s “right-shaping” vs. downsizing. We explore how using larger spaces differently can be highly cost effective and nets a home that is fulfilling in all its uses, looks and flows.

Winter may not be ideal for house hunting but it’s a perfect time to start brainstorming, exploring and planning! Contact me to schedule your complimentary phone consultation.