We have just bought a small (480 sq ft) small house with no basement to renovate and resell. It has one bedroom, small living room and very small kitchen and even smaller bathroom. The lot is big so we have already dug a hole, poured foundation and are planning on moving the house on top of the new foundation. So, the basement will have 2 bedrooms, full bathroom, laundry room and the mainfloor bedroom will be opened up to make a bigger living room. Ok…here comes the question…would you take the bathroom out on the mainfloor and open the kitchen or would you take the tub out (it’s only a 4 ft long old tub) and keep a bathroom upstairs and keep the small kitchen? I think bigger kitchen no bathroom and my husband thinks the opposite. Please let me know your opinion.

Repossession

I will be selling my home next month and I am trying to decide what I should spend money on fixing up or renovating, and what is not worth it?

My house is a newer house, 9 years old. The hardwood floors throughout it have never been refinished. They look decent, but have no coating left on them at all and have some minor scuffs and scraps in them. The kitchen appliances are all originals, in working order. The walls need to be painted badly. They contain dings and marks throughout, the bedrooms were painted poorly by myself (dark colors, paint on ceiling). The front deck needs to be revinyled (couple of rips, fading, rust stains, etc.) and the garage also needs to be painted and have some big holes filled in (car ran into the front of it from old owner).

My question is, what to do, and what do I leave? I want to invest money that I will get back out of it. Would putting in $2,000 worth of new stainless steel appliances be worth it? Or not? Should I repaint the house, redo floors?

Sell and Rent Back

The house is a two bedroom Terrace for £80,000. It has no pictures of the inside of the property. This is what it states:

Requires full renovation would ideally suit an investor, Garden fronted mid terrace with 2 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, No chain.

The renovation has put me off also with ideally for an investor. What things could it mean when it says renovation and also to suit an investor. Do you think there is going to be a lot of work involved in this property?

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