Unless you have your head in the sand, you know that the real estate market in the United States today is terrible. It is worse than terrible. Most of the problems center around a "bubble" that was created by unrealistic housing price expectancies.
These unrealistic valuations caused the market bubble to grow, and people took advantage of this by purchasing houses they couldn't afford through less than fair loan agreements and taking out lines of credit on their new found home equity and spending it wastefully. When it came time for homeowners to pay on those loans and people tried to sell their houses for what their mortgage and home equity loan added up to, they found the market wouldn't support what they though their house was worth.
In the end, even those who did not participate in the debauchery that is the housing market have been harmed. If you purchased a house within the last 5 years it is likely that your house is now worth less, or only as much, as you paid for it. If you now need or want to sell your house, for whatever reason, it is important to make sure it is top notch, and this includes adding features that potential buyers will like, and will pay for.
Home improvement projects are a dime a dozen. You can paint the walls, put in new bathroom fixtures, put in wood flooring, or any number of other improvements. I wanted to take the opportunity to direct your attention to another potential home improvement project that is not often considered, but can often put your house that one step above the others and get it sold quickly: epoxy garage floors.
What is an epoxy garage floor? It is likely you've never even heard of it. An epoxy floor is a home improvement project that makes your garage or any other concrete surface look like granite. An epoxy based material is used to seal up the concrete, make it more durable and easier to clean, and also make it look magnificent. Towards the end of the project colored flakes are laid down with the epoxy giving it the look of granite. It is very pleasing to the eye.
Installing epoxy garage floors is not too difficult either. If you are mechanically inclined you can do it yourself, and there are professional epoxy garage floor contractors that can do the installation for you, for relatively little cost (approximately $2.50 per square foot on average). Once it is done, it will blow your mind how great it looks and the short amount of time it took to complete (usually 24-48 hours for complete installation).
If you are looking to sell your house and want to try something to put it above the rest of those on the market (and make the money back you put into it), look into epoxy floors for any of your concrete surfaces. As much as women stereotypically love kitchens, men stereotypically love garages. Make everyone happy by laying down an epoxy garage floor.
by J. McLovin
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