Home renovations after a certain amount of time may seem like a no-brainer \u2014 but is doing so really necessary, or has a culture of constant change created an artificial need to evolve despite situational requirements? <\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a hint: it\u2019s the second one.<\/p>\n
Much like replacing your phone or laptop after a couple of years, renovating one\u2019s home has become a time-stamped activity. <\/p>\n
Unlike replacing your phone or laptop, renovations can be incredibly expensive, and \u2014 unless someone is flipping a house \u2014 they\u2019re also inherently self-serving. <\/p>\n
Unfortunately, due to countless house-flipping shows and successful alarmist marketing, it can be easy to begin to view your house\u2019s appearance as a chore rather than a hobby or investment.<\/p>\n
The reality of the situation is much simpler than it appears. Conditions under which you absolutely should renovate your home include<\/strong> circumstances involving things such as non-compliant materials (get rid of the asbestos, Gary), outdated or hazardous construction, a Realtor says it won’t sell without them, and other quality of life updates \u2014 not because five years have passed and your neighbor sighed at your outdated shiplap. <\/p>\n In other words: if your house is objectively okay, it doesn\u2019t need \u201cfixing.\u201d <\/p>\n That isn\u2019t to say that renovations are unintelligent; if you\u2019re looking for a way to increase both your property value and your home\u2019s livability, updating the d\u00e9cor is a sure way to do so. <\/p>\n Residents with specific design tastes and money to spare shouldn\u2019t refrain from adjusting as wanted, but the bottom line is that your house \u2014 despite its invariable quirks \u2014 doesn\u2019t need a face lift if you don\u2019t actually want to do the lifting.<\/p>\n There are other alternatives to consider as well. If renovations are extensive, they can easily reach six figures for a small home. In many cases, simply selling the house you own and putting that money toward one which fits your needs may be a better option. Ask your local Realtor.<\/p>\n Unless you\u2019re simply touching up a room\u2019s paint color or installing smart home technology in your \u201860s ranch, renovations are expensive, time-intensive, and generally unnecessary. If you\u2019re hesitantly considering renovating your home, focus instead on the positive – for now, your house is intact, functional, and enough for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (HOMEOWNERSHIP) Home renovations are as American as apple pie \u2014 but how necessary are the *really*?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335814,"featured_media":13225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[602],"tags":[323,1234,1304],"class_list":["post-13224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homeownership","tag-homeownership","tag-real-estate-news","tag-renovations"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/remodel-renovations.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335814"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13224"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13228,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13224\/revisions\/13228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}