7 Home Renovations That Turn Off Buyers

3. Kitchen Renovation

Kitchen renovation that follows too much of hi-tech design can drift away potential home buyers. For instance, replacing the kitchen appliances with restaurant level stove or multiple refrigerators may not attract buyers who are simple cook as well as simple house wives. In this condition, you need to wait for suitable buyers to sell your house under your desired price quote. Renovation of this kind needs huge investment which you are willing to recover from the house selling amount. And, if a buyer thinks of re-doing the kitchen all over again, they may offer less rental amount than the quoted price. So, it is advisable to keep kitchen renovation simple and in tidy condition to attract all kind of home buyers apart from the specific ones.

4. Adding extra features

Adding extra features to your house sometimes upsets potential buyers to buy the house. Extra features like in-ground pool, hot tub, and a high-maintenance garden can turn off your buyer, as buyers may think these frills are highly money consuming machines and need extra  maintenance expenses. Also, buyers with family and kids may be apprehensive of the water features as well. Moreover, to some buyers gardening is not their cup of tea, and to maintain a garden buyers need to hire someone who can constantly take care of the plantings and will need money and hence the idea of high-maintenance garden could be a real turn-off. Besides, to add extra features of such kind involves huge expenses which you may not recover from the house selling amount.