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Posted by on October 20, 2006, 2:08 pm
Thanks That helps Liz
Tom G wrote:
> > We are thinking of selling our current home and purchasing another. Our
> > home now has a sunroom (enclosed with glass windows). We love this room
> > and use it often except in very hot Atlanta summer days and cold winter
> > days. Most of the homes we have looked at don't include this feature
> > and we are considering buying one without and having a sunroom added.
> > I have called some area construction firms who advertise sunporch
> > projects as well as PatioEnclosures, etc. They will not even give a
> > ballpark figure as to the cost of this type of room unless they first
> > see the home. I can understand their point, but does anyone know of an
> > approx figure per sq foot we could use just to see is this idea would
> > be feasible?We are speaking of something in the area of 15 x 15 with
> > windows on 3 sides and of course a nice door from one of the existing
> > rooms of the home. Thanks Liz
> >
>
> "They will not even give a ballpark figure as to the cost of this type of
> room unless they first see the home."
> I suspect that what they mean to say (but don't want to) is that they aren't
> going to give you a figure over the phone that may scare you off or they
> don't want to give you a figure without a salesman right there to pressure
> you into signing on the dotted line. That being said, I had two bids for a
> 12 by 20...one ready made type unit and one stick built addition..they both
> came in at $34,000. But that was in Northern Illinois and the stick built
> unit contractor insisted on a "frost wall" foundation on three sides and
> wouldn't use the existing cement slab. Called a contractor who had put in
> such additions for two relatives (liked the work and recomendation was good)
> and he's doing the job for $17,800 using the existing slab but letting it
> float with the walls supported by cement pilings down below frost level.
> Five 6' wide casement windows and one sliding patio door. Since slab is
> actually 10 x 30, this unit will be longer but narrower and I already had a
> patio door leading from the house onto the patio.
>
> Tom G.
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