jkjsooner
4/17/2011, 09:43 PM
Anyone know anything about finishing an attic? I'm buying a house that is about 2300 ft^2. Is will have an unfinished attic but will have walk up stairs to it.
If at some point in the future I want to finish it how much work is that? (I would not try to do it myself.) Here's the kicker, the builder can finish this model but not in the place where we're building it due to restrictions placed on the builders by the development. That means they can't do anything that would move us close to finishing it - no electrical, plumbing, heat/air - in fact no windows but they said I could do it as soon as I moved in.
I'm a little worried because I was told we could do it later if we want but the actual builder called it "not finishable" which conflicted with the sales person. When I questioned them on it they told me it just meant no prewiring, etc.
Assuming I got HOA approval, is this a major deal because it is not built ready to be finished? If I didn't need plumbing and was willing to use a secondary heating/air system would that simplify it? Should I just give up on the idea that the attic could be finished and be happy with an awesome easily accessible storage space?
If at some point in the future I want to finish it how much work is that? (I would not try to do it myself.) Here's the kicker, the builder can finish this model but not in the place where we're building it due to restrictions placed on the builders by the development. That means they can't do anything that would move us close to finishing it - no electrical, plumbing, heat/air - in fact no windows but they said I could do it as soon as I moved in.
I'm a little worried because I was told we could do it later if we want but the actual builder called it "not finishable" which conflicted with the sales person. When I questioned them on it they told me it just meant no prewiring, etc.
Assuming I got HOA approval, is this a major deal because it is not built ready to be finished? If I didn't need plumbing and was willing to use a secondary heating/air system would that simplify it? Should I just give up on the idea that the attic could be finished and be happy with an awesome easily accessible storage space?