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Read Before You Remodel
The economy being what it is these days, many people who intended to sell their current home and upgrade to something more in line with their dream house have been forced to reconsider the wisdom of such a move. More than a few no longer have the option, financially, and don’t foresee that changing anytime soon.
What a lot of these people have chosen, however, is to not give up. Instead of finding their dream house and taking on considerably more debt they have decided to remodel and create it. There will still be significant cost but usually not nearly as much as mortgaging a new purchase.
Along with upgrading the kitchen and putting in Jacuzzi tubs in the master bath, many are finally ready to install the hardwood floors that they have always wanted. Right up with that new kitchen, those wood floors will greatly improve the market value should things actually turn around sooner and they get the opportunity to sell.
As long as solid wood planks or a quality engineered wood product is installed, the type of wood they choose won’t affect the future selling price of the house but it will be something they will need to spend a fair amount of time researching. Even the more common choices of oak, maple, ash or walnut flooring have all sorts of variables associated with them. Natural or stained? Simple linear pattern or something with a design, like parquet? Will there be a border or some sort of inlay? How about the cut — plain-sawn, quarter-sawn or rift-sawn?
It has been said that the process of building a new home is the first step to divorce court. Whether that has any validity or not, building or remodeling is extremely stressful and demands a huge investment of time and energy. Advance discussion, research and planning will be effort well spent.