02-07-2009, 05:59 PM
Isn't there a very important issue missed here? Taste. You could put in a $30,000 kitchen with purple walls and pink trim and no one would touch your house. I upgraded my last house with neutral modern shades and up to date fittings and fixtures and it was valued at the top of the market. If you decorate your house for your particular taste, be aware it might not appeal to the appraiser. After all she/he is human and may not like purple (there goes your valuation). But at the end of the day a house is only worth what others in the neighbourhood sell for, give or take a few thousand.