Hi,

The neighborhood we want to buy in is land-locked, so as a result people have buy small houses and build additions, or buy million dollar houses. Our path will be an addition!

The house bas a detached garage in the back.

We plan to tear down existing screened porch, powder bath, and breakfast nook on the back of the house and add on a larger 2 story addition onto the back of the house

Here’s my wishlist for the addition. Is this realistic? We’d have a budget of $475k max in the midwest.

1st floor:
-maintain as much of the back yard as possible
-add mudroom/drop zone off back of the house
-add laundry
-add pantry
-make kitchen larger with functional layout….dream would be an island but I don’t know if that’s possible with our wishlist
-add ADA accessible first floor primary suite with walk in closet for my parents. Would love if they could have a private separate TV area as well but that’s more of a want not a need
-if possible create a front door entry area without greatly reducing living room functional layout for TV room

2nd floor:
-create primary suite with 2nd full bathroom and walk in closet
-improve bedroom sizes and closet size where practical. Create 4th bedroom/office?
-Create some hallway community storage for linens, medicines, etc.

Is this possible with this layout? Any ideas or people who could help me visualize?

I have a long “addition wish list” — is it realistic with this house and $475k in the Midwest?