1. Electrical care is vital not just for the value of your home, but for the safety of all who live in that home. Make sure all malfunctions are checked and repaired immediately. And if you want to increase the value of your property, add some decorative light fixtures to elevate your home from the ordinary to the extraordinary with little expense.
2. Keep exterior paint in good condition. It not only makes your house more appealing to look at, but protects the structure beneath.
3. Replace old windows and doors with energy efficient new ones that will make your home look great, increase your home value and save on heating and air conditioning costs.
4. Tend to flooring. Remove chipped and cracked tiles that can injure bare feet and seal new tile or wood surfaces. Replacing floor coverings can really up the selling price of your home in the future.
5. Upgrade your kitchen cabinetry. You can remodel existing cabinets for reasonably low costs now, and if you replace them, consider re-hanging old cabinets in your garage for storage. This way you'll get a double increase in home value as well as added utility and beauty.
6. Plumbing upgrades will make your home healthier, more comfortable and will likely pay back however much you spend in the way of saving you money in utility costs and repairs over time. Use new copper pipe to replace old pipes that can crack and flood as well as reduce water pressure. Add water-saving irrigation systems to the landscape. And if you need to purify your drinking water, install a reverse-osmosis system.
7. Improving roofing and landscaping are two more areas that will add to your quality of life while elevating your home's value. For more information on how to increase your home value, please see the additional Resources listed below.