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Originally Posted by disneysteve
If you are planning to sell the house, you will probably get more for it with an updated appearance but still not as much as you spent.
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Disagree here. I remodeled my first house for about $7000 (plus loads of elbow grease). I sold it for $120,000 in 3 weeks time, while the house down the street with the same floor plan couldn't sell at $90,000. Of course, I don't know if the other house had some major problems.
I couldn't sell my second house for 3 months. I added some paint, curtains, $1 per square foot stick on tile and some minimal landscaping (maybe spent $500) and sold it a month later.
Of course, this isn't in the high end market. Boy, though, paint can sure fool the eye!