Most of the stone I’ve seen with large patterns IS granite. So this post confuses me.
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Oh, and if you want to sell the house, it might be worth updating, depending on the market.
Although i thought it was weird that i looked at all these houses that had obviously just been updated, and were priced accordingly. I felt like I’d rather spend the money after i purchased and get stuff i like. But renovating is a pain, and lots of people want to just move into someplace that looks new and shiney.
I had a friend who was looking to remodel to try to get her home value increased for a refinance so she could borrow against the equity. She was having a hard time finding a remodel that provided more of a home value increase than the cost of the remodel. The less overhaul she did, the better off she was financially. This was about a year and a half ago.
…Which I guess is an argument to buy what you already like, not to buy with the intention of remodeling, which goes against how I feel in general. But, I think there’s a difference between remodeling because you’re trying to improve for resale value, and remodeling because you want your home to be what you love. I’m very in favor of the second.
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Two things. One, I agree that (in general) the cost of a remodel often exceeds the equity added by it. For a variety of reasons, including the fact that ‘the market’ might not like your taste 100%, and the fact that once the work is done, it starts aging from day one. I don’t know how HGTV gets the data but they often say you’ll get something like 70-90% ROI depending on… stuff.
Two, if you’re looking to borrow against equity, that’ll likely be based on an appraisal. And they are looking at things at a higher level, just looking at square footage, lot value, number of parking spaces, etc. Adding granite or replacing the garage door is nice, but appraisers will mark it zero.
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I would advise against quartz. It does not hold up to heat at all. A friend singed her brand-new quartz countertop because she turned her toaster oven on. There is literally nowhere in her kitchen that she can use a basic appliance, unless she sets it on top of a wooden cutting board first.
I love granite’s durability and I think it looks nice too.
That said, I would not want granite tile… or ANY tile, anywhere in the house, (Floors, counters, anywhere else) because I don’t want to deal with cleaning grout.
I thought that was a benefit of quartz, wth??? I haven’t looked much into quartz because at the price it’s not what I’d typically go for, but I thought it was bulletproof. So I’m surprised to hear that, but I’m not doubting you or anything.
I think it’s the resin, not the quartz, that’s the problem.
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I agree with you 100%. Doing everything for resale value just makes us end up with a bunch of stupid conforming houses with no character. Make it your own. Someone else will love it too.
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Plastic glasses?
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That’s marble, no?
that’s not granite
that looks like caeser stone, not granite.
Looks like the photo is from this page, the caption says calcutta white marble.
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I think MA just likes disagreeing with me
ah, i stand corrected. i knew it wasn’t granite though.
granite isn’t terrible, but if i was going to redo a kitchen now, it wouldn’t be with granite. there are nicer things out there.
speaking of, i don’t like what i think are called “beveled” edges. straight edges only.
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Have you seen the newer quartz-type products? I bet if you lined up a bunch of samples and asked me to pick out which were real marble and which were quartz, I doubt I could do very well.
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I’m all for going for the fake stuff if it’s only for the visuals (like for walls and ceilings. Real stones are harder to maintain as well.
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I kinda like slate countertops
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