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DISSATISFIED WITH your
home...thinking of moving?

Before you put up that For Sale
sign — wait. You may be better

.; Create real estate Value in a low-

off remodelling your home to meet .

your present'needs, -
In the 1970's, buying and selling

‘ or trading in —- homes made fi-

nancial sense. Sales commission,
closing costs and moving expenses
were easily offset by the home’s J2
to 14 per cent annual appreciation.

If you lived in your home for

three years, you, could anticipate a
healthy 20 per cent profit on the
sale,

Today, interest rates are in the
double digits and house apprecia-
tion has plummeted to three to
four per cent. Today, just to cover
buying and selling costs — with no
profit — you have to reside in your .
home for at least three years. -

IMPROVE INSTEAD

Since it doesn’t always pay to
move, more and more homeowziers
are electing to stay in their existing
homes and improve them to. meet
new needs.

‘In fact, rehab projects are

“ becoming recognized: more and -
--“more as a dependable way to :

inflation economy.

Naturally, remodelling is not the
answer for everyone, especially if
you're tired of the maintenance
responsibilities of an older home,
or you want to live in a different
neighborhood. Obviously, too, all
remodelling projects do not pay. :

There are three ways to assess
.the cost of any major remodelling
project: 1) the cost of turning the
entire job over to a professional, 2)
the cost. of doing the work
yourself, and 3) the cost in terms
of inconvenience during remodell-
‘ing.

RESALE VALUE |

As a guide, most professional
remodelling projects will cost be-
‘tween -.$60-$100. per.‘square foot.
- ‘Therefore,: prior:to remodelling, it
pays to assess how much value the

= project: will add to your home’ Ss.
’ resale value.

You can cut remodelling costs in
half by doing | some — or all — of |
the project yourself,: but naturally
you will bave to expend many of
your ‘ows. DT aoeee

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