I have a house I am getting ready to sell. One of the things I am stuck on is whether I should leave the flooring as is (just put skirtings in) or take the existing carpet and lino out and replace with floorboards. I live in a lower socioeconomical area but the people on the street (one of the best streets in the suburb) have mostly got floorboards. I have had one real estate agent out to the property so far, she is well known in the area and has advised we go ahead with the floorboads but also said that it will sell as is. The lino is 10 years old and looks like wood floor boards, it looks like new, apart from one small patch near a door that is wearing.
My other thought relates to shower screens. The cheapest quote I could get was $1400 for two showerscreens, one L shaped and the other wall to wall (semi frameless). I feel I have over spent in the bathrooms.
Any thoughts on the above?
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Marie123 wrote:I have had one real estate agent out to the property so far, she is well known in the area and has advised we go ahead with the floorboads but also said that it will sell as is. The lino is 10 years old and looks like wood floor boards, it looks like new, apart from one small patch near a door that is wearing.Will the new floorboards result in a higher sale? Will the anticipated sale price justify the costs (both time and monetary) of laying the floorboards? If the lino looks similar (and seems new) then I’d be tempted to leave it. At the end of the day, it all comes down to the numbers.
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I am tempted to leave them as well. I think the skirting boards might add value, at a fraction of the cost, however. REA said that she will likely get people telling her that they want to take $20,000 off the purchase price, due to lino floorcoverings. Some people will want to put their own flooring down and others want to move in with nothing to do. Hard decision, especially since this will be my first reno/sell!
Thanks for your help, Jamie
Hint, they may ask for $20k off for lino but it will cost nothing like that, even floorboards. Is semi-frameless screens too upmarket for the area? Possibly consider a sleek framed screen for half the price – they’ve got you running on emotion.
Perhaps I should have looked into it a lot better. I asked around, got 3 quotes and then negotiated $50 off the price that the cheapest quote gave, but should have tried for $70. I think if I went with fully framed it would have been the cheaper option but the look wouldn't have been what I wanted – I am also looking to make the bathroom appear larger.
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Marie123,
if you're selling, don't go for the look you want, it's really all about the look the buyer wants. Ask your agent what types of buyers are in the market at the moment, for example in Melbourne's inner suburbs we're seeing a burst of buyers who want to move straight in with everything done.
The shower screen prices do seem quite excessive. At the end of the day, if the saleability and price is not affected by these changes, you may be wasting money. Do the sums before you go any further.
Marie123,
if you're selling, don't go for the look you want, it's really all about the look the buyer wants. Ask your agent what types of buyers are in the market at the moment, for example in Melbourne's inner suburbs we're seeing a burst of buyers who want to move straight in with everything done.
The shower screen prices do seem quite excessive. At the end of the day, if the saleability and price is not affected by these changes, you may be wasting money. Do the sums before you go any further.
Laying floating floorboards can be a relatively cheap solution, If you have someone handy in the family. They are easily installed and using the lower end of the pricing range per sqm could do the trick.
Just food for thought..
Thanks guys.
I have sold the house now. I did put the wooden floors in, and the shower screens. I spent roughly 11k on all my reno's and then I spent another 3.5k on furniture and decorations. I would do it differently next time but I am happy the house sold – in under 9 days on the market – and for the price we were hoping for.
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Not convinced the lower socio-economic sector demands semi-frameless shower screens. I'd just be going with something clean & new. I've recently paid for an L-shaped shower screen, pivot door, white frames, for $640 installed inclusive of removal of old screen from site. Same sort of frame in the wall-to-wall variety set me back $500ish from memory.
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http://www.marbletrend.com.au/products/showers/7
This one (first one) is $358. Not bad either.
Yup though I think that's for the product only (ie not inclusive of installation). Not sure if those come in made to measure sizes which in a wall to wall situation is compulsory.
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