Are you looking for ways to add value to your home? Do you want to maximize having a garage in your home? If so, then there are several additions that you can make that will do the trick.
Adding value to your garage can do unlimited wonders for your experience as a homeowner. Not only can it raise the value of your house, but it can increase safety and help your garage age beautifully.
See below for several garage renovation projects that you can perform to add value to your house. Be sure to consider all of them as you make plans.
1. New Floor Coating
Nothing separates a garage like a floor coating. It can improve the entire aesthetic of the garage and make it appealing to any home buyers in the future.
However, it’s important to invest in the right kind of garage floor coating. Epoxy coatings will start to fade and turn yellow after consistent sunlight exposure, so you should steer clear of them at all costs.
Investing in a polyurea coating will give you a concrete coating that’s resistant to damage from UV lighting. It cures at an extremely fast rate, which prevents the possibility of bubbles forming while the coating hardens.
They have an amazing looking finish and the ability for you to choose your preferred coating color. The material will also hold up exceptionally well against scrapes, extreme temperatures, and various forms of chemical corrosion.
2. Insulation
No matter where you live, you’ll be surprised at how much your garage’s lack of insulation will affect the price of your home.
The buyers that see the garage as the biggest amenity will be the ones that are using it for projects on weeknights and weekends. If the garage isn’t properly insulated (or at all), it will affect the buyer’s interest.
Fortunately, you don’t need to pay for a professional service to install insulation. Many people turn it into a DIY project to save thousands of dollars in cash.
All you need is insulation with the right thickness, a tape measure, knives, a ladder, and protection from the fiberglass such as sleeves and gloves.
3. Automatic Garage Door
Automatic garage doors are viewed as a huge amenity for most people. In fact, if you have a garage, then interested buyers will see an automatic door as a necessity for them to purchase.
It makes it more convenient for them, being able to open the garage door without getting out of their car.
This doesn’t have to be an expensive endeavor. You can either choose to hire an installation service or do it yourself, whichever you prefer. All you need is a garage door made of aluminum to “pass the test” for interested buyers.
One thing to remember: be sure to paint the exterior of the garage door in a color that blends in beautifully with your house. If it sticks out too much, it will be off-putting to buyers, even ones that plan to repaint the exterior of the home they purchase.
4. Place a Room Above It
One of the reasons that more people don’t add a room in their garage is due to the layout of HVAC and plumbing in their house. The stars might have to align just right in that regard, otherwise, it turns into a pretty expensive project.
However, if you foresee yourself in the house for a long time, the additional room can be of huge benefit to your family. It can be a new room for one of your kids. You can rent it out on Airbnb to turn a nice profit over time.
You’ll want to make sure that your garage can carry the necessary weight for the room to be operational. It will also have to be fire safe and offer more than one way out in case of an emergency (such as a fire).
Be sure to hire a professional contractor to see what their recommendations would be on this project. Most will tell you it’s possible, but the price of the project has to make sense for your family. If it does, this can be a huge boost to your home’s value overall.
5. Add LED Lighting
Think about the moments in which you’ve spent the most amount of time in your garage. Maybe you opened up the garage door to work on your car during a nice summer’s day. Perhaps you painted a piece of furniture during the daytime.
What’s the one constant element in the situations where you used your garage? Light.
You would use your garage more often if it had more lighting inside of it. It would look more aesthetically-pleasing during the day or night, making it a more desirable place to spend your time.
Be sure to invest in LED lighting to give you a lighting option that’s eco-friendly and energy-efficient. Interested buyers will start to view your garage as more of an amenity when it has beautiful lighting features inside.
Plan These Additions for Your Garage Today!
While some of these garage additions aren’t for everyone, anyone can benefit from adding a beautiful new floor coating, more insulation, or more lighting.
Be sure to visit our gallery to see several garage floor coating projects that might inspire you on which coating you’d like to install.
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