Comments on: how should i prioritize the following home improvements? fireplace, new kitchen, bathroom in basement?

By: KareBear

KareBear — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:16:01 +0000

Kitchen – and don’t take down your old kitchen until you get all your new cabinets and open all the boxes and make sure you get your replacements for damaged ones. Then take down your kitchen and install the new ones. My whole lot of cabinets were damaged, and I had to re-order the whole kitchen – 10 more weeks – with no kitchen. A total nightmare. It’s worth it now, though. Good luck and remember the hardest things on a marriage are the death of a family member and remodeling.

By: luv_a_win

luv_a_win — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:12:33 +0000

(1) Kitchen more visible, more use
(2) Bathroom (needed especially if there are more than two in your household
(3) maybe rethink fireplace, little known fact sometimes your house insurance will go up cause of a fireplace, or you might not find an insurance that will insure a house with a fireplace

By: Airboy Hoss

Airboy Hoss — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:14:04 +0000

Statistics or mathematical equations won’t help here. What will maximize your value is a powerful impact on your potential buyer as they enter your home. It’s hard for me to take a mental tour, but I’m fairly certain the basement bathroom will not be the first stop for the buyer. Open your entry door, and be a buyer. What will go the furthest in causing you to fall in love with the property? At the end of the day, it’s almost always emotional consideration that closes the deal.

It will really help to have several people that have never seen your home to act like potential buyers and give you some honest feedback. You’ll develop a sense pretty quickly of how to best spend your investment dollar.

My gut tells me kitchen. It’s hard to ask a woman to use a kitchen in her new home without modern facilities.

By: axelrod

axelrod — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:18:17 +0000

Kitchen ,Kitchen , Kitchen, his should definitely be first. If you did decide to sell, The kitchen will be the first place the little woman will look, and she usually has the final say so . I personally think the bath in the basement would be an added benefit before the fireplace,
This is just my opinion from 22 years of remodeling .
hope this helps.

By: Michael P

Michael P — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:15:21 +0000

bathroom first have to use this weather we eat or not can always eat someplace else then kitchen need to cook at home to save money fire place last more for looks then any thing

By: Raven E

Raven E — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:33:30 +0000

The bathroom first. Since your talking about ROI
more people will turn down a house with
only one bath before theyd turn it down for
a fireplace…….

Same thing with the kitchen, it would be 2nd.

Fireplace third.

By: eskie lover

eskie lover — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:31:22 +0000

You will get more bang for your resale and improvement buck if you do the kitchen or add the bath. According to my appraiser and the book she carries around that indicates increased values, you would actually gain in the sale of your home with a bathroom addition or kitchen remodel. I would do the bathroom first merely because it is so much less disruptive than a kitchen remodel.