Home expansion in Montreal
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Planning a home expansion in Montreal
For a successful home expansion in Montreal, careful planning of space, budget and technical constraints is essential. Constructions Max Larocque works with homeowners from the outset to ensure a well-structured project that meets municipal requirements.
Thanks to our expertise in turnkey residential expansion, we can guide you in designing your space, complying with regulations, choosing construction methods and optimizing costs. Each project is analyzed according to your real needs and lifestyle.
In addition to expansion, our team can also take on turnkey renovation or kitchen remodeling projects to ensure complete consistency between the new spaces and the existing ones.
Trust Constructions Max Larocque to plan and build your home extension with rigor, transparency and expertise.
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Make a good investment
All home extensions are relatively expensive projects. This investment can be profitable, or it can be very disappointing from a financial point of view. In fact, an extension project that is poorly integrated with the main building or too costly for the overall value of the property will be a poor investment.
Your building contractor’s experience in the field of home extensions is essential to avoid unnecessary work and to optimize the design. Generally speaking, the less you interfere with the existing building, the more profitable the project, but sometimes you need to avoid over-simplistic solutions that won’t bring out your home’s full potential. We’re here to advise you.
Our home extension projects
1- Hochelaga: Creating an intimate setting in an urban neighborhood
We completely renovated this 1930s cottage. By opening up the first floor, we created a large, multi-purpose open space with an oversized patio door opening onto the backyard.
An extension that enhances privacy
To preserve privacy, an extension was built in the courtyard and connected to the existing house by a second-floor walkway. A high wooden side fence also preserved the privacy of the courtyard.
We created this exceptional project with a resolutely contemporary style, in a densely populated neighborhood, demonstrating that it’s possible to preserve our privacy in the city.
2- Outremont : An extension that makes all the difference – Domus finalist 
This large duplex had several large rooms, except for the kitchen, which was very small. Our customers needed more space to integrate an office and dinette area into the kitchen. They also wanted an outdoor space where they could eat in privacy. A house extension was the obvious choice.
A well-integrated side extension
We built a side extension while creating an alcove in the center. The extension is a natural extension of the existing house and even rebalances the aesthetics of the building.
Our solution met the customer’s needs while improving the exterior appearance while respecting the original architecture.
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3- Ville Saint-Laurent: A more thoughtful expansion – Domus finalist
This cottage already had a side extension, but its dimensions were too small to accommodate a garage on the ground floor and a living room and full bathroom upstairs. As this addition was of poor quality, we had to demolish it to rebuild a good-sized extension that met the owners’ needs without any impact on the use of the rear garden.
Improving comfort
The building’s external envelope was completely redone, taking care to improve the insulation and watertightness of walls, roof and windows. We suggested hydronic underfloor heating to customers, as the existing heating system was hot water. This type of radiant heating greatly improved occupant comfort.
A well-thought-out extension is a good investment and a source of well-being for homeowners who want to live there for more than twenty-five years.
4- Ville d’Anjou: Transforming a bungalow into a cottage– Finalist Domus
After the successive arrival of their three children, the owners of this typical old bungalow were very cramped. They had the choice of moving or building a second floor. As they loved their neighborhood, they chose the second solution.
Our challenge: building while keeping the occupants in place
Adding a second floor to a property while keeping the house functional is a major challenge for construction management, since it still requires work on the first floor to create a staircase and connect services, in addition to other work.
Our design and construction team rose to the challenge with flying colors, and the result was well worth the effort.
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5- Rivière-des-Prairies : Adding an entrance that shows off your home
The owners of this cottage dreamed of a more functional entrance hall for their home that would both put guests more at ease and facilitate storage for their children.
The challenge: to create a welcoming and dynamic façade
The entrance is a very important architectural element of a house, as it welcomes the people who come to visit. Adding a new entrance can detract from the architectural balance of the facade or, on the contrary, enhance the overall aesthetics.
Our design approach energized the façade with a contemporary style, while perfectly meeting the needs expressed by our customers.
6- Quartier de Mercier: A new cottage that blends in with the neighborhood’s architecture
We added a full floor to a 1950s bungalow typical of this neighborhood. Like many homeowners, they and their children were attached to their home, their neighborhood, and especially their school. But they sorely needed the extra space.
Architecture well integrated into the neighborhood
Adding an extra floor radically transforms the appearance of a house. In this neighborhood of relatively homogeneous residential architecture, we proposed a traditional design that blended in with the street, rather than contemporary architecture that would have created a break with it. The owners were delighted.
Our design and construction team always seeks to advise our customers as friends, but the final choice is always theirs.
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7- Notre-Dame-de-Grâce : Extension over the garage
To extend this semi-detached cottage built in the 1950s with a garage on the side, the addition of a storey over the garage was just the thing. The owners needed to add a living room.
Our layout and design solution
We created a landing in the middle of the existing staircase in the house to give access to the new living room above the garage. For the exterior design, we made the new roof a little lower than the existing one to minimize the visual impact of the addition. By covering it with the same brick cladding, it blends naturally with the house.
Thanks to a well-coordinated approach to structure, design, permits and estimating, our design-build team was able to complete this project to the satisfaction of the owners.
8- Quartier Mercier: Expanding when land is scarce – Domus finalist
This 1950s semi-detached cottage had very little available land, and the owners wanted to add a dining room, enlarge the living room and increase storage. On the face of it, all this seemed difficult with their limited land.
Our solution: a side extension with basement
Our designer suggested moving the living room into the extension, which made it possible to enlarge the dining room. The basement under the extension serves as additional storage to meet the owners’ needs.
As a bonus, this extension has created an interesting volume on a wall that was of little interest, while giving more privacy in the backyard.
9- Ville d’Anjou: A new, well-integrated garage
Before the garage was added, the existing house had its main entrance on the side. The owners wanted to move the entrance to the front of the house to accommodate the garage.
Our challenge: integrating the garage into the facade
When building this addition, our challenge was to respect the original style of the house so that the extension and relocation of the main door would not be perceived as an addition.
We’re proud of the final result, which is pleasing to the eye and perfectly integrated into the existing house.
