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Thinking of Selling your Home?

Step 1: Get a Value Wizard report for your property:

Step 2: Home improvements to increase value

There are two reasons for pursuing home improvement projects:

  1. Just Want To Do It — You want some new features in a home to improve your family's quality of life, but you don't want to leave your current home.

  2. Really Need To Do It — You want to make your home more marketable to maximize return (or minimize loss) and speed up the sale process. (see local business & service provider list below)

In the right market conditions, a project might fit into both categories. Othertimes, though, the two approaches will conflict:

Just Want To Do It — In situation A, the project is perceived as a necessary or worthwhile improvementto your family's lifestyle. Say you have two or three teenagers in the family andthe morning bathroom situation is completely out of control. It doesn't matter ifan additional bath generates a 150 percent return on investment or actuallydecreases the value of the home (unlikely, unless you're a completely incompetentdo-it-yourselfer with a bizarre design sense). The economic impact just doesn'tmatter. If you have the money for a new bath and you don't want to move — you addthe bath. It's that simple.

Or say you're a barbecue fiend and the only feature missing from the dream homeyou've just purchased is a sprawling backyard patio with a natural-gas grillcustom-built with flagstone and river rock. Again, return on investment justisn't going to be a critical question. The improvement becomes more comparable topurchasing a depreciating asset that you feel is a necessity for your lifestyle —such as an automobile. When the barbecue aficionado adds a deluxe patio to a homethat's already the most expensive property in the neighborhood — perhapsdestroying the entire backyard in the process — there's a good chance that verylittle of the cost will be recouped in a subsequent sale.

An even better example might be a pool. If you're a person who simply has to haveone — fine. Put in a pool. But it's probably worth checking with a real estateprofessional first, just to make sure you fully understand that adding the poolmight actually lessen the property's value and make it more difficult to sellshould you later decide to move. That's the reality in many markets. That doesn'tnecessarily mean you shouldn't do it, especially if you're planning to live inthe home for the rest of your life. It just means it's worth knowing the cost andsalability impacts at the front end — even if they're not going to deter you frompursuing the project.

Really Need To Do It — The "type-B" home improvement project is pursued primarily to increase theproperty's salability. In turn, this often increases your return on investment. Agood real estate agent can advise you of possible improvements that will attractmore potential buyers and also pay for themselves either through increasing thehome's value or through shortening the time it takes to sell the home.

Here we're typically talking about projects such as: painting — either becausethe existing paint is in bad shape or is an unusual color; replacing carpets —again because of age, color or style; repairing or resurfacing a cracked drivewayor sidewalk; refacing kitchen cabinets; and trimming or removing overgrown orunattractive landscaping.

While spending several thousand dollars on your home right before you sell itmight not sound very appealing, it's not uncommon for the right work to more thanpay for itself in a higher selling price and shorter marketing time.

Consult with an experienced real estate agent to learn what improvements willmake your home more marketable in comparison to similar properties that are now —or recently have been — on the market in your area.

 

Local Businesses and Service Providers

 

Acoustic  Removal

 

 

Action Environmental 

858-277-9703

 

Level 5 Drywall

858-576-6469

Chris McDole

 

 

 

Air Conditioning & Heating

 

 

South Coast Air

858-530-1711

 

ASI Hastings

800-481-2665

 

Central Plumbing/ Heat & Air

619-422-5242

 

 

 

 

Appraisers

 

 

West & Assoc.

619-282-7801

Kevin Westjohn

 

 

 

Asbestos

 

 

Asbestos Detection Testing

714-530-1922

 

 

 

 

Bath Tub Refinishing

 

 

Bathman

619-670-3529

 

Lazarus Bath Tub

619-262-9966

Lazarus Landin

 

 

 

Carpet Cleaning

 

 

Winfield Carpet

858-587-9007

Amy Shumacher

 

 

 

Carpet Installation

619--571-8544

Luis

 

 

 

Chimneys

 

 

Chimneys R Us

619-231-5744

 

 

 

 

Computer Help

 

 

Computer Dudes

858-792-6085

Trung Box

 

 

 

Concrete Drives & Patios

 

 

Rick Moreno

619-818-3994

Rick Moreno

 

 

 

Construction & Masonry

 

 

Sitework Construction

619-442-5894

 

 

 

 

Contractor

 

 

Bruce Banning

619-544-1975

 

Carver Construction

619-208-2003

 

 

 

 

Design Consultant

 

 

California Closets

858-695-0882

Susie Schneider

 

 

 

Dog Grooming

 

 

Pet Paradise

619-299-1810

Debbie

 

 

 

Drain Cleaners

 

 

Dutra Plumbing

619-339-3656

Jason Dutra

 

 

 

Electrician

 

 

Roberts Electric

619-972-5567

Robert

Collier Electric

858-560-9469

Randy Collier

 

 

 

Fencing

 

 

Audrey Fencing

619-787-1000

Joe Campillo

 

 

 

Finances

 

 

Financial Consulting Unlimited

619-282-2100

Roger Casey

 

 

 

Fireplaces

 

 

Authentic Fireplaces

858-274-6134

Jim Crawford

 

 

 

Flooring

 

 

Ruben Villa

858-254-8017

 

Atlas Flooring

619-299-9695

Walter Kamfonik

Zauss Goodwin

800-357-1257

 

 

 

 

Foundation & Slabs

 

 

RAD Construction

619-698-4621

Russ Burdeno

S.D. Engineerings

760-632-5474

 

 

 

 

Garage Doors

 

 

All Pro

858-576-7223

 

Phillip Garage Door Repair

619-266-1384

 

 

 

 

Gardener

 

 

Mike Taylor

619-992-2090

 

 

 

 

Glass & Screen

 

 

Golden Hill Glass

619-231-8870

 

 

 

 

Handyman

 

 

Alex Mora

619-808-8008

 

 

 

 

Hauling & Cleanup

 

 

Art's Hauling

619-970-6311

 

 

 

 

Health

 

 

John Andrus, DC

858-453-5781

 

 

 

 

Home Inspections

 

 

Focus Inspection

619-448-8168

Joe Ramuno

Amerispec

858-535-1033

 

Hunter

619-543-0008

Tom Moore

 

 

 

House Cleaning

 

 

Renee of La Jolla

858-560-7744

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

 

Great Eagle

858-277-6000

Luis Campos

 

 

 

Interior Design

 

 

Small Changes Design

858-456-6060

Denise Sprague

Homestead House

858-530-3200

Sharon Zannos

 

 

 

Landscaper

 

 

Jeremia Maestas

619-890-9003

 

 

 

 

Lender

 

 

MDC Financial Service Group

619-325-4141

Michael Dodt

 

 

 

Locksmith

 

 

O'Brian's

619-299-9730

 

 

 

 

Mortgage

 

 

MDC Financial Service Group

619-325-4141

Michael Dodt

 

 

 

Moving

 

 

Bartle Brothers

858-547-0783

Chris Bartle

 

 

 

Notary

 

 

Samantha Marcrum

619-993-7264

 

 

 

 

Painter

 

 

Dragon Flower

619-265-8660

Julie Lung

Damon

858-220-9357

 

Marco

619-434-4115

 

Keith Moran Painting & Powerwashing

619-846-4497

Keith Moran

 

 

 

Pet Sitting

 

 

Cindy Staszak

619-787-2814

 

 

 

 

Plumbing

 

 

Just Plumbing

858-274-1723

Ernie

Aaron's Plumbing

858-566-9119

Don Heene

Central Plumbing

800-353-0929

Bob Harman

 

 

 

Pool Repair

 

 

Pleasure Pools

858-277-1264

 

 

 

 

Powerwashing

 

 

Keith Moran Painting & Powerwashing

619-846-4497

Keith Moran

 

 

 

Roofing

 

 

Campos Roofing

619-464-7057

Rolando Campos

 

 

 

Termite

 

 

Antimite

619-582-7325

Charles Brown

 

 

 

Tree Service

 

 

J&J

888-454-8746

 

 

 

 

Window Cleaning

 

 

Brian Miller

619-998-2063

 

 

 

  • Ascent Real Estate, Inc.
  • 410 Kalmia Street
  • San Diego, CA 92101
  • Tel:  619-325-4105
  • Fax: 619-325-0750
  • Dir:  619-985-7369
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