Adding a Four Seasons Room to Your House to Bring the Outdoors in Year Round

I don't think there is any homeowner who does not want a four seasons room. It’s because excellent four seasons room and fantastic outdoors/indoor spaces make your home a step above the rest. Four seasons rooms provide an excellent atmosphere to enjoy with your family and friends in times of parties and special occasions. Some homeowners make four seasons rooms their dining areas while others find they are the perfect place for relaxation. If you live in a colder climate, you can use four season rooms year round with energy efficient windows and heating, and some homeowner add gas fireplaces in their four seasons rooms, to really create an ambiance. Four seasons rooms look just as great with beautiful replacement windows during winter season as you can enjoy the sun by staying indoors itself. These rooms can really help fight the winter blues, by allowing home dwellers to get in plenty of vitamin D without having to brave the cold and the snow. How Expensive The cost of your four seasons room really depends on how grandiose you want to go and what existing structures you have in place. If you have a built out screened in porch with a roof already in place, then your four seasons room will be of less cost than you probably think - you can even build the four seasons room yourself! Since there is already an existing fortified structure, you can first simply insulate the flooring and the roof, then cover the roof with drywall and the flooring with wood or carpet or tile, what ever your preference. Then you'll need to replace the screens with energy efficient windows, which you'll need to install with the proper hardware. You'll also need a mechanism for diverting heat into the room, which is probably a job you want to hire out. However, if you have this ability a four seasons room can cost you as little as $10,000. Yet, if you are starting from scratch, hire all the work out, a four seasons room will probably cost you between $25,000 and $35,000. If you want an amazing, grandiose four seasons room with windows for the roofing, then you're looking at costs between $40,000 and $50,000. Resale Value? Realtors are mixed when it comes to evaluating four seasons rooms in regards to how much value they add to a home vs. costs. Four seasons rooms are not like kitchens, where any improvement you make gives your home at least twice the value over cost. This is because kitchens are necessary, highly used rooms. Four seasons rooms are not needed, but they do add significant living space to homes, they can turn a 1500 square foot home into a 2,000 square foot home, which is appealing to many buyers. In the end realtors say you can expect to recoup mosts if not all or a little more of the costs of a four seasons room in terms of value. However, if you plan to live in your home long term and a four seasons room would become the favorite room in your house, then go for it an don't worry about the resell figures.