A house in Martinez went under contract last year and then spent two weeks in a negotiation about a patio cover. Not because the cover was bad. It was well built and the sellers liked it. The problem was that there was no permit on file for it, so the buyer’s agent asked what else […]
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A homeowner in Evans told us she’d added up every renovation project on her house and expected her appraisal to reflect roughly what she’d spent. It didn’t, not for the screened porch anyway. The kitchen remodel showed up almost dollar for dollar. The porch barely moved the number. She wasn’t wrong to expect a return.
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Every contractor pitch and home improvement article eventually makes the same move: they tell you the project will add value to your home. Sometimes that’s accurate. Sometimes it’s a stretch. And sometimes people spend money on outdoor improvements that genuinely improve their life but don’t move the needle on appraisal value much at all —
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