Is It Worth Finishing Your Attic

Here are some must do tips to follow when finishing your attic.

Is it worth finishing your attic.

Home advisor puts the national average cost of finishing an attic to us 49 438. Enlarging an existing stairway or adding a new one will affect spaces below. High above ground level your finished attic space will be more valuable in the eyes of the appraiser explains berg who was an appraiser for 14 years before he became a real estate agent. A straight run stair will chew up 10 to 14 feet of floor space.

This cost is assuming that you have a completely unfinished space below your roof that you want to remodel into a functional room with a bathroom. Figure out how you re going to get up and down from the finished attic space. A stair designed with an intermediate landing and two runs needs about 8 feet on the lower level. The price to install a staircase ranges from 1 000 to 2 900 depending on the style and materials.

Finishing a walk up attic adds stairs and flooring for a total of 8 100 to 26 000. Yes especially when you compare to the value of a finished basement which will appraise for about 30 less in value than above ground space. Ultimately from an investment standpoint finishing an attic generally doesn t make a lot of sense so if you re flipping a home or renovating one in preparation to sell you shouldn t bother.