Whether you’ve owned a home for years or have just bought one, renovating comes with plenty of benefits. From delivering more bespoke living to increasing home value in Calgary, renovations can boost your home’s curb appeal and make it more functional and comfortable.
Considering selling in the future? Need a secondary suite for your parents? At Ellergodt Design, our renovation design service is tailored to your unique needs, style, and lifestyle.
If you’re not sure where to start or if a renovation is the right choice for your home, we can help. This blog is full of renovation ideas to increase your home’s value and get you the interior and exterior design you’ve been dreaming of.
Why Plan a Home Renovation in Calgary?
A home’s aesthetics and functionality greatly impact its value—from first impressions and curb appeal to the interior’s design and layout. A home renovation in Calgary is an investment, but it brings quite a few impressive benefits in terms of value, such as:
- Higher Profit at Sale: If you plan to sell your home, you want its value to be at its max, even more than when you first bought it. A renovation could lead to a higher profit.
- Higher Return on Investment (ROI): ROI measures the profitability of what you invested in your Calgary home renovation. On average, a healthy ROI ranges between 60% and 70%.
- Increased Home Equity: An increased equity stake means a larger ownership stake in your home and financial security. Equity occurs when you’ve either paid down your mortgage or your home’s value has gone up.
- Protected Against Market Fluctuations: Newly renovated homes are considered more valuable than others and are, therefore, protected against certain fluctuations in the housing market.
If you’re planning on staying in your home for the foreseeable future and want to renovate for added functionality, benefits include:
- Personalized Comfort: Tailoring your spaces to fit your lifestyle can mean updating the kitchen, expanding a bathroom, or creating a more open-concept living area.
- More Space: Additional square footage is one of the most asked-for changes in home renovations. It can help give young adult children or grandparents spaces of their own or create more open, breathable layouts that suit your daily routine.
- Better Use of Space: You may have three bedrooms and only need two. Turning the other into an en-suite bathroom and a walk-in closet next to the master bedroom can give you a private retreat.
- Aging in Place: Depending on your future goals, renovating for accessibility in the future can be a smart choice.
Interior Renovation Ideas for Comfortable, Functional Living
What do you currently like about your home? What could be improved? Understanding these things is a great first step in planning a home renovation in Calgary. Maybe you love your cozy living room but wish your kitchen had more space. Or perhaps the layout works well, but your bathroom feels outdated and lacks storage.
Renovating gives you the opportunity to enhance the features you love while reworking areas that don’t quite serve your needs. Some of the most common renovation ideas we work into bespoke home design include:
Adding Square Footage
Whether you have a growing family or want to create a new owner’s suite, dedicated office, or entertainment area, the goal is to maximize your lot’s potential. You can add another storey to your home to accommodate a parent, or, if you have enough space on your lot, build an attached backyard suite or laneway house.
Kitchen Enlargement
Like the idea of an open-space concept? Consider opening up that galley kitchen into a spacious area where you’ll finally have enough room to tackle Thanksgiving dinner without bumping elbows. Enlarging your kitchen creates more space and a welcoming hub for family and friends to gather.
More Bedrooms
Are you thinking about adding more bedrooms to your home? You might be considering remodeling the layout, completing a loft conversion, or repurposing unused rooms. If you have a larger room than necessary, you can effectively divide it into two separate spaces or transform a portion of it into an en-suite bathroom.
Basement Remodel
Unfurnished or partly furnished basements are typically used for laundry rooms and storage and are not usually safe or livable. A remodeled basement may give you (or potential buyers) an extra living space.
EnSuite Bathroom & Walk-In Closet
If you have a three-bedroom home, you can transform it into two bedrooms by upgrading the main one into an en-suite with a walk-in closet. Not only does this solution add square footage to your living space, but it also adds home value.
It’s not uncommon for older bungalows to have only one bathroom. Thankfully, their layouts often offer the opportunity to add an en-suite or a walk-in closet to the master bedroom, giving you a little extra space.
Whatever your current family needs, our renovation services are tailored to designing custom spaces.
Renovation Ideas to Transform Your Home’s Exterior
If you recently bought an older home that doesn’t quite fit your aesthetic, a renovation can help. It’ll ensure you come home to a house that makes you feel happy, or if you plan on selling your home, increase curb appeal and value.
Some renovation ideas to help transform your home’s exterior include:
Shield the Entryway with a Portico
If your current house doesn’t have a porch, it’s worth considering a covered front entry for some shelter from the elements. Porticos are ideal for homes facing south as they protect the front door from strong UV rays, but they’re also attractive aesthetic choices that give the front of your home some extra style points.
Add a Veranda
Calgarians love a functional outdoor living space—no matter how long our winters are. If you want part of your daily routine to include rising early and enjoying coffee outside, consider adding a veranda to enjoy some fresh air year-round.
Find What “Home” Means to You!
Home value and reselling aside, at Ellergodt Design, we’re all about custom home design. That means designing spaces that truly reflect you—your unique needs, lifestyle, style preferences, and daily routines.
We take this approach whether we’re designing vacation homes in Invermere or renovations in downtown Calgary. So while these renovation ideas can all add value to your home, we want to ensure you feel the value in your daily life.
Whether your renovation includes more bathrooms and a larger kitchen to add value or a completely custom home to accommodate your home business or growing family, let’s take the first step together.
Calgary Renovations, Redefined
Renovating your current home may mean you can stay in it a little longer than planned. It can also mean adding extra value if you’re planning on selling. Whatever your plans are for the future, we can help increase the functionality, comfort, aesthetics, and value of your home.
Our team is dedicated to designing your perfect home. Get in touch, and let’s explore what’s possible for your renovation in Calgary and beyond.