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Banty

In article .com,
says...

Leave it as-is, ask correspondingly less for the house, and let the
new
owners modify it to suit themselves.

Chris

having sold a home recently this is BAD advice, most home buyers demand
homes in move in condition, only 10% will consider a home needing work.

Refacing can be expensive Often more than new low end kitchen from
Lowes. Their craft maid line is excellent and really affordable,
probably less $ than refacing!

We did this on the home we sold recently.

Incidently by nature folks here are DIY but sadly most home buyers dont
want the mess and expense and hassle of installing a new kiltchen.

home buyers tend to spend their last dime buying the most expensive
home they can afford, leaving nothing for remodeling.

kitchens and baths if done affordably can help you sell easier for more
bucks. keep things in neutral light colors thruout your home

Depends very much on the market. Here in the northeast, people more often buy
for the long term, and expect to be doing work on the house to suit themselves.
The Texas market, where my father used to sell real estate, had more short-term
buyers who not only wanted move-in, but neutral carpets, etc. to just plug their
furniture in. Doing that up here would be a waste. They wanna know how new the
furnace and roof is.

Furthermore, from the POV of a house *buyer*, given an evident repair, it's much
better to lower the price and do the fix yourself.

So it really depends.

In fact, I sometimes suspect that advice like this, and all the fix-to-sell
homeshows, are more geared to crank up consumption of housing goods. Cheep
stuff gets put in, then ripped out.

Not saying you're necessarily wrong in your particular market and/or with the
particular buyers you know or work with.

Banty