Provide an extra room with storage area and update the kitchen. Take the opportunity to give the house more emphasis and solve a problem of accumulation of snow and poor water drainage on the roof.
With the arrival of a newborn, expand the house for more space on the first and second level. In addition, a foyer is rquested and also preserve the country style of the house.
Add a sun room to the rear to maximize the magnificent view. Add a foyer in the front and expand the two contiguous rooms. Increase the brightness in all the spaces in the front of the house. Add a closet to the service entrance, a fireplace in the living room and two additional rooms on a new story. Give the house a totally new style.
Add enough volume to the existing house to include a large family room, a living room and a separate den, a nice dining room, a large master bedroom with a comfortable bathroom and a nice workshop space. Demolish an inadequate extension in the back and provide a new manor style look to the house.
Enlarge the house to obtain a living room / sunroom at the rear, remodel kitchen and make service entry more convenient. Relocate the dining room where the living room was and improve the external appearance of the house.
Improve the comfort inside, from the kitchen to the bedrooms. The master bedroom should be revamped and have its own bathroom. Give the outside a new look since the materials and the openings for the most part have to be replaced.
Add a story with a large master bedroom with bathroom and closet, a large living area as well as a home office and if possible, a den in a turret and a terrace. Remodel the ground floor as to leave a single bedroom, a remodeled kitchen and an improved view on the river from the dining room , the luncheon nook and the new reading area.
Give a whole new look to the house, country or manor, if possible, using materials of higher quality. Lift the house to add a basement. Create a larger main entrance.
Add on two floors to provide a new living room on the ground floor and a bigger master suite upstairs. Remodel the ground floor with open areas. Rearrange a part of the upstairs to provide more storage and a den. Improve the exterior by adding a gallery and a screened shelter.