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Top Home Improvements That Add Value in 2022 Garage Door Replacement. A new garage door updates the look of the home and adds to curb appeal. ... Manufactured Stone Veneer Installation. ... Minor Mid-Range Kitchen Remodel. ... Fiber-Cement Siding Installation. ... Vinyl Window Installation.
The ideal base/foundation for a shed is concrete. Oct 28, 2021
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8×8 shed prices range from $2,367 to $20,199 and above, depending on building design, style, siding, add-ons, and more.
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You can't make changes to your side without their permission, such as painting it. If the wall or fence seems dangerous, point this out because...
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1. Garage Door Replacement A new garage door updates the look of the home and adds to curb appeal. The national trend is a four-section steel door with foam insulation and insulated glass windows across the top panel. It's on the low end for project costs, averaging $4,041, compared with just under $4,000 last year. The rate of return remains high at 93% of costs, although that's 1% less than last year, according to Remodeling's reports. 2. Manufactured Stone Veneer Installation Homebuyers still like a little rock on their homes. Installing manufactured stone siding along the lower third of the street-facing façade adds to curb appeal. This upgrade averages just over $11,000 nationally, a $1,000 increase from last year, and you'll recover about 91% of the costs when you sell, a decrease of 1%. 3. Minor Mid-Range Kitchen Remodel A fancy chef's kitchen might be your dream, but if it's not the next homebuyer's dream, too, you can expect a lower payoff. If your goal is to recoup as much of your costs as possible, better to go with a minor mid-range kitchen remodel. The national average cost increased about $2,000 from last year to just over $28,000. You'll recoup about 71%, a drop of about 1% from last year. Remodeling suggests replacing the cabinet and drawer fronts with Shaker-style panels and new hardware, getting new energy efficient appliances, replacing laminate countertops, getting a mid-priced sink and faucet, new floors and adding a fresh coat of paint. 4. Fiber-Cement Siding Installation Adding factory primed and painted fiber-cement siding is a high-value upgrade nationally (68% cost vs. value), but this is where paying attention to your local market is important: In Seattle, vinyl siding replacement makes it into the top three, with 87% recouped costs, while fiber-cement siding doesn't make the top five. 5. Vinyl Window Installation New insulated vinyl windows round out the top five nationally for projects with the highest return on investment, according to Remodeling's report. This improvement adds curb appeal and energy efficiency to the home. The national average cost is over $20,000, an increase of more than $1,000 from 2021, with 68% in recouped value, a decrease of 1% year-over-year. For comparison, at the bottom of Remodeling Magazine's national data is an upscale primary bedroom addition: You'll spend more than $350,000 on average, but you'll only recoup about 46% of costs.
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Read More »Projects That Might Decrease Value Not every home project is an improvement. These projects could decrease your home's value, so you might think twice before you invest in them. Swimming Pools With more people staying at home because of the pandemic, adding a swimming pool increased in popularity among homeowners, but the experts are divided on whether these will add to or detract from the desirability of the home to potential buyers. Many people, especially parents of young children, see pools as a safety hazard. Pools also require time and money to maintain, and they take up a lot of space that the kids could use to run around and play. Converted Garage If you're thinking about adding square footage to your living space, you might start eyeing your garage, but, depending on where you live, converting your garage might reduce your home's value, along with sacrificing parking spots. People like to use garages for their cars, outdoor equipment and storage. Converting a Bedroom to an Office With more people working from home, an office might seem like a higher-priority amenity than a spare bedroom. But bedrooms typically add to the value of a home. These types of conversions can cost up to $3,000, according to gobankingrates.com, citing HomeAdvisor. If the future buyer prefers to use the space as a bedroom, you won't recover your costs. Expensive Landscaping Features Creating beautiful outdoor spaces is a well-known way to increase value, but it is possible to go overboard. Over-the-top, customized landscaping features like an outdoor pizza oven, koi pond or a big concrete patio might not appeal to homebuyers. Instead of being excited, they might be thinking about how much it will cost to tear it out.
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Some will say that tiny homes are a fad, but the trend is still going strong. In fact, the market is set to grow by $3.57 billion between 2022 and...
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Reflective Insulation It is very DIY-friendly and installed between the joists and beams in the attic, where most of that heat enters your home....
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