Considering a Bathroom Remodel?
It’s common wisdom that remodeling your home’s bathroom is a great idea, but do you know the
reasons? Or all of the benefits of remodeling your bathroom?
Why should you remodel your bathroom?
Whether you’re planning to put your house on the market right away, or enjoy it for a few more
years, a freshly updated bathroom is a worthwhile investment. The fact is that it is probably the
best way to boost the value of your home before selling, and one of the best ways to boost your
enjoyment of your home on a daily basis.
Bathrooms are where we go to relax. Where we go to take care of ourselves. A place where we
start the day, and where we end it. A space we relax by ourselves, or share with the most
important people in our lives. A place where we are at our most open and vulnerable. They’re a
room that we spend a lot of time in, even if we don’t think much about them. A bad day is
soothed with a long hot shower or a luxurious bath. It’s where we prepare for special events,
and wash off the stresses of a long day.
The Condition of Your Bathroom Matters
Imagine living in a home where you hate the bathroom. Or trying to sell a house with an
outdated bathroom with fixtures that are old and worn, and with a total lack of storage. Those
are not ideal scenarios. No one will want to move into that type of space, and you probably don’t
want to keep living in it either.
Fortunately, remodeling is far more possible than you probably imagine. And well worth the
trouble. It could even easily pay for itself in resale value, not to mention the daily enjoyment you
take in your newly refinished space. In fact, studies have shown that the cost of a bathroom
remodel pays for itself in resale value on a home in Ohio. The average cost to remodel a
bathroom might seem intimidating at first, but the benefits are recouped daily and there are
always financing options available. On resale value, it’s estimated that you add up to almost two
dollars of value for each dollar spent on the remodel, so don’t be afraid to really allow yourself to
build the bathroom of your dreams, especially if you’re thinking of selling in the next couple of
years. Though once you have the bathroom you’ve always wanted, you might not want to sell
anymore!
Update Your Plumbing & Fixtures
In addition to adding to the resale value of your home, updated plumbing and fixtures can save
you money on water and energy every single day. This difference can be especially noticeable if
your bathroom hasn’t been updated since the house was built. Imagine no longer having to
worry about faulty plumbing and hidden leaks! A rusted-out old pipe fitting won’t have time to
break on you if you replace it with a newer, more durable part.
We all make compromises when we buy a house. Almost no one gets a house that is perfect
and exactly what they wanted in every detail, sometimes even if you build it yourself.
Sometimes you have to live in a space to realize what you really need! Sometimes one of the
compromises we make is in the bathroom. It’s the wrong color, or we don’t like the shower, or
the storage isn’t optimal. Maybe there’s no real countertop to put our grooming supplies on.
Little things we think we can work around and live with. Things we plan to fix ourselves soon…
though soon may be years away.
But then we quickly realize that it’s frustrating and we don’t want to put up with the limitations
anymore. Or we go on vacation and stay somewhere with all the amenities we wished we had at
home. Or sometimes we just need a change as our families grow and evolve. But there’s no
reason you have to keep suffering with a bathroom that doesn’t fit your needs. A professional
remodeler, like Third Generation Restoration, can come in and help you figure out how best to
work with the space you’ve been given, and make it into the space you want.
In addition to remodeling existing bathrooms, if your family is growing or an elderly parent is
coming to stay with you, it might be worth considering installing a new bathroom, perhaps in a
more easily accessible location, like a finished basement. Beyond just providing more space to
spread out, an additional half or full bathroom can add between 10% to 20% to the value of your
home.
When you buy your first home, you’ll immediately find yourself caught up in conversations with
fellow home owners about how to make your new house a home that your family can enjoy
living in every day. Inevitably, the idea of remodeling bathrooms will come up. You’ve probably
heard it a lot of times, and seen the results when people in your life have taken the plunge and
redone their own bathrooms. Sometimes you’ve seen results that wowed you. And sometimes
perhaps you found the outcome a little underwhelming. But what’s the difference in the results?
And how can you be sure to get the results you want to show off and enjoy every day?
It’s true that there are plenty of online resources for how to DIY your own bathroom remodel that
make it seem easy and accessible to take on the job yourself. If you’re especially handy, or are
lucky enough to have friends who can help you and who are handy, you can end up with an
outcome that you absolutely love. But the odds are good that the bathroom remodels you’ve
seen that you weren’t blown away by were the ones done by the homeowner with the help of
books and video tutorials. The ones with the fixtures installed crookedly and that look like the
biggest change attempted was a fresh coat of paint. Which is why, if you can manage it, it’s a
better investment for resale and for your daily happiness to contract in a company who knows
what they’re doing, so you can be sure you’ll get the results you really want. And in a much
faster period of time then just what you can accomplish on your free weekends!
So if you’re convinced you want to remodel a bathroom in your home and find yourself
searching for the best bathroom remodelers near Cincinnati, Ohio, you’ll find us in your search
results. We’re proud to work in Cincinnati and the greater surrounding area.
Hire a Bathroom Remodeling Expert
Third Generation Restoration is a home remodeling business located in Cincinnati, Ohio that
believes in making your home beautiful for your family as it is now, and your family as it will be
in the third and fourth generation. Any work we do for you is done with integrity, diligence, and a
commitment to meeting your needs and specifications. Letting someone into your home to make
it better is an act of trust, and our goal is to make sure you feel safe and supported every step of
the way, and every day after when you enjoy the work we were able to do for you!
