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Is my sunroom included in square footage calculations? consumer@yahoo.com 12-02-2006
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Posted by consumer@yahoo.com on December 2, 2006, 8:42 pm
Pardon me if I double-posted, but I am not sure if my last posting
worked.

I have a home with an attached sunroom of approximately 400 sq. feet.
I know that it was not included in square footage calculations when I
purchased the home. I am having a significant amount of work done on
the room including piering the foundation, replacing the roof,
replacing the saltillo tiling, refurbishing the cabinet work, interior
painting, and replacing the exterior doors and storm doors. It is
totally enclosed, althought the roof is not insulated (metal roofing on
plywood). It has electricity, and lighting. My question is would this
room be counted as interior square footage by the simple addition of a
window heating/cooling unit?

What would need to be done to make it count in interior square footage
calculations for the purpose of possible resale in the future. Since I
am already spending a significant amount of money on this room, if I
can increase the square footage of the home, and hence potentially
increase the resale value of the home, by simply adding some type of
heating and A/C unit, it would make sense to do this.


Posted by hawgeye on December 3, 2006, 9:38 am

"consumer@yahoo.com" wrote...

> I have a home with an attached sunroom of approximately 400 sq. feet.
> I know that it was not included in square footage calculations when I
> purchased the home. I am having a significant amount of work done on
> the room including piering the foundation, replacing the roof,
> replacing the saltillo tiling, refurbishing the cabinet work, interior
> painting, and replacing the exterior doors and storm doors. It is
> totally enclosed, althought the roof is not insulated (metal roofing on
> plywood). It has electricity, and lighting. My question is would this
> room be counted as interior square footage by the simple addition of a
> window heating/cooling unit?
>
> What would need to be done to make it count in interior square footage
> calculations for the purpose of possible resale in the future. Since I
> am already spending a significant amount of money on this room, if I
> can increase the square footage of the home, and hence potentially
> increase the resale value of the home, by simply adding some type of
> heating and A/C unit, it would make sense to do this.

If all you want is to show a bigger number of square footage for re-sale,
then just add the amount in. Your realtor may have an opinion though.
This could hurt you though if your taxes are based on square footage.



Posted by RicodJour on December 3, 2006, 1:03 pm
consumer@yahoo.com wrote:
> Pardon me if I double-posted, but I am not sure if my last posting
> worked.
>
> I have a home with an attached sunroom of approximately 400 sq. feet.
> I know that it was not included in square footage calculations when I
> purchased the home. I am having a significant amount of work done on
> the room including piering the foundation, replacing the roof,
> replacing the saltillo tiling, refurbishing the cabinet work, interior
> painting, and replacing the exterior doors and storm doors. It is
> totally enclosed, althought the roof is not insulated (metal roofing on
> plywood). It has electricity, and lighting. My question is would this
> room be counted as interior square footage by the simple addition of a
> window heating/cooling unit?
>
> What would need to be done to make it count in interior square footage
> calculations for the purpose of possible resale in the future. Since I
> am already spending a significant amount of money on this room, if I
> can increase the square footage of the home, and hence potentially
> increase the resale value of the home, by simply adding some type of
> heating and A/C unit, it would make sense to do this.

Around here if the space is heated and allows four season occupation,
then it's figured into the house area. People do a lot of sketchy
things when playing around with area calculation. It's nice to see
that you're trying to do the right thing.

R


Posted by Warren Weber on December 4, 2006, 9:54 pm

> Pardon me if I double-posted, but I am not sure if my last posting
> worked.
>
> I have a home with an attached sunroom of approximately 400 sq. feet.
> I know that it was not included in square footage calculations when I
> purchased the home. I am having a significant amount of work done on
> the room including piering the foundation, replacing the roof,
> replacing the saltillo tiling, refurbishing the cabinet work, interior
> painting, and replacing the exterior doors and storm doors. It is
> totally enclosed, althought the roof is not insulated (metal roofing on
> plywood). It has electricity, and lighting. My question is would this
> room be counted as interior square footage by the simple addition of a
> window heating/cooling unit?
>
> What would need to be done to make it count in interior square footage
> calculations for the purpose of possible resale in the future. Since I
> am already spending a significant amount of money on this room, if I
> can increase the square footage of the home, and hence potentially
> increase the resale value of the home, by simply adding some type of
> heating and A/C unit, it would make sense to do this.

Are you getting permits for construction and electrical? If not better
beware your house insurance may not cover any of house in the event of a
fire starting in that section. Also you would need to check with insurance
coverage for added size on house. Just throwing this at you for
consideration. W



Posted by consumer@yahoo.com on December 5, 2006, 9:12 am
Regarding permits----Have already been through a bad experience on this
with another ongoing project. Have engineer on board, and contractor
is contractually obligated to get whatever permits required. As far as
I know however, no permits are required. The roofing replacement was
windstorm certified by the engineer, and there is no electrical work,
and no other structural work. Permits were required and obtained for
the piering work.


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