I am remodeling my kitchen and the house is a 960 sq. ft. 1972 home in Canton, OH. The home was purchased for 75k and valued at 86.5k. I will be painting the cabinets white, replacing the handles (approx $200), getting a formica countertop w/sink (priced at Lowe’s for $1250, after 10% off for opening a charge card), tile floor (71cent tile, with $3 per sq. ft. installation from a friend of mine) approximately $600, new stainless steel refrigerator, dishwasher, over the stove microwave, and stove (priced at $2300, not installed). Please comment on whether you think it is worth putting $4k in a kitchen of a lower end home with only a 140 sq. ft. area. By the way, Canton, OH, is ranked as 4th or 5th cheapest places to live in the country. Houses on the street sell in the range of $65k – $100k (some homes are over 1,300 sq. ft. though).
I have an older Patriot single-wide. I’d like to knock out a dividing wall in the kitchen but I’m not sure if its a supporting wall? How can I tell if I can’t get access to the layout or blueprint? The previous owner had crummy cabinets and cheezy drawers made and put in which made it a very tight kitchen area, so I wanted to remodel and just open it up to the rest of the living-room but put in a small aisle for an added counter space. Any suggestion in going about the remodeling of my kitchen? Thanks.
I am getting my kitchen remodeled and he told me he comes at 7:30 but yesterday he came at 7am right after I was getting out of the shower and I was walking to the closet to grab a towel and he and his entire crew ended up seeing me completely naked. It was extremely embarrassing…I apologized and he said oh its really okay but I am still mortified. Is there anything else I should say?
I had to delete my previous question because after getting my first response I realize that how it was worded made me come off as a complete idiot and it was worded wrong. So, here I go again this time I’ll be more careful on how I word it. LMAO
I realize now after being in our home for almost 7yrs. that there’s things about the house that I would love to put on the home improvement list. I’d have an arms length of projects to take care of. Like so many others, it’s just not in the budget! What would you do with your home that you’ve been wanting to do for a long time but, unable to due so due to it not being within the budget?
This is my home improvement list:
Tear up all the carpeting and lay down flooring~ hard wood/tile
More counter space in the kitchen
repair some of the dents, bad patch job under the paint jobs from previous owners, tear down the wallpaper and paint.
New Windows~ the woodwork on our windows outside is horrible weather has beaten them up.
Better lawn- there’s so many rocks and the grass feels like sharp straw instead of a nice green full plush lawn that’s not patchy or rocky
New Window treatment down the road as we have a toddler so, as you can tell a lot of stuff would have to wait anyways until he’s older even if the money was there. LOL
Thanks everyone for sharing I appreciate it. I’m sure we’d all love to do some stuff around our homes if we just had the money. We’re a one person income so,things are definitely on a tight budget here!
I am going to be putting my house on the market soon to relocate. Its an older 2 bedroom home. I can’t afford to do any expensive remodeling (ie`new kitchen counters, gutting the bathroom). So I was wondering if anyone had any tips for what I should do to attract buyers. What are the big turn on’s and turn off’s when you look at a home. This is the only home I’ve ever bought so I’m feeling a little overwhelmed. We have done some updating while we lived here, but its all been plumbing, wireing, the type of thing you can’t see. I’m looking for more cosmetic type advice. Thank you!
Well, I grew up in this house. I ended up living here with my dad until he passed 2 years ago. It feels depressing here, but my husband and dog and so forth keep me feeling better. The inside is nice, but the bathroom and kitchen and porch needs some work. It has 14 rooms, including only one bathroom. It needs to be rewired for safety reasons and the outside needs a lot of work to look really nice. I live on a farm, back a lane and no one really sees it except for the farmers we lease the land to and a few friends and family. I just want something more, since I have a good job now and land to work with. I could rent it out and build a home. We have one rental house on our farm already–getting 300 a month for that one. This is a small, rural town and I could not rent this one for more than 450 most likely–although it is in much better condition. Should I save more money by not fixing it up so that I can later build a new one or should I fix this up? What do you suggest? 
I have a town house in southern California. It is 1650 square feet, 3bd/2.5 ba, has a yard and 2 car garage.
I want to do some light remodeling: new kitchen cabinets, granite countertops in kitchen and bathrooms, update bathroom tubs, and other things. My whole project will cost about $27,000 for materials. No labor costs.
My wife and I plan to remain living in the town home for at least another 5 years because starting a family. We will have our place paid off (& will be debt free) in a few months and may possibly sell it one day if our neighborhood gets bad. But we may never move because real estate is SUPER expensive near the beach where we live.
Is $27,000 too much to invest in my town house? My reason for the updates is not for resell but to make our home more custom.
I want us to be happy with what we have so we don’t go house poor buying a fancier house.
Also, should we save our money for 18 months to pay for the project in full, or should we get a loan?
I have an older bungalow & want to remodel the kitchen. The house is only 840 square feet. Currently, the dining room and kitchen are seperated by a normal-sized doorway, so the dining room area is more formal. The dining room & living room are open with a cool open arch between the two rooms adding architecural detail. I was thinking of taking out the wall between the dining room & kitchen which would open up the space so the living room, dining room & kitchen were more open. Would you suggest doing this, or would it be better to keep the space as it is to leave some sense of different rooms since it’s such a small space?
Well, I grew up in this house. I ended up living here with my dad until he passed 2 years ago. It feels depressing here, but my husband and dog and so forth keep me feeling better. The inside is nice, but the bathroom and kitchen and porch needs some work. It has 14 rooms, including only one bathroom. It needs to be rewired for safety reasons and the outside needs a lot of work to look really nice. I live on a farm, back a lane and no one really sees it except for the farmers we lease the land to and a few friends and family. I just want something more, since I have a good job now and land to work with. I could rent it out and build a home. We have one rental house on our farm already–getting 300 a month for that one. This is a small, rural town and I could not rent this one for more than 450 most likely–although it is in much better condition. Should I save more money by not fixing it up so that I can later build a new one or should I fix this up? What do you suggest?
I am looking for a new washer/dryer and potentially remodeling my kitchen.