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Show eries box 5 How much remodeling depends 10225, " on whether you plan to move t According to (he American " Institute of Kitchen Dealers, neef the average family invests in a riit f kitchen about what that same ,rjatiO family would pay for a new car. 74752 However, observes Ray W. ?4I Afflcrbaeh, CKD, the associa- ' J( lion's executive director, the the' ;l,,UHlnt 'ou should plan to I I" spend depends upon whether ilis t you expect to remain in your (rad" present home or are con-ror con-ror fist templaling a move. )agalfe: 11 there's no move in your fu- ,jonpif '"n:, it's worth going all out to create a showcase kitchen that is f" will .make you proud and your atef6 friends envious. di(' If. on the other hand, your gficia"' ium 's 10 make your home more 1 tilt saleable by remodeling your 3 full1 1"'-'non, it's a different matter: 'e . the rule is not to upgrade rn'1 beyond the neighborhood "level. pl-ia'1' Say you own a $40,000 ntestS home in a neighborhood of ,in2i $40,000 homes. It would be aV f"y 10 spcnd $8,00 remodc- II ,jt: 'nP a kitchen for a buyer vou file" c. don't even know. So, Afller- staS bach advises, instead of investing invest-ing in custom cabinets and top-of-the-line appliances, go for the mediums good quality stock cabinets, new counter-tops, counter-tops, the replacement appliances ap-pliances that are necessary to update the kitchen. There's no guarantee such a remodeling will net you more than the going price for homes in the neighborhood. It iniuht perhaps as much as $2,000. On the other hand, if the remodeling re-modeling is simply what's needed to bring your home up to the value level of others in the area, you can't expect it to represent an extra margin of profit. Look at it as the difference differ-ence between selling or not. What's true of kitchens is also true of bathrooms. Affler-bach Affler-bach says. While a remodeled bathroom may not up the ante, it certainly will give your home more sales appeal than the one next door that still has 15-year-old fixtures. |