The home improvement market seems to get bigger every year, and it’s predicted to become a billion-dollar industry by 2025. Since home remodeling contractors can provide customized alterations to practically any home, it’s no wonder so many people are interested in remodeling and home improvements.

One of the most elaborate home additions you can make is adding a second- or third-floor addition to an existing home. As long as you have a sturdy house on a good foundation, adding another story to it is often the best way to add several rooms to your home.

There are several reasons why you might be interested in an additional floor. Here are some of the little-known benefits of building another floor onto your house.

Stay In the Same Neighborhood You Love

If you have a home that you’ve lived in for years, chances are your family is attached to the neighborhood you live in. But as your income increases or your family grows larger, you will probably want a larger home. Fortunately, building a second-floor addition can be a way for you to keep your neighborhood while adding the space you need.

Building a second floor can also be helpful when you have limited lot space around your house. You may not be able to build out much without sacrificing your yard, or encroaching on setbacks. By building up instead of out, you can maintain the same yard area and still get the additional living space.

Building Up Can Increase Your Home's Value

Building up is often better than building out since you might be limited by your home's foundation. Building a new story on top of your house uses the foundation that’s already there, rather than embarking on a new one.

Quickly Double Your Home’s Size

Simply adding on several rooms at ground level can make a house look clumsy and awkward. It can easily result in a flat, sprawling appearance that makes your house look uneven. While you can usually add one or two rooms to the side of your house without any trouble, you’re limited in how big you can go.

This same rule doesn’t apply when you’re building on a second-floor addition. Since you’re constructing a second story onto your existing house, you can literally double your home’s square footage in a relatively short time. And by making design changes to your home’s exterior and ensuring everything matches up, you can avoid having your home look like a jumbled mess.

Enjoy Creative Freedom With a New Section of Your House

Unless you built your home yourself, it probably isn’t designed exactly to your liking. Even if you did design and build your own home, over time you may now regret the design choices you made back then, or a limited budget might have made it hard to express any creative freedom.

That’s another great thing about building on an addition to your home: getting to make it any way you like.

Perhaps you’ve always wanted a luxurious primary suite. Maybe you wish you had a larger room for your children to play in, especially during colder weather when everyone’s inside. Whatever your dreams are, building a second story onto your home is the way to make them a reality.

No matter where you are in life, adding on to your home can literally give you more room to live your life to the fullest. Whether you want more bedrooms for your family or an upstairs studio or office for yourself, you can’t go wrong with building a second-floor addition to your home.

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