Garage Upgrades that Increase Home Value

Big Impact and Bigger Value

Garages make a pretty big impact on the overall value of a home. If you don’t have a garage at all, buyers don’t usually take the time to look at your home. Also, a house with no garage is for sure going to sell for less than one with a garage. After all, garages are not only needed to brave the elements when you’re walking from your car to inside. Here are some ideas that you can add to your garage upgrades that will help increase the value of your home if you’re thinking about selling.

Insulate Your Garage

If your garage isn’t properly insulated, you could possibly have problems when you go to sell. Proper insulation lets you to work on your projects in your garage much more comfortably despite what the weather might be like outside.

Add a Room Above

Adding an entirely new room right above your garage is all about increasing that curb appeal. That extra build makes a big statement when you’re looking at the house from the street. Of course, you first need to make sure the structure allows for an addition, and you’d need have your garage checked for weight bearing and if the foundation is adequate or not. Typically, a simple addition may turn into more an interior home remodel since a an entirely new room calls for reconfiguring existing rooms, plumbing, ventilation, air conditioning, and maybe putting in a hallway.

Storage Lofts

If you have a cluttered garage, consider adding a spacious storage loft. If you have a garage with a ceiling height of 11 feet or more and you’re not using the area above the garage door tracks for storage, you’re wasting valuable space. On average, a storage loft could give you approximately 240 square feet of additional storage space inside your existing garage.

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Lighting

Traditional fluorescent light fixtures (or the newer compact ones) are great in terms of illumination, and the tube fluorescents can be equally spaced across the span of your garage for level lighting.