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Build a home addition

A ready-made journey for anyone who wants to build a home addition: 8 steps, about 6.3 hours in all, in an order that works — work steps of 30 minutes or less, with real-world sessions kept whole.

Opens in Nextep with a two-minute first step lit. Free, and no account needed to begin.

When it's useful

When you have decided to build a home addition but the first move is fuzzy. Nextep shows one step at a time, keeps the rest in order, and never calls anything overdue — a day that slips simply becomes today.

The steps

1. 1Write what the extra space is for30 min
2. 2Set the budget and check what it buys45 min
3. 3Get an architect or designer to sketch options60 min
4. 4Check permissions and neighbour rules45 min
5. 5Get structural drawings done60 min
6. 6Tender to 3 builders60 min
7. 7Agree contract, stages and penalties45 min
8. 8Run the build with a weekly check-in30 min

Work steps over 30 minutes are split into parts when you start, so they fit somewhere in a day; sessions — a run, an appointment, a call — stay whole.