There are plenty of great reasons to expand your home. The extra space provides more storage or an extra bedroom if your family is expecting to grow. In many cases, you can save thousands of dollars by expanding your current home instead of playing the the estate market. Another important benefit of home expansion to consider is the opportunity to install more efficient and reliable appliances. Your home expansion will generate even more long term value if you can use the project to simultaneously make your household more sustainable.

A high-performance  tankless water heater is a straightforward option that can help turn your home addition project into a green upgrade. Changing the way your home generates and delivers hot water can help you reduce multiple utility bills. The extra attention that sustainable tankless heaters can draw to your home come sale day should not be overlooked. Read on to learn why it makes perfect sense to incorporate a new tankless water heater into your home addition plans.

Compact devices can supplement or replace existing heaters
Tankless water heaters are considerably different in design and performance when compared to traditional heaters, and these advantages are part of why these compact, electric units are a perfect fit for home additions. Homeowners can benefit from tankless models as a replacement for their current system or as a means of making hot water delivery more efficient from one end of the home to the other.

If your current water heater is nearing the end of its 10 year life cycle or showing other signs of efficiency loss, there's a good chance the appliance would be taxed further by the addition of additional square footage. Tankless heaters can be used as a booster to deliver comfortably heated water to the newest sections of your home. The added plumbing needs may make it imperative for you to replace your water heater completely.

In cases like these, compare the advantages of installing multiple, tactically positioned tankless water heaters instead of pouring your savings into a single, hulking appliance. This strategy is especially relevant for families adding a second story, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

On-demand heating means less plumbing to install
One of the easiest ways to lower the cost of your home expansion is to find ways to limit the cost of building materials. By far, one of the easiest way to achieve these savings is by going tankless. Since hot water is heated by tankless models at point of use, there's no need for separate cold and hot pipes. As a result, going tankless allows you to cut the cost of piping of your new home addition in half.

Going tankless can help you maximize the value of your newly expanded household

Adding sustainable technology further boosts your home's new value
The New York Times pointed out that major aesthetic improvements for your home are often most impactful long after the completion of the project. When it comes to resale value, big changes to your home's exterior, including a home extension, will go a long way to bumping up the final sale price for your household. Be sure to do your homework before embarking on a home extension for the sole purpose of earning back your costs. It will take careful planning, as well as buyer-friendly selections like tankless water heaters, to earn back a lion's share of your initial investment. Reliable appliances like tankless models have a performance life of up to twenty years, and mentioning details like these to prospective buyers can help you negotiate a healthy sum for your home.