10 ways to update your home on a budget
![8. ADD A DORMER Cost: $10,000 and up for a double dormer By creating a dormer, says Jeff Swanson, “you can really gain more usable living space without adding a lot of square footage. You’re not doing an addition and dealing with foundations and excavation and all that. It’s less cost, and [for what you’re spending] it adds much more value to your house than doing an addition, because you’re basically finding space that’s already there.”](http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2012/02/17/dormer-539__1329509515_6731.jpg "8. ADD A DORMER Cost: $10,000 and up for a double dormer By creating a dormer, says Jeff Swanson, “you can really gain more usable living space without adding a lot of square footage. You’re not doing an addition and dealing with foundations and excavation and all that. It’s less cost, and [for what you’re spending] it adds much more value to your house than doing an addition, because you’re basically finding space that’s already there.”")
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8. ADD A DORMER
Cost: $10,000 and up for a double dormer
Cost: $10,000 and up for a double dormer
By creating a dormer, says Jeff Swanson, “you can really gain more usable living space without adding a lot of square footage. You’re not doing an addition and dealing with foundations and excavation and all that. It’s less cost, and [for what you’re spending] it adds much more value to your house than doing an addition, because you’re basically finding space that’s already there.”