Home additions in Knoxville
An addition gives you more house without leaving the neighborhood you chose. We build new rooms, second stories and extended footprints that match the house they join.
An addition gives you more house without leaving the neighborhood you chose. We build new rooms, second stories and extended footprints that match the house they join.
An addition is new construction attached to an existing house. It starts with the ground: footings or a foundation, then framing, roofing and the tie-in to the existing structure. From there it gets the same work as any finished room, including insulation, drywall, flooring, windows, trim and the plumbing, electrical and heating and cooling it needs.
The hardest part is usually the joint between old and new. Rooflines, floor heights, siding and trim all have to line up so the addition reads as part of the house rather than something bolted on.
We walk the property with you, look at where an addition could go and how it would connect to the house, and come back with a written estimate. No work starts until you have signed off on the scope and price, and the contract sets the scope and schedule in writing.
Your project team sends progress updates every week through foundation, framing, dry-in and finishes. When the work is done, we do a final walk-through together, and nothing is finished until every punch list item is closed.
Size is the starting point. After that, the foundation type, how the roof ties in, and whether the existing structure needs reinforcement matter most. A second story asks more of the house below it than a ground-level room. Adding a bathroom or kitchen space means running plumbing, which costs more than a bedroom or den. Finish choices, windows and exterior materials matched to the existing house all play a part.
Permits and inspections are part of the plan for any addition, along with site work. We discuss each of these in the estimate.
Many lots around Knoxville, Powell, Karns and Blount County are sloped, and that shapes an addition from the ground up. A slope can mean a taller foundation wall, a walk-out lower level or extra attention to how water drains away from the new work. In our humid summers, keeping water out of the foundation and the tie-in to the old roof is a big part of building an addition that holds up.
It depends on scope, the site and inspections along the way. Your schedule is set in the contract, and weekly updates keep you current on where the build stands.
It depends on the lot, the structure and what you need the space for. Building out needs yard and setbacks; building up needs a structure that can carry the load. We look at both when we walk the property.
That is the goal of every addition we build. Rooflines, floor heights, siding, trim and windows are planned to line up with what is already there.
Yes, additions involve permits and inspections. They are handled as part of the plan for the job, and we go over what yours requires in the estimate.
A whole-home renovation takes a house down to what is worth keeping and rebuilds the rest to a plan and a budget. One team carries it from the first walk-through to the last punch list item.
Learn more →We build attached and detached garages, including finished space above. A garage is a building of its own, and we run it with the same estimate, contract and punch list as any other job.
Learn more →Primary suites, hall baths and powder rooms, taken down to the studs when they need it. A bathroom is small, but it holds a lot of plumbing, tile and waterproofing that has to be done right.
Learn more →Tell us the property and what you want done. We will come back with next steps.