Finishing a walk up attic adds stairs and flooring for a total of 8 100 to 26 000.
Is it worth finishing your attic.
The cost to install wood flooring is 2 500 to 6 800 a popular choice for this project.
The price to install a staircase ranges from 1 000 to 2 900 depending on the style and materials.
Ultimately from an investment standpoint finishing an attic generally doesn t make a lot of sense so if you re flipping a home or renovating one in preparation to sell you shouldn t bother.
A stair designed with an intermediate landing and two runs needs about 8 feet on the lower level.
Yes especially when you compare to the value of a finished basement which will appraise for about 30 less in value than above ground space.
Here are some must do tips to follow when finishing your attic.
Figure out how you re going to get up and down from the finished attic space.
When done without proper planning or adherence to local building codes it can actually reduce the value of your home or stall a sale.
Enlarging an existing stairway or adding a new one will affect spaces below.
A straight run stair will chew up 10 to 14 feet of floor space.
Home advisor puts the national average cost of finishing an attic to us 49 438.