Home Improvement Projects That Will Not Give You ROI
Mar 30, 2010 Home Improvement
We all want our homes to look great, or better said – we want to be the envy of the neighborhood. Updating and remodeling your home is a good thing but you should take into consideration the type of project that will give you a return on your money, when it is time to sell. Aren’t all home improvements good? – You may ask. Not necessarily. Sometimes it goes beyond the type of room you are improving; sometimes it comes down to material and trends.
So how do you know which projects will be good to tackle? Usually the most used rooms are the ones that will give you a better return when improved. Rooms such as kitchen and bathrooms. While updating that old and dingy kitchen will benefit your pocket when it is time to sell, adding a second kitchen will not. Moreover, a second kitchen on a single family home will discourage some buyers. Unless you are adding a kitchenette to the basement which you are converting into an entertaining room with bar and amenities, a second kitchen will scare buyers away. And even that converted basement is not a priority on rooms that will give you the best return. That basement will become a bonus.
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Keeping a Home Improvement Diary
Mar 7, 2010 Home Improvement
When you own a home, the projects to maintain and improve its appearance are endless. Weekends turn into trips to the home improvement store. The satisfaction after a project well done fuels your desire to start the next project. There is always something to be done, even if you bought a brand new construction. Once the project is finished, all that planning and measuring, type of materials, and any research that you did, gets lost. That information may result valuable later, so why not keep it?
By keeping a home improvement diary, you can log important information on your projects. This diary can take the shape of a written journal, recorded video, PC journal, and step-by-step photographs of the project. You can also do a combination of all.
You can use a binder, a journal, a scrapbook type, an album, a photo box, or anything that you can think of. The important issue here is that you are able to organize it and can find the information easily when you need it.
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