6 High Impact, Low Cost Updates

1. Tidy up kitchen cabinets.
Potential buyers do open kitchen cabinets and look inside.
2. Add or replace tile.
Every city has stores that offer $1 to $2 tile, so home owners have to pay only for the low-cost tile and labor to replace a dated backsplash, add a new one or update bath tile.
3. Add a breakfast bar.
When a wall separates a kitchen from a family room, cut out an opening to create a breakfast bar & add light to the room
4. Install granite tile instead of a slab.
Home owners can put in 12-inch granite tiles for about $300 in materials and get very high impact for little money.
5. Freshen up a bathroom without retiling.
Put in a new medicine cabinet for $100 to $150, light fixtures for about $100, a faucet for $50 to $75, and a vanity for $200 to $300.
6. Freshen up the basement.
With cement block or poured concrete walls in the basement, have a contractor fill in cracks with hydraulic cement and then paint with waterproofing paint, then add a top coat to add color. Also paint the basement floor with a good floor paint, which spiffs it up. The basement may not be finished, but it’s no longer a damp dungeon.