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Home Improvement Ideas That Will Increase Your Chicago Home’s Value

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You can make several significantly important changes that can increase the value of your Chicago area home or property, which is a good move worth taking before selling the home. Improvements that you do may look good, but later on you may notice that they simply cost you a considerable amount of money without adding that much value to your Illinois property. The following ideas will help you increase the amount your property is worth as well as adding more functionality and comfort to your home. A Clean Look can help you not only fix problems but improve the value of your Chicago home.

Remodel Your Chicago Kitchen

The kitchen is usually one of the most common remodels, as the kitchen is one of the most used rooms in the house, and the heart of family activity. It is very easy to recoup as much as 80% of your initial investment when you do a kitchen remodel. Team these changes with energy efficient kitchen appliances and you’ll see an electricity bill decrease as well.

Try to make sure that the design you opt for matches the rest of your home. As an example, if the house you own has a classic design, if you add a fancy modern kitchen, it won’t be a good fit with your home. If you have trouble figuring out how to redesign your kitchen, start with your built-in kitchen appliances. You may be able to get some inspiration and improvement ideas by talking with an interior designer.

Add another bathroom

To improve the value of your home, consider building another bathroom. You might be able to recoup eighty to one hundred percent of your investment on this addition.

Initially, you need to determine where you should put the extra bathroom. An unused bedroom is a good option, or possible even the space under your stairs. This could work very well home but a better idea might be to use space underneath your stairs. The minimum space that you would want for a new bathroom is 18 square feet. In many cases, that still might be too small to offer any kind of actual value.

Ways To Reinvent Existing Rooms

Rooms in your home that are not used as much as they could be and be repurposed to increase the value of the home. There are some people who would prefer to add an extension for an extra room. Adding a room, however, can be very expensive; thus it is unlikely to bring much in the way of increased value to the home. In addition, problems often develop during the construction phase that end up costing more than was budgeted.

Instead of adding new spaces, repurpose a room that already exists. Without having to spend too much money, you can add quite a bit of value to your home in a short period of time. One example of reinventing a space is to transform a basement that is not used into a bedroom or game room. Another option is taking a garage and reinventing it into a small apartment that you could rent out. This is really how you add extra value to a home.

Before you start the transformation process, consider exactly what kind of room a potential buyer may be most interested in, such as an at-home office, laundry room, or an extra bedroom. You could then do something much more versatile which can add even more value to your household.

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Chicago Bathroom Remodeling

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These photos show the process of dismantling an existing bathroom which had black marble tile with an old leaking Jacuuzi tub. It was replaced with a soaker tub which is free standing & large floor mounted faucet.
These photos show the process of dismantling an existing bathroom which had black marble tile with an old leaking Jacuuzi tub. It was replaced with a soaker tub which is free standing & large floor mounted faucet. From that point the finishing touches are large porcelain tiles new corner shower and new tiolet.

 

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The job above included many facets of home improvement work. To do a complete remodel of a bathroom there needs to be knowledge in areas of plumbing, demolition, tile work, drywall, electrical,painting and final trim work(carpentry). That is not including all the incidentals like towel bars ,mirror ,vanities shower heads etc.. This is where a general contractor comes in very handy because he either possesses the skills required to complete this type of project or has the connections(sub-contractors) who can seamlessly come on to the project to perform certain portions of this job. A Clean Look has these attributes  and can handle your bathroom remodel work.

The key is getting the work done properly and within a reasonable time frame so that disruption in the home is kept to a minimal. Because some work naturally follows other projects i.e. your not painting before you demo the bathroom. Your not tiling until rough plumbing is completed . Having said that the point is that within a bathroom remodel project you have smaller task lists within each trade to complete as the process unfolds. The main focus should be on getting it right the first time with the functionality that you need from the space that you have. Good luck and don’t forget that the planning is very critical to the final outcome of your project.

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