Comments on: How Much Is A Kitchen Worth? http://www.nothirdsolution.com/2008/04/02/how-much-is-a-kitchen-worth/ Blogging about liberty, anarchy, economics and politics Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:07:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eric Sundwall http://www.nothirdsolution.com/2008/04/02/how-much-is-a-kitchen-worth/comment-page-1/#comment-3751 Eric Sundwall Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:28:52 +0000 http://nothirdsolution.com/2008/04/02/how-much-is-a-kitchen-worth/#comment-3751 I traded a computer once with a guy who had a great set of kitchen cabinets(real oak) and a sub-zero fridge to match. I had to tear the front door off the cottage to get it in. When I moved in, the house was assessed at 26K, after extensive renovations, about ten years and a housing bubble, it's now assessed over 200K. While I did most or all of the work and traded and bartered for most of the materials, I also did it without a 'permit'. That cost 4K, to admit no guilt to my oppressors (they wanted 27K). The net result was a much higher value, but also much higher taxes. Would this be considered homesteading ? Easy FT, I'm just kidding. I traded a computer once with a guy who had a great set of kitchen cabinets(real oak) and a sub-zero fridge to match. I had to tear the front door off the cottage to get it in. When I moved in, the house was assessed at 26K, after extensive renovations, about ten years and a housing bubble, it’s now assessed over 200K.

While I did most or all of the work and traded and bartered for most of the materials, I also did it without a ‘permit’. That cost 4K, to admit no guilt to my oppressors (they wanted 27K). The net result was a much higher value, but also much higher taxes. Would this be considered homesteading ?

Easy FT, I’m just kidding.

]]> By: …no third solution » Blog Archive » Comments on Comments #12 http://www.nothirdsolution.com/2008/04/02/how-much-is-a-kitchen-worth/comment-page-1/#comment-3748 …no third solution » Blog Archive » Comments on Comments #12 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:14:33 +0000 http://nothirdsolution.com/2008/04/02/how-much-is-a-kitchen-worth/#comment-3748 [...] comments on “How Much is a Kitchen Worth?“. He astutely notes some of the risks involved in renovating, and says that he expects some [...] [...] comments on “How Much is a Kitchen Worth?“. He astutely notes some of the risks involved in renovating, and says that he expects some [...]

]]> By: Tony http://www.nothirdsolution.com/2008/04/02/how-much-is-a-kitchen-worth/comment-page-1/#comment-3738 Tony Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:37:40 +0000 http://nothirdsolution.com/2008/04/02/how-much-is-a-kitchen-worth/#comment-3738 We put hardwood floors in our house to replace the average-quality carpeting it had. We expect some return from that change, but primarily through the effort involved in installing and the disruption during the process. (The latter is huge.) There's also the risk that a potential buyer would rather have cherry than bamboo. Or in a kitchen, potential buyers would rather have a tile backsplash or non-patterned countertops. When we looked at houses, we actually preferred the houses that weren't upgraded because we tended not to like the upgrades. We put hardwood floors in our house to replace the average-quality carpeting it had. We expect some return from that change, but primarily through the effort involved in installing and the disruption during the process. (The latter is huge.)

There’s also the risk that a potential buyer would rather have cherry than bamboo. Or in a kitchen, potential buyers would rather have a tile backsplash or non-patterned countertops. When we looked at houses, we actually preferred the houses that weren’t upgraded because we tended not to like the upgrades.

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