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  "name": "Should I build out with a ground-level bump-out or add a second story?",
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      "name": "Should I build out with a ground-level bump-out or add a second story?",
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        "text": "Ground-level bump-outs expand your ground-floor footprint, while second-story additions build upward over existing rooms. A ground-level addition preserves your home’s existing roof and upper structure but sacrifices yard space and requires adequate property setbacks. A second-story addition protects your yard area, which is helpful on narrow urban lots, but it requires reinforcing existing foundations, retrofitting lower-level load-bearing walls, and installing a new staircase, which removes some square footage from the main floor.",
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        "description": "Building out preserves your existing structure but uses yard space; building up protects your lot size but requires foundation reinforcement and interior staircase space."
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  "description": "Building out preserves your existing structure but uses yard space; building up protects your lot size but requires foundation reinforcement and interior stairc"
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