You would like to improve your home or FLIP (purchase-renovation-resale)? You do not have the money to completely replace the kitchen cabinets with a bill of $ 15,000 or more?5 improvements in your home for $ 1,000
Here are five ways to rejuvenate your home for an amount less than $ 1,000:
The kitchen
A simple way to remodel the kitchen is to replace only the cabinet doors, repainting in embellishing them with a small decorative molding. At the same time, replace the door handles by other, more likely. The cabinets can be repainted too, even if they are in melamine. I made these changes in many of my renovations; the results were very surprising. You will, however, to invest a little of your time.
The entrance
People decide to buy in the first 90 seconds of entering your home. The entrance hall must be up. Replace the floor covering with the new ceramic, add a ranking system in the entrance locker room to avoid the piles of shoes at the entrance. Repaint the entrance and make sure that your electric baseboard is not rusty, which is often the case.
Floor coverings
It is often difficult to replace a floor covering for a price below $ 1,000. Search in collection for merchants; I just find a carpet to $ 1.39 per square foot. Floating wood look floors are a great idea. Now they are very durable and easy to install.
The bathroom
Improve the bathroom by replacing the vanity. In large hardware stores, vanities of ready to install sell approximately $ 500, sink included. Remember to provide fresh plumber and fittings. Make sure that the new vanity is larger than the old, which saves you from having to replace the floor covering.
The paint
By repainting, you get a return on your investment of 100% upon resale. Be careful though colors, pastel colors are promoting at the expense of color Neo-Gothic style.
Ghislain Larochelle is a Registered Professional in Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec as well as the OACIQ. His business training and coaching for property investors - Immofacile.ca - may collect fees related to training and nightlife of monthly lectures.
ADVICE
The kitchen, the bathroom and painting give the best return on investment for resale.
If you are not an expert in decoration, visit a designer or a decorator to help you make the right choices.
