What type of Modifications are the most expensive?
One of the most requested modifications is to reduce the size of the house. Because many stock house plans have been designed with CAD programs, you might think that it would be simple to just instruct the program to reduce the size of the house by 10%, 15%, etc. Actually, that can be done, but what happens is that everything gets reduced by that percentage – door & window openings, refrigerator openings, tub and shower spaces, etc. What happens is that the house doesn’t ‘work’ anymore. The designer would most likely have to start from scratch at a flat rate of $1-$5 per square foot of finished floor space to get the size of the home reduced for you. Therefore, reducing or enlarging the size of a house is one of the most expensive modifications you can make.
