Simon G

If you purchased a new home or will be selling your current residence, you may be considering making some modifications. Regardless of whether you bought or sale you want to keep in mind to get the best return on money you invest in your remodel. A good real estate agent with extensive experience in your field should be good enough to advise you, which will reshape you get the best return on investment.



The Quickie, 3-5 days - Sometimes it makes sense to do a quick cleaning of surfaces to a house, I call the blitz. It should only take a few days to complete. Painting everything - if you have old cabinets seventies or anything other than the dates of ownership of the painting too. Shampoo carpets. If you can not get the spots to replace them. If you own a property with animal odors that you want to seal the cement floors or plywood. Floors of this type are porous. If you replace the carpet on the floor without sealing the odor will be back. Not too many houses to the west of Los Angeles have old hardwood floors of oak. If they do, you can finish or, as the cost to replace them or put some rugs down. After painting and cleaning the carpet situation, replace all the old knobs and hinges (do not forget to make the hinges) with brushed nickel / stainless steel and chrome hardware. Try not to keep old equipment that has paint on it. It seems cheap and lease-like. And finally, change all the old wall sockets and switches to new ones in white plastic. It will surprise you by how much your property will look. A month ago I put a condo that was in poor condition - very bad. We had a blitz and place of sale in the early days to about 10% ($ 60,000) by more than half a dozen other real estate agents thought it was worth it. We noted how the seller had kept the place up. Costs $ 2.000 to 6.000 (with exterior painting, it will be)



The moderate, 7-12 days - This includes everything I wrote about the quickie "with just a few keystrokes. You keep your cabinets, but replace the granite kitchen counters. There are pre-fabricated granite countertops which are manufactured in places like China 8 x 2 'pieces with bull-nose edges and six rebounds inches that are very cheap. You keep the cabinets in the bathrooms, but replace the old tiles exceeded linoleum or carpet on the floor with travertine tiles.There was a time where travertine is about $ 10 a square foot. You can now find high quality travertine tiles for around $ 3.50 per square feet. Take a shower Alumni / outside combo bathroom door and replace it with a new frameless door Available at The Home Depot for less than $ 400. You can also use a curtain elegant. Everything is worth a crap old 1960 or 70 shower door. costs $ 6.000 to 15.000



The Complete, 1-24 months - If you do a complete redesign, it is best not to skimp on quality. In other words, avoid making one of the things recommended in the moderate and Quickie. In West Los Angeles, you get a much better return on a complete redesign if it is upscale. This means that the quality, exclusive finishes such as CaesarStone quartz countertops, exotic wood, tile expensive equipment, high end brand like Viking and work with a designer or use your own well-developed aesthetic. Everything is on course, you probably will not put a Viking range in an 600sf condo, but you'll certainly put one in a 2500sf house. It is the difference between a polo shirt without the logo and the logo - the people are paying more for the logo. $ 35.000 to 200.000



As a Realtor I saw a lot of properties renovated. A person will have spent $ 150,000 for remodeling that does not seem as good as another individual who spent $ 60.00.