One of the biggest improvements one can make to their garage is to recondition the floor… or in the case of new construction, to do something to protect the floor. Let’s run over a few options…
One of the biggest improvements one can make to their garage is to recondition the floor… or in the case of new construction, to do something to protect the floor. Let’s run over a few options…
Garage!
Seriously. I see articles and posts about increasing the value of your house through inexpensive kitchen upgrades, bathroom make-overs and landscape tune-ups… but everyone ignores the garage.
We live in and for the garage!
So, here are a few ideas to spruce up the garage. They are relatively cheap, and will make the garage look much better.
If you didn’t know, this little thingie (≠) is the ‘does NOT equal’ sign.
photo credit: ejhogbin
So many people have an idea that price and value are connected… or more specifically, discount from original list and value have a connection… they don’t. Bluntly, two buyers could go out and buy properties in the same neighborhood. One might have a deal, and the other may not. The one that got a deal might have paid more… and might have paid full list. The other might have paid 20% under list, and had a lower overall price.
I just got back from a meeting with a local mortgage broker, Ken Cook. He let me know about a great sounding program to remedy the situation when you want to move and can’t find that perfect house… with the perfect garage. If you can find the house, he can do a loan that folds in the improvement to the garage (or renovation of the house).
That is the goal if you are a seller.
Yesterday, in the REALTOR® Magazine Daily Briefing there was a short report on the findings of a story in Baltimore. It seems that getting a house to sell fast in even a tough market (and Baltimore is a tough market) takes the same things it does at any other time.