lot coverage

Our lot is 6051 square feet. This matters because our municipality allows 25% lot coverage by the primary building. Thanks to Uncle Louie, we don't have much we can add. The addition was clearly built as cheaply as possible (I can understand that). Without touching the kitchen or bathroom, they built a hallway between the two, leading to the stairs they tacked on behind the house, then the additional room (plus lower "storage space") was added behind the "stair room" in the middle of the house.

Several of our renovation ideas had to be chucked because we had to consider the 25% limit. The existing deck was built without a permit and has to come down as it's over the limit. My porch idea had to be scrapped (I hate our awkward entrance). Our walk-in closet and ensuite idea had to be scrapped (boo hoo). Stairs to the back door. Scrapped. Window seat. Scrapped.

This is why we seriously considered taking a sledgehammer to Uncle Louie's work. Of course, the price would jump phenomenally. And it still didn't help us with the lack of eating area, even if the thought of ripping it down crappy two-by-four by crappy two-by-four made me very happy.

As you'll see, even with all the adjustment, the lot coverage issue comes up again...