changing a breezeway (house, costs, plan, floor)

[okaydorothy]

hi there
we are about to close on a home and move 400 miles away. The home comes with a breezeway that attatches the house to the garage. I think it is about 10 ft wide and 26-30 ft deep. We were thinking of going up two stories and having a master bath in the master bedroom (there is none now) upstairs and then downstairs, making another bedroom for our son who will have a smaller bedroom initially.

from what I am thinking, most of our cost would be walls and heat. We would be installing a bathroom which would piggyback the existing bathroom.

any ideas ; I know its hard to imagine it. The house is a saltbox contempory and we would be extending on one side. It would still be a 4 bedroom as we would knock the smaller bedroom and incorporate it into the kitchen.

[chet everett]

Sounds costly. Were the no other homes that better met your needs? When you are talking about adding on to a "accessory structure" costs are typically as higher if not higher than "building from scratch" as things like breezeways often do NOT have foundations / footing sufficient "year round" interior finished space. Mechanical systems would have to be "spliced into" the existing house and that costs more than just starting from scratch...

[James1202]

A floor plan and elevation drawings would be immensely helpful.

[K'ledgeBldr]

Like chet said- you're going to be starting from scratch.
That so-called structure is not designed for what you propose. It would have to be torn down, then start from the ground up- if you want it done right.

[okaydorothy]

I will send pics next week. i know there is a steel beam there already.

Thanks