How a New Bathroom Can Impact Home Resale Value

Almost any major home improvement project is going to affect your home resale value in some way, and when evaluating your options, you always need to keep this mind. Building a new bathroom, fortunately, is one of those decisions that almost always lead to a good return on your investment. The issue, however, is in how you choose to design your new bathroom and how that will impact your real estate market value. It can get a little tricky, but our contractors at ServiceWhale are more than ready to help you navigate the remodeling process to make sure you’re getting a new bathroom that can leave all parties happy.

Everyone Wants a New Bathroom

ServiceWhale handles a ton of queries from homeowners interested in a new bathroom remodel, and the reason why is pretty simple. The average person will spend a sizeable chunk of their lives in bathrooms, and if there’s a spot in the house that has seen the worst of human messiness, the bathroom is exactly where you’d go.

As a result, people can get a little touchy over their water closets. We want a space that’s clean, well-lit and has plenty of room, but our actual bathroom is usually quite the opposite. When it comes time for a fresh home improvement plan, a new bathroom is usually the highest priority. Same goes for new home buyers. If they don’t like the bathroom, that house isn’t going to sell, and you need to keep that in mind.

Balance Need and Home Resale Value

We see situations like these all the time at ServiceWhale. A family wants to remodel their bathroom, but they don’t plan on reselling the house for some time. Is it better to just put up with an undesirable bathroom so that you can get the most bang for your buck later? That’s a tough question to answer. Ultimately, if you’re considering a new bathroom, you need to weigh your immediate needs against an uncertain future dollar. If you’re in desperate need of storage space, for example, or need to adapt your bathroom to someone with a disability, the remodeling might be necessary right now.

Don’t Forget About the Market

As mentioned already, installing a new bathroom in your home could pay back big dividends when it’s time to sell your home, so during the remodeling process, you want to make sure you keep the market in mind. For instance, removing a bath and replacing it with a shower turns a full bathroom into a three-quarter bath, which could potentially turn off a lot of buyers. At the same time, figuring out where to put a bath or a shower (i.e. first or second floor) will lead to varied reactions from the market as well. All of this comes back on your home resale value, so just making the commitment to a new bathroom is not the end of the journey.

Contact ServiceWhale for More Information!

Remodeling your bathroom is not a decision to take lightly. You have to be ready to put in the hard hours getting every detail right—at the same time weighing all the pros and cons of how your new bathroom will affect your home resale value.

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a courteous, trained professional by your side all throughout the process? For a local area contractor who can handle your new bathroom remodel, contact a representative at ServiceWhale today!