Brick Addition?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - thanks for your replies. We are not planning to paint the brick but was hoping to match the brick. We are planning a 2 story addition off the back of out house which includes adding a master bath and reconfiguring the existing 2nd level. We only have $250,000 to spend so it looks like brick is probably not the way to go.

We called one place for what you describe and they quoted us nearly 900k for brick addition! We said no thanks. Then shopped around and decided to just save for bigger
house (as noted in my other post).

Thats just stupid, you can build a brand new 6000 sqtft home for like 450k

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - thanks for your replies. We are not planning to paint the brick but was hoping to match the brick. We are planning a 2 story addition off the back of out house which includes adding a master bath and reconfiguring the existing 2nd level. We only have $250,000 to spend so it looks like brick is probably not the way to go.

We called one place for what you describe and they quoted us nearly 900k for brick addition! We said no thanks. Then shopped around and decided to just save for bigger
house (as noted in my other post).

Thats just stupid, you can build a brand new 6000 sqtft home for like 450k

Totally agree. The cost of two story additions by case, Gilday, art, are all well above the price of a new construction home. Call them. If you can get a two story addition in NWDC for 250k please post contractor name here!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - thanks for your replies. We are not planning to paint the brick but was hoping to match the brick. We are planning a 2 story addition off the back of out house which includes adding a master bath and reconfiguring the existing 2nd level. We only have $250,000 to spend so it looks like brick is probably not the way to go.

We called one place for what you describe and they quoted us nearly 900k for brick addition! We said no thanks. Then shopped around and decided to just save for bigger
house (as noted in my other post).

$900,000 - wow! I guess that's why I see mostly siding additions.

[Anonymous]

We had one at our last house, but we didn't put it on so I can't tell you about pricing. For those naysayers about matching, I will say it was an almost perfect match. You could not tell from more than about 10 feet away. It looked great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - thanks for your replies. We are not planning to paint the brick but was hoping to match the brick. We are planning a 2 story addition off the back of out house which includes adding a master bath and reconfiguring the existing 2nd level. We only have $250,000 to spend so it looks like brick is probably not the way to go.

We called one place for what you describe and they quoted us nearly 900k for brick addition! We said no thanks. Then shopped around and decided to just save for bigger
house (as noted in my other post).

Thats just stupid, you can build a brand new 6000 sqtft home for like 450k

Totally agree. The cost of two story additions by case, Gilday, art, are all well above the price of a new construction home. Call them. If you can get a two story addition in NWDC for 250k please post contractor name here!!

Yep, we did a 2 story addition (with hardiplank) and it cost $400K. We would have loved to have spent less, but every reputable contractor we talked to charged the same. It's a conspiracy!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:no matter what you do the brick never matches. unmatched brick completely negates the extra money spent and looks worse than hardiplank and vinyl siding

No. Nothing, NOTHING looks worse than optic white siding sticking out of a red brick colonial like a cheap tumor.

+ 1,000

Then you all must hate all the NW DC neighborhoods b/c they are full of exactly this type of house - mine included!

I am not the pp but I am also not a big fan of those hardieplank additions. The good thing is that a lot of them are behind the house so you don't see them from the street.

[Anonymous]

Heres a tip, in fairfax county if you add on over a certain percentage the building year built will change to the current year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Heres a tip, in fairfax county if you add on over a certain percentage the building year built will change to the current year.

What does that affect if your date built changes?

[Anonymous]

We used both brick and hardiplank on the addition. A good architect can integrate them very well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We used both brick and hardiplank on the addition. A good architect can integrate them very well.

Any recommendation for a great architect on Montgomery County?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heres a tip, in fairfax county if you add on over a certain percentage the building year built will change to the current year.

What does that affect if your date built changes?

You can call your home new instead of an addition

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heres a tip, in fairfax county if you add on over a certain percentage the building year built will change to the current year.

What does that affect if your date built changes?

You can call your home new instead of an addition

So that helps when you go to sell it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heres a tip, in fairfax county if you add on over a certain percentage the building year built will change to the current year.

What does that affect if your date built changes?

You can call your home new instead of an addition

So that helps when you go to sell it?

Well, it might help, but not if someone is looking for an older house (they have their fans too). And someone who actually visits the house is bound to notice that it has an older part and a newer part.

[Anonymous]

I assume a brick addition will be significantly more as all the new builds, even very high end custom homes are Hardiplank with some faux stone. I have seen a number of new builds that are stucco, maybe that is cheaper but I don't think a stucco addition would look ok with brick.