Building an extension is a highly rewarding experience and can do wonders for your home. We have far more options now than ever, and modern extensions come in a wide variety of stylish designs that deliver exceptional energy efficiency and improve kerb appeal. Perhaps their biggest advantage is the increased living space, but with it comes a key question; what do you use your extension for?
Well, the short answer is more or less anything you can think of. A hup! extension isn’t just five times faster to build than the average extension, it’s more versatile too. Kitchens, playrooms, bedrooms, bathrooms…the only limit is your imagination. Let’s explore a few of these options.
Kitchen Extensions and Bathrooms
Kitchens are one of the more popular ways to use an extension. If your home has a smaller kitchen, you’ll likely be crying out for the extra kitchen surface space or the floor space for a dining area. Thanks to strong but slender walls, hup! is the perfect choice. You’ll get more room for ovens, fridges, freezers and storage, not to mention a stylish new open-plan cooking area.
You may also consider including a new bathroom in your downstairs extension. Add a downstairs loo, a utility room with an extra sink or the wetroom come bootroom you’ve always dreamt of. Quality trickle vents in windows and doors, and exceptional levels of ventilation will be provided, so you won’t have to worry about the extra moisture in the air. In other words, you’ll get a delightful, useful new room to enhance your life at home.
Orangeries and Sunrooms
Orangeries and sunrooms are another popular way to use extensions. These are usually well-lit and vibrant rooms, so good glazing is a must. Here, hup! excels. We can provide you with high performance glazing that maximises light levels while limiting harmful UV rays. You can even choose heated windows. Consequently, you’ll get a bright and airy place to relax and socialise without having to worry about your furniture fading or becoming damaged by prolonged exposure to the sun.
Bedrooms and Additional Living Spaces
Today’s prefab room extensions are so versatile that you can even use them for bedrooms. It might go against convention, but if you want to create a ground-floor bedroom or guest suite, hup! is the perfect way to do so. The thermally efficient hup! wall panels ensure they’ll be warm regardless of the weather outside, and because the panels are comparatively thin, you’ll get extra floor space as well.
Alternatively, if you’d prefer to use your new space as a more social area, it can also be designed as a lounge or dining room. Ever thought about having a big family dinner in a stylish new extension? With hup! it’s more than possible.
Separate Structures
The majority of our projects involve extending houses, but it’s also possible to use prefabricated systems to create freestanding structures. The rapid-fit technology used in hup! extensions mean you can install an entirely separate building five times faster than average.
For instance, we’ve used hup! to design and build delightful guest suites in the rear of a property. We know families where grown children have moved back in with their parents after graduating university, and a separate hup! extension gave them a greater degree of freedom and privacy. You can even go further than this and use your hup! extension as a garden room, library, or home cinema if you are a film enthusiast.
Plus, using a prefabricated extension in this manner is a great way to feel closer to nature. Imagine it’s a warm day, the sun is out, and the flowers are blooming. You’re resting on a small sofa in your new hup! extension with a large set of glazed doors open and a gentle breeze wafting the freshness of springtime through your windows. Nature can feel closer than ever when you choose hup!.
Creative Uses for Prefab Additions
We’ve already covered a few ideas, but to be quite honest, you can use hup! to make any sort of prefab addition to your house. It even helps to think of them less as a standard extension and more as an additional room. That means your new prefabricated extension can be a gym, a home office, an entertainment room, an art studio, or anything you care to think of.
Get a Prefabricated Extension With hup!
With such innovative technology open to us, there’s no reason to limit yourself. It doesn’t just give you a chance to create a bespoke new extension; as you free up your existing space, you might start reorganising your home layout, and it can be the start of transforming your entire home.
With all this in mind, it’s no surprise that UK homeowners are increasingly turning to prefabricated systems to extend their homes. If you’d like to know more, find your local hup! builder and start designing your new addition. You’ll be amazed at how many choices there are.
