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I thought this was an interesting renovation/extension because at least they kept a porch area. Nevertheless, what do you think of bump outs to the front of rowhouses?

Category: Architecture, Buildings, Renovation

By: Prince Of Petworth | 31 July 2008 1:00 PM | No Comments

DCer

My question about bump outs is really, how much square footage are you adding for all that work? What’s the price per square foot of livable space? I repaired, just repaired, a walled-in porch and it cost about $23k. If I was to do that in brick it would have been $50k minimum and I suspect brand new work would have been $75k minimum and that whole space for us was no more than 240 sq ft. a pop up might add an additional 1000 sq ft for $150k.

July 31, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Anonymous

that house was or may still be for sale. For some ridiculous price like 750 or something. It seemed to be a lot bigger inside then it looks though and had an interesting lay out.

July 31, 2008 at 2:36 pm
SingLikeSassy

That really looks awful to me. Old and awful.

July 31, 2008 at 4:35 pm
bogfrog

DCer, I rebuilt a front porch top to bottom for $5K — I am surprised it cost you so much, but must have been a larger porch! Generally, you assume $150/sf for renovations and probably higher for new construction such as a bump-out.

Anon, it is indeed for sale, it’s huge — many, many bedrooms — it was owned by a female cop thus the location is great across from the police station.

August 1, 2008 at 10:31 am