If you're planning to renovate and expand your house, you’ll need to decide which home additions will prove most valuable over the long-term.  When making your plans, choose "flex space" upgrades, or rooms that can be used for one kind of space now, then easily repurposed later as your family grows and changes. Here are a few examples of how this may play out in your home.

3 Flex Space Home Additions

1. Family Den to Master Suite

Family dens are less formal than living rooms. They’re casual places for fun gatherings and bonding, like your Friday popcorn and movie night or the friendly competition of a board game. Once your children grow up, however, you can convert this out-of-the-way part of your home to a luxurious ground-floor master suite. This will be much easier if you attach a bathroom to your den from the start so the plumbing is already in place for the conversion. 

2. Bedroom to Office

Adding another bedroom will make your home more comfortable, ensuring you and your children have ample privacy and space. Once your children start leaving the nest, these rooms will be unoccupied. Convert one of these rooms to an office. It’ll be especially easy to do so if you plan ahead in your design and have your contractor install convenient features like built-in shelves and LED lighting fixtures. 

3. Playroom to Workout Room

When your young ones outgrow their playroom, turn it into a home gym with exercise equipment and an adjacent bathroom for easy water bottle refills and showers. Not only can you use this space to stay fit, but your children will also benefit from these exercise options once they're old enough to use the equipment safely. To make this easier, choose a hardy and non-absorbent flooring material like vinyl — this will make it easier to clean up both your kids' spills and sweat from tough routines.

For help planning and building flex space home additions, call Zdon Builders in Deep River, CT. They have over 35 years of experience serving Middlesex County residents with unique, personalized, and environmentally conscious construction. These skilled and reliable contractors will turn your vision to reality. To discuss your project, call (860) 227-4127. Learn more about their services online.