Problems with Adding Rooms

[Sage Balakrishnan]

Hey Guys & Gals of Bigger Pockets,

I am from Vancouver, Canada, am brand new to REI and am in the beginning stages of the process (getting a pre-approval, getting an agent, etc). My mom just recently bought a new house and is doing a complete reno with her boyfriend. He has built houses before and knows a lot. They are adding a new room and I have been over their helping to learn as much as possible for my own investments. I built the walls for the room and started to think that I could buy up 2-3 bedroom houses and add another bedroom in if it fits. I talked to some contractors and they said that building a room would cost around 6k minimum but I could build it myself or with my moms boyfriend and it would cost very little (the one we built costed $205). I know I need a window in the room to make it legitimate and have thought of a few other possible issues (maybe I need a closet, an electric outlet, lights) but besides these things I am not sure what other issues building a room brings up. Any thoughts?