What are the best upgrades when buying a new home?

Question

Heya, my wife and I are buying our first home. It's a brand new home that hasn't been built yet and we get to choose up to $22,000 in upgrades, while the house is being built. What upgrades would increase our home value for resale? They gave us a list of the upgrades we can choose from(20 pages worth) Anything would help. Thanks

Answer 1

Anything that will cost you MORE to do later.

Examples are:

Hardwood floors...b/c the furniture has to be moved, and they charge big bucks for that.

42" cabinets or the color you like...b/c painting them always looks like c**p and new cabinets are expensive.

Get any and all electrical upgrades having anything to do with wiring...they are ALWAYS cheaper with the builder...get anything that you even THINK you might want.  Examples are 220 exterior outlets for a hot tub or freezer outlets.

Tile...another thing that is more expensive to do later.

Patio expansions...esp if it's on a slab.

Answer 2

definitely in the kitchen, if you can get granite in the kitchen its a huge plus the price of the house goes up but i would definitely do the upgrades in the kitchen its the most used room in the house so definitely go all the way with the stainless steal and make it look nice!

Answer 3

Ummm....unless we know what the home includes as standard equipment, it's hard to tell you what makes sense in upgrades.....

Answer 4

Appliance, bathrooms, and kitchen upgrades improve the resale value

Answer 5

As others have said, definitely kitchen upgrades such as the counter tops and tile or hardwood on the floor.

Hardwood is also a good way to go for upgrade.

I'd personally have to see the list b/c my brain isn't working atm heh. But yeah, as someone else has said. Anything that would cost more to do on your own would be the way to go.

We bought a home that was built for someone else but they couldn't close on it for some reason. They got alot of upgrades in the home as well. Nothing fantastic, but enough to make it their own. Such as the kitchen cabinets, extra cable outlits, a glass door for the front, etc. Biggest upgrade they got was a sunroom. Cost was 9k for it, and I'm sure if they had waited to do it on their own would've cost them triple that amount.

Just do some research and think about that. Would soandso cost us more to upgrade later on than if we just got it right now?

Answer 6

Kitchen upgrades are very important. Bathrooms will also increase the resale value. You might also consider a fireplace.