{"id":1287,"date":"2020-12-11T17:52:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T17:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adtilefitters.com\/?p=1287"},"modified":"2020-12-11T17:55:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T17:55:42","slug":"why-you-should-not-buy-a-newly-remodeled-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adtilefitters.com\/why-you-should-not-buy-a-newly-remodeled-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should NOT Buy a Newly Remodeled Home"},"content":{"rendered":"
I get it. Nobody gets excited about moving into an old, outdated house.<\/p>\n
Additionally, why would you want to go through the trouble of moving and then having to live through a renovation or even multiple renovations?!<\/p>\n
But, hear me out on this.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a dark side to purchasing newly remodeled homes and it\u2019s something I think more people should know about. Hence, the reason for this post.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s wrong with a newly remodeled home?<\/h2>\n
As a remodeling contractor, I get a lot of calls from people that have recently purchased homes. These are calls from people that are interested in renovating.<\/p>\n
But, wait a minute! If they just purchased this newly remodeled home then why are they calling? Specifically, they are calling because they need to fix some issues with their newly remodeled bathroom.<\/p>\n
What sort of issues could a newly remodeled home even have?<\/h2>\n
Personally, I specialize in bathroom renovations and tile installation. So the problems that I get calls for would be in these specific areas. So this post won\u2019t get into the common problems with newly replaced roofs, recently renovated kitchens, or other areas of the home.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, I get quite a few calls about loose tiles, cracked grout joints, and leaking showers. Yes, this might be the most common issue of the bunch. Leaking showers in newly remodeled homes.<\/p>\n
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Firstly, let\u2019s get into why homes are renovated in the first place. This gets to the root of the problem.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The motivations of the seller<\/h2>\n
We have to look at this from the perspective of the seller of the home. What is the seller\u2019s motivation for renovating prior to putting the home on the market?<\/p>\n
The reason for renovating isn\u2019t to give the buyers the best quality home. Not in the least. Here are two reasons a seller would renovate before listing their home:<\/p>\n
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They can sell at a higher price<\/li>\n
The home would be more desirable on the market<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Making it more desirable means less time on the market and the higher price means more money in the seller\u2019s bank account.<\/p>\n\n
<\/div>This might look like a nice bathroom until you go into the crawl space and see the damage that the leaking shower caused<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
But renovating doesn\u2019t pay off, does it?<\/h3>\n
Let\u2019s use a bathroom remodel as an example:<\/p>\n
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