A home addition from Elite Improvements, built from our office in Lake Geneva for homeowners across Walworth, Racine, Kenosha and Waukesha Counties. Bump-outs, primary suites, sunrooms, second stories and in-law suites, designed so the new space looks like it was always there. Most additions run about $450 per square foot.
Additions we build
- Bump-outs (3–6 feet). The cheapest way to add real space: room for an island, a banquette or a walk-in pantry. Many run $25,000–$60,000. Kitchen bump-out ideas →
- Primary suites. A bedroom, walk-in closet and bathroom on the main floor or over the garage.
- Sunrooms. Three-season or four-season, heated and insulated like the rest of the house when you want to use it in January. Three-season vs four-season →
- Second stories. When the lot is full, we build up instead of out.
- In-law and guest suites. Private space for a parent or for lake-house guests. Planning a mother-in-law suite →
- Split-level additions. Additions that finally fix the awkward entry and the chopped-up main floor. Split-level addition ideas →
- Garages and home offices. Attached garages with a mudroom connector, and offices that are actually separate from the kitchen.
What an addition costs
Our planning number is about $450 per square foot, from our own completed projects. What pushes it up: the foundation type, putting a kitchen or bathroom in the addition, and how complicated it is to tie into the existing roof. For a range for your project, use the 30-second estimator or see the full table on our pricing page. Your fixed price comes in a written proposal after we see the house.
How we keep an addition from looking like an addition
- Rooflines first. We design the roof tie-in before the floor plan, because a bad roofline is what gives most additions away.
- Matching materials. Siding, trim, windows and flooring matched to the house, or the whole exterior updated so old and new read as one.
- Heating and cooling planned in. We check whether your system can carry the new space before we build it, not after the first cold snap.
- Backed for 3 years. Every addition carries our 3-year workmanship warranty, plus the full manufacturer warranties on materials.
- Permits and zoning handled. Setbacks, shoreland rules on lake lots and inspections are our job, not yours.
Additions we have built
Home Addition with New Landscaping
Elite Improvements is the best partner when you’re ready to improve or expand your home.
The remodel that became a new lake home
1,800 sq ft, 3 bed, 2.5 bath, built in six months on a tight lakefront lot. About $789,000.
- Kenosha: home addition finished with new landscaping. Photos →
- Powers Lake: started as a remodel and addition; when the lot rules made that impractical, we built a new lake home instead. Project →
Questions we hear
Is a bump-out worth it compared to a full addition? Often, yes. A few feet in the right place can fix a kitchen for a fraction of what a full addition costs.
Can we live in the house during construction? Usually. Most of the work happens outside the existing walls until we open them up to connect, and we plan that step to keep the disruption short.
Do you build additions in winter? Yes. Foundations and framing need planning around the weather, but winter work is routine for us.
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Built once, built right, built for generations. Elite Improvements.
Built once, built right, built for generations. Elite Improvements.