Does The Quality Of Your Plumbing Affect Your Home Resale Value?
The values of property all over the Western world have plummeted for the last several
years and seem set to continue to do so for the foreseeable future. But as with any crisis, financial or otherwise, life goes on and people will still find ways or even reasons to sell their home - usually as part of an emigration plan these days. You see any recession like this breeds a new generation of wealth and anyone who has money to invest right now is out there speculating on property and getting some real bargains. This means that even during the worst recession there will still be opportunities to sell your property but in a market flooded with property for sale how can you make your home or apartment more attractive than your neighbours? Just because you have your home for sale at a reasonable price doesn't mean that it's going to be snapped up by some eager buyer - it's a buyer's market right now.
Well one of the easiest ways to do this is make your home as presentable as possible and that includes the exterior and interior of it. There's no point in having well cared for lawns and gardens and an exterior paint job to be envied if the inside of your home is like a dump and vice versa. Of all the rooms in a home to make an impression on any visitor your bathroom is the one that's going to stick out like a sore thumb if there's anything wrong with it.
That's why you need to make sure your bathroom and all the other rooms that rely on plumbing in your home are in the best possible order because silly things like a leaking tap, a boiler or water heater that rattles or a shower that doesn't work properly is going to be enough to make most investors stop in their tracks and start adding the cost of fixing these problems up in their head. Once they put a question mark over your property on their lists then it can be enough for them to simply go 2 doors down the street and find an identical home without any of these problems.
So although you might not like the idea of having to spend money on getting your bathroom and the associated plumbing fixed up you really don't have any choice when it comes down to it. If you want to sell your home then your bathroom and then the kitchen are the two rooms that need to be in absolutely perfect order and both of them rely heavily on functioning plumbing so put your best foot forward and take care of these types of problems before you have any viewers show up.