I live in Sydney and know absolutely nothing about building. I am renovating my home which has so far housed 5 generations of my family. We have no intention of selling in the future. We don't want to over capitalise but want to make it as close to our dream home as possible. I don't want my children to have to undertake major renovations on the property in future. It is a single storey, 3 bedroom, long and narrow, 244 square metre block. We want to keep 2 bedrooms at the front down stairs and then open plan the ground level and add a second storey upstairs wih 2 bedrooms and a bathroom.
My first of many trillions of questions is..... What material should we use to construct the second storey?
Brick will be the strongest right? But it will also add many many dollars to the renovations as work will be required downstairs to support the upstairs. Approximately how much more would brick cost? It will also eat up value mms up there won't it?
What other options do we have? Are they durable? Will they last as long as brick? eg. would blue board with a timber frame be adequate? How many years does this last? Is Hebel much better than blue board and why?
If it was your house, what would you do? Is it worth paying the extra money for brick or is that unnecessary?
My first of many trillions of questions is..... What material should we use to construct the second storey?
Brick will be the strongest right? But it will also add many many dollars to the renovations as work will be required downstairs to support the upstairs. Approximately how much more would brick cost? It will also eat up value mms up there won't it?
What other options do we have? Are they durable? Will they last as long as brick? eg. would blue board with a timber frame be adequate? How many years does this last? Is Hebel much better than blue board and why?
If it was your house, what would you do? Is it worth paying the extra money for brick or is that unnecessary?