subject: Garage Doors Add Value To Your Home [print this page] Your garage door's look, whether good or bad, could make a huge difference to the look of your home. To boost your property's value, spend a couple of dollars to spiff up your garage door.
Most people don't consider their garage door very often except to open it or close it. But there's money to be made in your garage door's appearance.
One comparatively easy solution to improve the worth of your property is to install a new garage door. Yes, you would remodel your kitchen a bathroom and that wouldn't hurt anything. However perhaps the largest return on investment on your house improvement dollar is in front of where you park your automobile, store plenty of your things or both. Your garage door.
A new garage door with ornamental features may be just the ticket to raising your house's value.
Here are some of the considerations.
Garage doors with raised panels have a very classic look. The best part is that they can be painted in different ways to enhance the panels. This makes the garage door stand out far beyond what a solid color may do.
Overhead garage doors featuring a carriage house pattern can make a huge difference to your home's curb appeal. They are built to resemble the look of carriage house or barn doors. Carriage style doors often look like they are on hinges and open outward, but they're actually convenient overhead garage doors that are completely out of the way when they are open.
Windows on garage doors can also make a big difference to the door's appearance. Palladium style windows, if they match the decor of your house can really make an great impression. What ever type of window you have in your garage door, the idea is to match the type of window in the rest of your house.
Garage doors can be made from semi-opaque acrylic. They let light pass though the garage door but no details of the items inside the garage can be discerned. Although this style is highly unusual and very expensive, on the right house they can present an amazing appearance. This is specially true on a contemporary style house and if the garage door panels are backlit.
If your budget is tight, but you want to make a dramatic improvement to the appearance of your house, you can paint your garage door in just a couple of hours. The transformation will be stunning, particularly if you use multiple colors.
An updated garage door adds 1% to 4% to the value of your home. That's a lot for just painting your door, specially if you can get to the 4% side of the range.
With this restricted real estate market, it only makes sense to spruce up your home.
Why not begin now? All the materials and designs that you could ever want are in inventory at your local garage door company. Just give them a call. They'll be glad to visit your home and provide a quote for you.
