So often when I am working with new clients there seems to be this common concern, almost right from the start that centers around what they should do based on resale. HUH? I mean really, you haven’t even moved in yet and already you are worrying about selling your new home.
Alright, so I get it, that at some level you need to be concerned about the possibility of selling your home and what your return on investment will be ~ protect your nest egg.
What I have a problem with, or should I say what I can’t seem to understand is this… If you are buying a home with the intentions of living in it and/or owning it for more than 5 years, I say this in the gentlest of ways….. Who CARES what the next guy wants or might want to buy. Live in YOUR home, do what YOU want and most importantly make it function for YOU and YOUR needs. Create your "picket fence" home, whatever that means for you...
On the flip side if you are just buying a home to flip it then just whatever, I don’t really care cause you will be shopping at one of those big box I don’t care if it falls apart after I sell it stores. {If you are one of “them” I suggest you just breeze thru the pictures and ignore the content}
Ok so here is the deal, if you are buying a home, buy it for you and stop worrying about “them”. Doesn’t it make more sense to live in a home that functions for you and meets your needs, rather than working around some silly thing that “they” say you are suppose to do or have. A perfect example of this is the infamous “Garden Tub”.
I can’t tell you how many times when I ask my clients if they use it, their response is most often no. Or after they move in they realize it is just a tub, not a spa bath that heats the water and doesn’t take all day to fill and once it is full the water is cold. So either put in a true tub that functions for you or why aren’t you getting rid of it and maximizing the space in your bathroom…can you say walk in shower with dual heads people!
I am just saying that if you look around your home there is so much wasted space with things such as garden tubs that never get used that “they” have dictated what “is” and what “isn’t” a priority.
Design your home to meet "YOUR" needs, not what "they" say.
