Remodeling Your Home: Enjoy It Yourself!

Hi Donna Foerster - Great points!  I have been down that road personally. Why didn't I do this sooner so I could enjoy it!

Hi Donna- like Sheri Sperry - MCNE I too have been down that road with one of our houses. We kept waiting for a hurricane to take our roof. When we bit the bullet and put on a new one (to sell our home) a hurricane came a few months later!

I'm sure with you on this, Donna. It causes me to twing when I talk with a seller who says, "I always wanted to remodel the kitchen...I'll do it now."  When one waits until selling, often the finished result is very neutral and bland--to appeal to all.

Hi Donna, 

Well said!!!!  It makes me especially sad when older people do this.   I used to argue with my Dad that we should help my grandmother update her house  (bathroom and kitchen)  while she could enjoy it.  Not wait until after she was gone.  

I think people should try to enjoy their homes as much as possible since it is their home.  

This reminds me of the couple that had their refrigerator in the middle of the kitchen floor plugged into a big extension cord because the outlet by the cabinets against the wall where the refrigerator was supposed to go hadn't worked in two years. Go figure. They were ready to buy a new house. The bathroom faucet had a set of pliers on it to turn it off and on. The puzzler was they had two small kids. How did they use the pliers?

Hi, I enjoyed your blog this evening, glad I came across it, while looking for another subject matter.

I usually suggest to understand why they’re remodeling.​ 

Are you looking to up your resale value—or get more square footage? Define your end goal and stick to a budget.