If you’re thinking about selling your home, you may want to hold off until after you’ve evaluated the condition of your kitchen. For many buyers, this is the most important thing they look for. The cost to remodel may be daunting, but its ability to improve the house’s price point, as well as speed up its sell time, often makes the investment worth it.
Some remodeling options are valuable despite a relatively low cost. For instance, if you’re thinking about throwing everything into your remodeling project except the kitchen sink, you might want to reconsider and throw that in, too. Undermount and farmhouse sinks are hot right now, and installing one will tap into buyer preferences in a big way.
Another important issue with remodeling projects is to always check with a realtor or local interior decorator before taking a hammer to your kitchen. Tastes vary from market to market. Contemporary kitchens might sell best in one neighborhood, and traditional designs sell best in another. You can’t assume that a particular tile choice or floorplan will work in your home just because you like it, or just because you saw something similar on a TV show and it brought in an offer over list price. We’ve all heard that real estate is all about location, location, location — the same holds true for a kitchen remodeling project with home value as its driving purpose.
Even if have no intention of selling your home right now and just want kitchen updates you can enjoy, we still recommend taking a look at the infographic. If you think you’ll ever want to sell your house down the road, you might want to take home buyer preferences into account so you don’t do something to your kitchen that will cause the home to substantially drop in value.
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