Remodelling The Kitchen To Add Value

My mother is preparing to sell up our family home. It is a little sad, after all that is the house I grew up in and there are a lot of memories there. I understand though. Now that my brothers and I have flown the coop it is a little bit on the large side for just her and Daddy. We are helping her to get it into shape to go on the market. It is really important in today's market that we work on investing in the house so that it yields a higher profit. We will be doing that by remodelling the kitchen. The reason we chose the kitchen is that as the heart of the home, most buyers tend to gravitate towards it. Homebuyers today are looking for modern kitchens with advanced technology. We are keeping costs down by doing some of the work ourselves. There are a few things we took into consideration when making our choices.

Buyers are looking for built in appliances, so we replaced the cooker, refrigerator and washing machine and also installed a dishwasher. Because of this addition expense we did not replace the cabinetry, instead we just replaced the doors as the cabinets were still structurally sound, but adding new doors gave them a new lease of life. We have kept the décor itself fairly neutral so that buyers have a blank canvas on which to build. The work is coming along really well and I am hoping that we can complete by the weekend.