There is really only one reason to try to increase the value of your home in Winchester Virginia: if you’re trying to sell it. If you’re not, deliberately increasing your home’s value most likely will increase your tax bill as well.
There are ways to increase your home’s value for resale that range from the very expensive (major remodels and additions) to free (tidying up the front yard). We’ll look at the whole range, noting how much value is added when possible.
Before you begin any of these projects, it is important that you do them with the following in mind: you 
do not want to raise the value of your property too far above others in the neighborhood. Why? Because people who want expensive homes will shop exclusively in higher-value neighborhoods. If you own the “best house” in the neighborhood, it is unlikely you will recoup whatever investment you’ve made. A good rule of thumb: keep the value of your property within 15 to 20 percent of your neighbors’.
The following figures appeared in the November, 2013 issue of Realtor Magazine. They list the top ten remodeling projects undertaken to increase a home’s value in the United States and what percentage of your remodeling investment is recouped at resale.
Project (average cost recouped, national):
Minor kitchen remodel (88%)
Bathroom remodel (85%)
Major kitchen remodel (81%)
Family room addition (80%)
Deck addition (77%)
Master suite (75%)
Attic bedroom (74%)
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Real Estate in Virginia and West Virginia including the counties of Frederick, Berkeley, Jefferson, Shenandoah, Clarke
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