Upgrades to Add Value to Your Home

Mostly, when estimating the market value of your home, size plays a vital role. However, there’s more to this than meets the eye. Apart from your home being in an ideal location, there are various ways that will help raise its resale value. Newer homes attract good market value. This is because various aspects like the plumbing, appliances, roofing, and the electrical are still new and will help to generate good savings to new buyers.

 

You may not always want to improve the value of your home for the intentions of selling alone. Making sure that you and your household are in a comfortable environment is reason enough. The skipping home maintenance and the repair of crucial parts may raise risk factors to those living in the house. For instance, the plumbing of your home plays a vital role in ensuring that your family has access to clean water and that it’s free of contaminants. If you are living in an older home, there are various updates and upgrades that will not only help add value but it will also add comfort to your home. It’s imperative to also note that not all home renovations will give you returns, especially with the costs in consideration. In this piece, we’ll be looking at various upgrades that add value to your home.

This is a huge project that will need you to have saved for some time towards it. It may also mean that you have an added hand to accomplish the task on time, especially if you are not a good DIYer. This may involve removing flaking paint chips from off the walls and washing the interior walls to remove any mold, stains, and dirt. Choose colors that match with your furniture and other interior pieces. For the exterior paint job, cool colors are advised, given the fact that they hold well over time and they also match with the environment. Some cool colors you can choose include:

 

• Silky sky blue
• Creamy cuddly white
• Warm green (Natural)
• Hazey mysterious grey
• Sandy beachy beige
• Smooth chocolatey brown

The kind of furniture you put in your home will obviously have an impact on your comfort, convenience, and of course, the home’s aesthetic value. But as we all know, not all furniture is meant to last forever. Waiting until your furniture starts getting worn, torn, or even smelly can greatly impact your home’s value in general, even though it may not affect its financial value directly. If your current furniture has seen better days, it might be time you donated it or sold it to a second-hand store to make room for a furniture upgrade.

 

However, you will want to be keen when selecting your furniture, especially in terms of convenience, efficiency, comfort, and aesthetic appeal. For instance, Kevin Sykes from ModernDigsFurniture.com says that modern sleeper sofas are efficient, versatile, and much more comfortable than a pull out sofa bed. In this case, be sure to do your research enough to find out what some of the best furniture trends on the market are. After all, selling your home is always easier when it appears clean and aesthetically appealing from the inside out.

Stone veneers are great alternatives to the real thing. Adding an adhered manufactured stone veneer to the front siding façade will help raise your home market value at resale. It’s a great tactic to employ on an older home. They don’t cost cheap but the returns are promising. Try a range of dynamic colors such as those of chisel gray stack stone. Most stores will give you complete options that are easy to install and offer a versatile range to choose from when thinking of recreating a stunning exterior.

Any homeowner will give anything to have a sturdy roof, especially if they live in an older home. For older homes, you will get a huge range of options that will help to improve the overall turn out of your home. However, before you redo the whole roof, you can consider installing an airtight chimney cap that helps to keep the rain from the chimney. In addition to this, you may also need to improve your roof’s ventilation. Gable vents are good at this. Other options include ridge vents and soffit vents. For these improvements, you may need a professional to install. When it comes to upgrading the roof, consider the following aspects of your roof:

 

• Underlayment
• Decking
• Roof covering
• Shingles
• Gutters
• Eaves/overhangs

 

Your home’s floor is also an area to consider when updating your home. This may help to refresh those tired rooms and give them another lease of life. Even simple tasks like adding another coat of floor paint may help to rejuvenate your home. Below are some basic flooring updates that will help in adding value to your home.

 

• Engineered wood floors
• Cork floors
• Vinyl tile floors
• Tiles and linoleum tiles
• Carpets

 

Most people forget about or forego the garage when re-flooring their homes. Even after arranging your garage, the floor may still be lacking in appearance. An epoxy coat will be a great option for the garage.

Your home may not require a complete bathroom update. However, some inexpensive vanities like lighting fixtures and lights may give it a completely new feel. If things are bad, consider re-tiling the walls, re-touching the paint, and perhaps replacing toilets and bathtubs if they look worn.

A kitchen remodel is not a task that one approaches in a rush. It requires careful planning and preparation. But it’s one of those things that may help to improve your home’s market value. There are various aspects to consider when updating your kitchen. They may include kitchen cabinets, counters, floor, wall paint, fixtures, and appliances. You may, therefore, opt to divide them into different projects unlike going all in.

Walkways, gardens, patios, and backyards form an integral part of any home. The best thing is that most of these don’t require professional landscapers unless if things are quite messy. You can opt for either natural or artificial elements when improving the landscape of your home. There are tons of DIY tips that you can find online, but before you do, the following tips will help to improve your property value.

 

• Planting trees
• Lawn edging
• Fencing
• Adding potted plants
• Accessorizing your porch
• Lighting the walkways

 

 

An attractive and well-groomed garden can help a great deal in improving the value of your home. The garden ought to feel like a relaxation spot rather than an unused open space.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Like we had earlier mentioned, not all home updates and home improvement efforts may add value to your home. In addition to this, some may be very expensive and time-consuming to undertake. You may also want to consult with a professional rather than DIY because in doing so you may make matters worse. As we all know, your home is the most valuable asset and any effort to make it better is counted a bonus. All the same, the pointers provide you with some of the best home upgrades you can ever make.