I had intended on doing quite a bit of work to the house so long as I was living there, but seeing as how my wife treats me only slightly worse than a dirty cat litter box the divorce is coming up and the house will be going up for sale and I'm wondering if there's any benefit to doing some of these projects to increase the appeal/value of the house. In no particular order...
The attic needs a new staircase (the bottom two steps are splintered and falling apart). Only about 25% of the attic has flooring (plywood) on it; the rest is just exposed beams and insulation. And about 20% of the attic floor has no insulation over it.
There's an area off the kitchen we call the mud room. It's little more than a small hallway, maybe 15' long, with a door to the back yard on one end and a door to the garage on the other. The washer/dryer is here, as well as a half-bathroom. The floor is green vinyl tile stuck directly onto plywood and is peeling up/sliding around in many places. All of the walls are floor-to-ceiling wood paneling. There is no storage in the laundry area. The half-bath has the same green vinyl tile and a very badly scratched door thanks to the previous owners' dogs.
The kitchen was redone around 1994 and hasn't been touched since. The refrigerator is on its last gasp, the cabinets have seen better days, there's hideous wallpaper on one wall, and there's no "flow" to speak of.
The carpet in the living room and TV room is about 12 years old and badly worn.
The main bathroom is HIDEOUS. 70's-era yellow tile on the floor and walls, yellow bathtub, white-and-yellow flowered countertop, and ivory-with-copper-foil wallpaper.
So, given the cost issues associated with each of these, does it make sense to do any of these before I put the house up for sale?
Submitted January 06, 2015 at 12:59AM by bubonis http://ift.tt/1Ih9N88 HomeImprovement
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