Tract home owners: anyone extend their patios? (Holly Springs: how much, custom home)

[wheelsup]

Just curious who you had do it and costs involved? I have a tract home with a paltry 9'x11' patio that I want to make into a 9'x17.5' patio (around 150 sq ft). Basically ending it on one side to make an "L". Very simple.

Doing it myself I'm looking at around $230 for the concrete + delivery, and maybe around $50 in tools + another or so $100 in additional materials (leveling sand etc). Not sure what paying someone to add on a 9'x6.5' section would cost. If it's under $800 I might consider hiring it out.

[ApexIntruder]

Why ask only tract home owners? The cost would be the same to add this to a custom home.

[Jelli33]

We had Greenscape in Holly Springs extend our patio by 220 sq/ft using belgard arbel stone pavers. The cost was about $3900 and they did a great job.

[cry884]

My one tip is to check your plot plan to see how much impervious surface area you have left. A lot of tract homes don't even have enough left to be able to extend their patio. Although I think there are some new pervious patio materials out there, but I'm not familiar with them.

[wheelsup]

I'm not even sure what that means!

Here is what I was thinking.

I've got a few options:

1) Just tie in the new patio section w/ rebar and pour concrete
2) Rip the old patio out and pour another slab. That'll be about $450 in concrete + extra materials
3) Rip out the old patio and put down pavers: around $3.50/sq ft like these from Lowes:



Wife doesn't like this option and while the most expensive (probably under $1000 total still) I personally think it would look the best.

Then we're thinking of building a pergola over top.

I personally wanted to extend the patio outward from the house but the wife said no...

Almost forgot to mention, it's a strictly middle class neighborhood w/ homes for the $170-$190 range. So I really didn't want to throw a couple grand at it.

[ApexIntruder]

Originally Posted by wheelsup

I'm not even sure what that means!

Here is what I was thinking.

I've got a few options:

1) Just tie in the new patio section w/ rebar and pour concrete
2) Rip the old patio out and pour another slab. That'll be about $450 in concrete + extra materials
3) Rip out the old patio and put down pavers: around $3.50/sq ft like these from Lowes:



Wife doesn't like this option and while the most expensive (probably under $1000 total still) I personally think it would look the best.

Then we're thinking of building a pergola over top.

I personally wanted to extend the patio outward from the house but the wife said no...

Almost forgot to mention, it's a strictly middle class neighborhood w/ homes for the $170-$190 range. So I really didn't want to throw a couple grand at it.

Pour the concrete yourself and use the savings to fix the buckled siding you have. You need to be very careful how much you put into lower end priced homes. You can do a stamped surface to make it look better. It's very easy.

[wheelsup]

Yep that's what I was going to do. Would you rip up the old patio and pour one slab or just tie it in w/ rebar and a spacer? Thing is if I pour an entire new slab it's almost the same cost as doing the pavers.

We're mostly doing this for practicality so that is my main concern but I want it to look semi-decent. Funny thing about that siding - it was supposed to be fixed by the previous homeowner but I didn't see it on my walk thru when I signed the papers. I wish I could've done the inspection with the inspector but I was 4 hours away.

Any idea how much that would cost to replace? I can't imagine more than $50 in materials. If I can find it!

[ApexIntruder]

Originally Posted by wheelsup

Yep that's what I was going to do. Would you rip up the old patio and pour one slab or just tie it in w/ rebar and a spacer? Thing is if I pour an entire new slab it's almost the same cost as doing the pavers.

We're mostly doing this for practicality so that is my main concern but I want it to look semi-decent. Funny thing about that siding - it was supposed to be fixed by the previous homeowner but I didn't see it on my walk thru when I signed the papers. I wish I could've done the inspection with the inspector but I was 4 hours away.

Any idea how much that would cost to replace? I can't imagine more than $50 in materials. If I can find it!

The cost would not be much, but finding an exact match is more of a challenge.

I would leave a small open area in the corner, so you can install a trellis and plant a vine. This way you can have some color and it will cover the siding issue. All you need to do is adjust your pour.

[Jelli33]

Here is some pictures of our patio so you can see how the pavers tie into the existing slab. I would recommend the paver route if you can talk the wife into it.

[ceb72]

Thanks so much for posting this! I am planning to do a similar job next summer.