5 Simple Summer Renovations Likely to Increase your Home’s Value

Summer is typically people’s favorite time of year and with the beautiful weather people don’t have a hard time finding ways to stay busy outside with various summer activities.  However, people often overlook this valuable time to complete some simple renovations.  Read below to see 5 renovations that you can try and tackle this summer that will surely increase the value of your home!

1. Paint or Add New Siding or Stucco

Adding a fresh coat of paint to your house is an easy way to increase the value of your home and there is no better time to tackle this job than summer!

If you’re completely unsatisfied with the current colour you could consider putting up new siding or having your home stuccoed to further increase your home’s value.

2. Swap Out or Repair Your Front Door

The front door is the first thing anyone sees before they come into your home. That is why it is important to have your front door in tip top condition.

Replacing your door or improving upon it would be a great renovation to do in summer- you wouldn’t want to be short a front door in the winter!

3. Roof Repairs

This one isn’t generally easy, but summer time is the best time to take care of an old roof. If you are selling your home, prospective buyers will be interested in when the last time the roofing was updated, so having your roof in top condition will be essential to securing top dollar for your home.

4. Kitchen Renovation

Kitchens may generally be inside, but if you’re looking to renovate your kitchen the summer would be the best time to do so. Unless you want to eat out for every meal, you will most likely be needing a different place to cook and what better time than summer to BBQ? That makes this a perfect renovation to do in the summer!

5. Add a New Deck or Improve Your Old One

There is no better time than the summer to build that new deck you’ve been talking about! Even if you’re just looking to add an addition or paint your current one, this is a great and fun renovation to do in summer to increase your home’s value.

Though we can’t guarantee these will lead to an increase in your home’s value, there is a good chance they will! We hope you enjoyed the list and even if you do one of these five renovations, it will surely increase the value of your home.  Make sure that if you are hiring a contractor to complete any renovations to have them provide you with proof of insurance!  Also make sure to check with your broker to confirm if any changes need to be made to your insurance policy during or after the renovation.

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