Mr. Oats originally had the kitchen walls and cabinets painted the ugliest cobalt blue I've ever laid my eyes on (blue is his favorite so 
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Decided to redo the cabinets in a dark grey and painstakingly add a stone backsplash to the entire kitchen
Progress pics (and no, I don't keep a tidy workspace so 
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Results:
I was feeling 
after finishing the project, but now Mr. Oats is looking at selling the place so I won't be enjoying my labors for as long as I would have liked to 
!homeowners I have redone the kitchen, the study floors, and the fireplace (Mr. Oats installed hardwood flooring in the living room area and granite tile flooring in the kitchen/surrounding hallways) since the place was purchased. Does anyone have a clue how to get the most monetary value on renovations (I want to get ahead of low-balling appraisers 
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The first thing most people are going to want to do is tear shit out and make it their own lol.
What Id care the most about are things that aren't trend/taste based. Like how old is the furnace/ac, any areas of deterioration, structural, etc. Things that are unexpected expenses like replacing a furnace/ac in August in Kentucky like my mom just had to do without warning in one of her houses.
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Like just leave shit alone if you're going to move.
The previous owner of the Kentucky house was so proud of the “rennovations” she did to modernize the 130 year old bungalow - like removing all of the original marble, painting the gorgeous woodwork and brick white, destroying the original built-in cabinetry for modern ikea cabinets. All things that were immediately reversed at a huge expense.
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should be a capital offense, white painted brick is going to look so dated in like 3 years every flipper is doing it
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HGTV and its consequences
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Just like how the grey floors and white interiors are going signify a period piece of the 10's 20 years from now.
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When I see white painted brick I immediately think I'm in a bad area.
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It's already dated I want to kill shoddy house flippers
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If anything, we were planning on hanging on to this place and renting it out, but at this point it seems too cumbersome to deal with
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If you're renting it out, just paint the interior, make sure the roof is ok, and clean the carpets. If you need to replace carpet get the cheapest plainest shit money can buy.
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Previous owners of my house built an outdoor office taking up half the garden. They were listing it for sale before the floors were even in. I hate it but I'd feel bad about tearing it down because it's unused. I pray for a tree to fall on it.
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Salt the earth…and smash my stone into pieces
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This is my last resort!
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SUFFOCATION
NO BREEDING
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Tear down a real stone backsplash?!?
The place is in good shape besides some damaged siding I need to replace…I need to rebuild the front/back porch but I don't have time for that shit atm
How important are porches?
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Rebuild the porch. I've been working on mine and was able to get it done in two days (aside from paint).
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Well I'm a weak and feeble
so it would take too long and frick sunburn. How much do you think some travajos would do it for?
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Make mr oats do it
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I'm the handyman of the couple, so if I don't build it then it won't get done
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sad !moidmoment
soymoment?
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He's a busy man with better things to do
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!fellas Citycel soy cope
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Fr lmfao that's depressing
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If you're just replacing the boards it's easy with 2 people.
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Depends, how close are you to the border?
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And replace it with something that won't hold dirt
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You don't.
Assume all aesthetic renovations add 0 to the value
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Added an additional prep sink and island counter as well. That's a functional renovation at least, but no clue how much help it's gonna be lol
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Fair.
It may not actually increase the value per se, but could be the deciding factor for someone who is looking at multiple houses.
I bought my house because it has an isolated workshop on the back of the garage. Easy access to tools and stuff but with a wall separating it from my cars for dust control.
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Follow trends. Use the cheapest quality and look to fleece yuppies and techcels.
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Careful with self install flooring. I've had multiple contractors frick up the sealing and don't want to imagine what a diy would do. It's all fun and games until the wood warps slightly and water starts penetrating.
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Please listen to this man
Granite tile is beautiful, but I'll never have it in my house again unless I pay someone to do it. Endless tile spacers…neurodivergentally checking the levels…fml
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Just putting some Halloween spirit in my kitchen, brah
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I now believe that you are a women
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Always have been
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I mean what you done is peak woman thing in positive sense, a man won't do this in his house if woman don't force him, he will live in literally shit and be happy, so it's household care stuff.
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Are all your cabinet handles crooked???
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They look straight when I look at them in person
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Your phone literally has a level built in, just check
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Its never really been more expensive to renovate, so whatever it cost you in time and money roughly would have cost a lot more from a reputable contractor when you did it and if you'd have waited it'd cost even more so just double what you think its worth and increase the selling price.
Make sure you check all the low hanging fruit for the appraisers like appliances/upkeep/crawlspace/sewage/roof/siding gaps etc. as that's what their priority is I thought (not necessarily capturing all the finer aesthetic upgrades)
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Bathrooms and kitchens sell houses.
Renovating to sell is a gamble because you're hoping to get a buyer who likes what you like. That's why flippers are hard on the gray and cheap shit, because they're hedging their bets by making a blank slate that anyone can project their preferences onto. Anything that isn't catering to the lowest common denominator is counting on someone with similar tastes to you being in the market, which isn't necessarily a bad thing it's just less likely.
Some easy changes are bells and whistles like smart home stuff. You can get those smart lightbulbs for $20/ea and be like "smart lighting!" Or those little drawer lights that turn on when you open them, same for cabinets. They're cheap but you get that "ooooh" factor. Also if you live somewhere that hurricanes happen you can get a generator hookup put on the breaker box, people love that shit.
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I love the smart home stuff idea
All the bathrooms were updated as well, so maybe this won't be as much as a headache as I was expecting
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That's a sweet backsplash. With kitchens you want them to be as bright and white as possible to make it seem bigger and more open, so maybe think about lighter cabinets? I do like the color, but buyers like to have a blank canvas.
Your new flooring sounds like it will help get you more money. Bitches love new flooring
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see if there's programs to help people renovate their place. my parents are going to sell theirs here soon and through enbridge gas they're getting like 10k in rebates on shit like insulation, solar panels, new windows/doors, etc.
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I own 35 homes. You get the appraisal from several to get a ballpark of what it really costs (or just find one with really good reviews) the. just put the value you want and negotiate it's not hard
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You don't any homes. You confessed to being a filthy rentoid in that past
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That was in the past
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Congrats on your newfound wealth
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Level up xueen
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What kind of stone (or faux stone) is that? It looks porous. Wouldn't it be difficult to keep clean, given that it's the backsplash and so will inevitably get foodstuffs on it from time to time that needs to be cleaned off?
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It's travertine
I just finished it, so I haven't sealed it yet but once it's sealed it should be good
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Um yikes they prefer to be called homos.
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Im not a homeowner but i just do whatever i want and say frick the security deposit. Unless it's a handshake deal then i actually respect the house, renting from a company with an actual lease imma nail whatever i want to the walls and frick up whatever i feel like
I didnt read your post, just the title
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put pottys in every room so you can say you have more bathrooms
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Post a wedding ring picture so I know that your really miss oaks abs not just some simping whore
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Most homeowners are gonna do some renovations as long as you didn't paint any rooms pink or lime green you should be good on the aesthetic front
Just make sure the home is good from a mechanical and structural standpoint, nobody wants a flooded basement
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Actual granite? That's badass.
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I like it but wouldn't count on aesthetic renovations alone to always increase the value of the home. I think the fact that a ton of them were done just recently can make it so that a buyer who likes them is easily willing to shell out an extra $20,000 - $30,000 for the house, but maybe not much beyond that.
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How much older than you is he?
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It's a 5 year difference
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G R O O M E D
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Oh, and I'm gonna beat you to it
@jesus and tell myself to keep myself safe because I'm a blogposting cute twink 
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Glad you found a keeper
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Jesus that looks absolutely fricking awful lmao
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that stone backsplash is ugly I would immediately rip it out
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