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**most important to you in a house**
Ok so we're doing some updates to our house and since we know this is not our forever home- we are weighing which upgrades would be best....
we are considering new appliances in the kitchen (they would be white)- we want to upgrade the two bathrooms (new sinks, toilets, paint, etc)
what else stands out to you? what are things you def look for? what are things that you dont care about?
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Re: **most important to you in a house**
How old are the current appliances, and do they match? I ask because I would rather have upgraded countertops than brand spanking new appliances if the current ones are ok. As a purchaser, it is much easier to buy new appliances than upgrade the countertop.
Kitchen appliances are good, but not like the #1 thing i'd look for..
I would say that the kitchen layout and things like cabinets and countertops would be #1. When we moved here the kitchen was really the only updated parts of the house.. and in comparison to other houses in our area, it really is nice.. but now that i live here, I wish it would have been done differently. I hate our countertops.. and we have this itty bitty little wall oven, and our range is in a corner so underneath it is this big void of very unusable space.. where they could have just put in a regular range/oven combo and it would be normal sized and not really take up anymore space.
And definitely updating the bathrooms is good. fixtures, floors, tiles.
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We had a lot of must-haves in our house.. starting with 4 bdr, 2.5baths, garage, decent yard/not on a busy street/not noisy.
As for inside - there are improvements we do for ourselves, and improvements we do for resale. For example, jacuzzi tub in master - not a must for me, but good for resale.
In a house, I want hardwood floors and tile, updated kitchen and bathrooms, good layout of everything. Just as a few examples, we ripped out the linoleum floors, ripped out the mirrors and replaced with mirrored medicine cabinets, updated the lighting, and did tiles (including the shower, floor to ceiling).
Next house we get I want a deck and finished basement. I would want updated windows too, sicne our current windows are crap. I could really go on and on.. sprinkler system .. it has been a b*tch to install our own.
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We are at the same point with our house. We don't want to do too much to price us out of the neighborhood, but there are things we can do.
Inside, we are going to add tile to the kitchen. I would love to do countertops and cabinets, but it isn't in the cards.
I think upgraded moldings are nice too.
Outside, curb appeal is really important to us. We are changing our columns and adding bluestone to the steps, a deck on the back and all new landscaping. I think those are things that we will get a ROI for.
Sorry.. I was still thinking about this..
Are you talking about resale importance only? Vs. something I would personally want in my own home right now?
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Here are a few things we have done to our house since moving in:
Removed all wallpaper from living room and dining room
Painted living room, dining room, kitchen, finished basement, 2nd bedroom/nursery
Ripped up carpet in LR, nursery and basement, linoleum in kitchen and parchay (sp?) floors in dining room
Installed laminate wood floors in LR, DR and kitchen
Installed new carpet in 2nd bedroom and basement
Replaced light fixtures in kitchen and DR
Installed new trim and crown molding on main level
Painted all bedroom and hall closet doors
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All that being said, our house was really "move-in" ready. These are things we wanted to change and will still change more.
I'd say updated fixtures and faucets, fresh paint, and new flooring are easier fixes to do for a sale. I don't know what your appliances or countertops are like but I agree with HockeyWife about replacing the countertops over "good enough" appliances. Also maybe a new, upgraded sink to go along with the countertops would be good, too.
Paint is a good one! It's cheap and can make a big change. I also like the idea of upgrading fixtures in the bathroom. We are going to rip apart our upstairs bathroom this spring (I hope) but right now it has a toilet that is "almond" and the seat is white. It makes me INSANE! It is so stinkin' ugly! We are also going to install a vent fan in there, because there isn't one and it's causing issues.
I think that new appliances would be nice, but agree that if you are thinking of leaving soon, you may want to put the $ into finishings (ie. updating hardware on the cabinets, painting them if they need it, a new counter) if that stuff is needed. If that's all set, than you might find a good deal on appliances. (We gutted our kitchen last summer, so I am no help... I just ripped ours apart!)
I agree on being careful though. In hindsight, we probably could have used some lower end materials in our kitchen reno and had it look good and would have been better for resale. However, I love it enough that I am willing to eat the extra $1500 or so that we sunk into those things to live with it for a while.
I would rather have hardwood floors than an upgraded kitchen. I'd almost prefer an "ok" kitchen that I could upgrade to my taste than a brand spanking new kitchen that isn't what I'd love.
We're looking to sell in the next year or so and are focusing on updating paint and light fixtures throughout, faucets, kitchen cabinet hardware and are getting new appliances (but ours are ugly). If we don't move at least we'll be happy with our space and get to use a nice fridge and oven for a while.
eta: we have an old house, but just a thought- we spent $ for a home inspection (similar to when you buy) and found out we had some chimney issues and a few other smaller items that we took care of before sinking money into other stuff.