If you are planning on doing renovations to your home, you may want to consider how the projects will affect the value of your home. If you plan to move or are in the process of trying to sell, consider the following to increase the value of your home.
Update The Kitchen
The kitchen is known as the “heart of the home” where everyone tends to gather and have meals together. If families are spending the most time together in this room, it needs to be updated. It’s important that the kitchen has plenty of room for people to gather. If you change the layout to something that is more open, this will draw more people in. Upgrade your appliances to stainless steel and your countertops to granite or engineered stone. Both of these changes are relatively easy to do and will help make your kitchen have a sleeker look.
Fix The Bathroom
The bathroom is the one room that you can almost guarantee anyone that comes to your house is going to use at some point. Any bathroom that doesn’t have a working toilet (difficult to flush) or is cracked or old should be replaced. The lighting in the bathroom shouldn’t be too intense or too dark. An easy way to brighten up the space would be to install a window to get some natural light into the room. A vanity that doesn’t take up too much space would also work well in an updated bathroom.
Reframe Your Entryway
A homes’ front door can make a big impression to your guests and boost the homes curb appeal. Choosing a door made of steel or fiberglass has fewer limitations than doors made of wood. While a steel or fiberglass door can make your home more energy efficient, a fiberglass door is about three times more expensive than that of a steel door.
Renovate Your Attic or Basement
Being able to update your attic or basement into another living space can help you increase equity, as long as you build it to code. You can turn it into another bedroom, a man cave, or even a place for the kids to hang out.
Go Green
Energy efficiency is something that people are starting to look for when they’re purchasing their homes. Not only is it great for the environment, it will save money in the long run. You can make your home “green” on a small scale (programmable thermostats, ceiling fans, adding storm doors) or large scale (installing solar panels.)
Install Built In Speakers
Having built in speakers makes your home more high tech, which will stand out to buyers. Put speakers in each of the rooms and centrally wire a sound system into your home. Choose to install surround sound in rooms that you tend to watch television in order to make movies and sports a little more exciting.
It’s All About Lighting.
Nobody wants to live in a dark space. As mentioned earlier, having windows to bring in some natural light is a great idea, but you can also install dimmer switches. Dimmer switches are great for being able to control how much light you want in a room so it isn’t too overwhelming at any point.
