Selling a home "as is"

bulletandpima
Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:59:47 +0000

Bullet and I always have a deal. He will do any upgrades if I agree to let him buy the “right” tools. In our last home he put down @2000 sqft of hardwoods. We bought the floors on line because even with shipping it was cheaper than Lowes. We did all of the sweat equity. He got new tools, and it was still cheaper than buying high end carpeting.

Yes, a smaller home will not recoup like a larger one, but again clients wanting carpeting over wood floors is becoming rare. Housing demands swing like a pendulum, back in the 50/60’s everyone had hardwood, go to the 70/80’s it was carpeting, 90’s it was ceramic/pergo, 00’s it is back to hardwood.

Look at kitchens, 20 yrs ago it was beige or black appliances, 10 yrs ago it was white, 5 yrs ago it was stainless, now it is black again. Same with cabinetry, 10 yrs ago a dark stain would be ripped out and replaced with white, now the white cabinets are being replaced with darker stained.

Take a big picture look, if you can afford to do anything in sweat without causing issues, than do it. Don’t lay a hardwood floor if you never used a mitre saw or an air nail hammer. Know your limits, because shoddy craftmanship will hurt you when it comes to re-sale.