“Selling is completely different from decorating. Staging is completely different from decorating,” says Rinomato. “You decorate for your soul and you stage for the sale.”
As well, you might want to reconsider reducing the number of bedrooms. This can have a huge impact on your ability to sell your house. If there are already a lot of bedrooms in the house it might not matter. However, changing a threebedroom home into a two-bedroom property in a familyoriented neighbourhood might make it very difficult to sell later on. Changing that extra bedroom into a more usable space without taking out any walls might be a better option. If you still opt to do a re-sale risky renovation, Rinomato says it’s important to understand the consequences. “Enjoy your house. Just recognize that it could take a lot longer time to sell your house and you may get less than you think it deserves,” Rinomato says. “But your years of happiness, how can you quantify that? You can’t put a dollar figure on that.” LS
HGTV’s Sandra Rinomato says there’s more to renovating a home than increasing property value. There’s an emotional component to putting your personal stamp on it, even when there’s no perceivable return on investment.
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