Home Improvements – Think about resale
We purchased our home about 15 years ago. We were fortunate to complete a major update prior to moving in. As with most remodeling projects, choices were made and some improvements sacrificed. Several things I regret… we should have put them on a credit card if we had to.
Our plumbing is old galvanized, and we have been digging into (freshly painted) walls for the last 15 years – replacing it pipe by pipe – a very foolish and costly way to update the plumbing.
As bottled water is expensive and has a negative impact on the environment and my large Sparkletts water bottle is likely germ ridden, my other regret is not installing a water filtration system when we updated our kitchen. I think a water filtration system is a great home improvement that will pay off at the time of resale.
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If anyone has a built-in water filtration in their home, I would love to know the details.
Categories: Resale, Homeowner's Benefits and Woes, Green Living, A Seller's Perspective
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2/1/2009 1:35 PM
Los Angeles Real Estate Blog wrote:
According to the National Association of Home Builders’ Consumer Preferences survey, these are the features most in demand among today’s home buyers: Top 5 Kitchen Features1. Walk in pantry: 86 percent2. Island work area: 80 percent3. Special use storage (custom made for appliances): 66 percent4. Built-in microwave: 72 percent5.Drinking water filtration: 69 percentTop 5 Bathroom Features1. Linen closet: 89 percent2. Exhaust fan: 88 percent3. Separate shower enclosure: 79 percent4. Water temperature control: 79 percent5. Whirlpool tub: 66 percentTop 5 Specialty Areas1. Laundry room: 92 percent2. Dining room: 81 percent3. Home office: 71 percent4. Den/library: 63 percent5. Sun room: 53 percentTop ... -
2/2/2009 8:36 AM
Los Angeles Real Estate Blog wrote:
According to the National Association of Home Builders’ Consumer Preferences survey, these are the features most in demand among today’s home buyers: Top 5 Kitchen Features1. Walk in pantry: 86 percent2. Island work area: 80 percent3. Special use storage (custom made for appliances): 66 percent4. Built-in microwave: 72 percent5.Drinking water filtration: 69 percentTop 5 Bathroom Features1. Linen closet: 89 percent2. Exhaust fan: 88 percent3. Separate shower enclosure: 79 percent4. Water temperature control: 79 percent5. Whirlpool tub: 66 percentTop 5 Specialty Areas1. Laundry room: 92 percent2. Dining room: 81 percent3. Home office: 71 percent4. Den/library: 63 percent5. Sun room: 53 percentTop ... -
3/19/2009 5:13 AM
Los Angeles Real Estate Blog wrote:
Typically when you purchase a home, their will be some improvements you will want to make. I believe in keeping an eye on future resale and of course pleasing yourself. One change which can be made to your bathroom is to replace the old shower doors with the frameless shower door enclosures. We had ours replaced nearly five years ago and the frameless doors are a wonderful improvement.Jerome, owner of Glass by Jerome replaced ours. Depending on hardware and other variables the single shower doors run around $400 - $800 and the double doors range form ... -
3/23/2009 6:22 AM
Los Angeles Real Estate Blog wrote:
Typically when you purchase a home, there will be some improvements you will want to make. I believe in keeping an eye on future resale and of course pleasing yourself. One change which can be made to your bathroom is to replace the old shower doors with the frameless shower door enclosures. We had ours replaced nearly five years ago and the frameless doors are a wonderful improvement.Jerome, owner of Glass by Jerome replaced ours. Depending on hardware and other variables the single shower doors run around $400 - $800 and the double doors range form ...
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