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Originally Posted by mikester
Problem is - I don't exactly know where to begin. I was going to go talk to the city planning folks at the recommendation of a contractor I know to see if they will let me increase my sqft as much as I want to. I don't really want to increase the foot print of the house on the land I just want to go up and build a basement (I already have a basement garage so it would be expanding that).
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Yes, go there first, to the building inspector or zoning officer, and find out if it is even possible for you to do this. Then set your budget, and see if you can find a good architect who specializes in what you want. See if the architect agrees with your budget before you start to have plans drawn.
Plans are an arm and a leg, talk is cheap. Start with the talk. Around here it would be cheaper to tear it all down and build fresh. If you can rework what you have, I'm sure you know that you could stay well under 100K. You are going to quadruple that to get what you want, IMO, just from what I am hearing.