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You love your home and neighborhood, yet you need more space! How many times have you dreamed about a bigger kitchen or another bedroom? Adding an addition to your existing home may seem like a great idea. However, adding on takes a lot of planning and consideration, and in the long run you may discover it's actually cheaper and easier to move to a new home. Here are a few things to consider before taking the leap and adding on to your home.

A lot of people are turning to more environmentally friendly sources of energy these days, and going solar is a great way to get on the green bandwagon. It's more efficient and cheaper to install, and a lot of town and state government agencies are beginning to offer rebates and other incentives to get people to go 'green.' However, whether solar energy has the ability to power your whole home without needing electricity from the main grids depends on where you live and how much sun you receive. The ins and outs of solar power are definitely something to consider before installing a system.

A toilet that runs constantly after flushing is annoying and a waste of money if you pay for city water. You could call a plumber, but why pay someone a hundred dollars or so to fix something you could do yourself? A running toilet can be caused by a chain that's the wrong length, mineral deposits keeping the flapper from setting correctly or a worn flapper valve. All are easy to fix. The worst case scenario will have you running to the home improvement store for a flapper valve — a $5 part at most, and simple to fix on your own. To save yourself the headache of extra plumbing and water bills, why not get in there and fix it yourself?