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DIY & Home Improvement

LaydeeBug

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6. Also, it kind of depends on when you are going to sell...

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Sat Jan 7, 2017, 05:48 PM

Jan 2017

My advice from my days in real estate would be to upgrade all appliances right before it goes on the market.

So if you think you'll be there for a few years (or the tenants will) I'd hold off. Even though they keep SWEARING stainless steel will go out of style, it kind of hasn't, so who knows how much longer before something else sweeps in and dates your thousand dollar purchase...

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I'm renting my parents' house and the oven died. [View all] no_hypocrisy Jan 2017 OP

New appliances appeal to buyers, that's a fact. TonyPDX Jan 2017 #1

A new oven would appeal to me as a buyer Galileo126 Jan 2017 #2

Thank you for your input. no_hypocrisy Jan 2017 #3

It all depends on your market and what aesthetic physical condition the old one is in. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2017 #4

Thanks! no_hypocrisy Jan 2017 #5

Also, it kind of depends on when you are going to sell... LaydeeBug Jan 2017 #6