Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Improving Your Home Can Be a Real Benefit

July 6, 2011


Until home prices improve, many home owners are staying in their present homes. If they can, some of these homeowners are investing in their present homes by making either cosmetic or energy saving improvements. New windows are a great way to do both the cosmetic and energy saving upgrade.


I heard on the radio this morning that the installation of home solar electrical systems has increased 47% over last years numbers. Some of the interest in making this improvement is stimulated by the California solar rebates, but some is also the result of homeowners wanting to cut their energy costs. It will be interesting to see how solar energy translates in value when these homes come up for sale.


The one improvement that does seem to increase the present marketability of a home is the installation of dual glazed and /or argon windows. Buyers nowadays do comment on window replacement. It might even be worth looking into any rebates for this improvement.


Garage door replacement is probably the least expensive of improvements that a home owner can do. It gives a real bang for the buck and seems to be important to home buyers.

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