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flamesrule_kipper34 · 07-24-2013, 11:08 AM

Hey everyone,

So just curious about people's advice/experience in this area, basically my wife and I own a ~700 sq. ft condo unit in downtown and as a whole we love it, but there's definitely a few tweaks we'd love to have in it if we had our way.

We've been in the condo for just past 1 year, and we honestly forsee ourselves being in it for a total of 5-6 years, thereafter buying a new home and either selling this condo off or keeping it as an investment property (depending on what the market is like and our financial situation at that point).

I'm just wondering if it makes sense to put in the following upgrades with the above information in mind, does it make sense financially to put something like that into a condo or should we just wait for our next home? And/or will it increase the property value enough potentially to justify these expenditures?

Ideally we'd love to change our laminate counter tops in the kitchen to some sort of stone (e.g. granite, quartz), do the same to our one bathroom and in addition to that upgrade the sink in the bathroom to a larger/modernized one.

I'm not sure what something like the above would cost me, but if anyone if any advice, pricing estimates, really any help would be helpful at this stage.

Thanks in advance CP!

07-24-2013, 11:08 AM	#1
flamesrule_kipper34 Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Calgary, AB Exp:	Advice On Upgrades For Condo Unit Hey everyone, So just curious about people's advice/experience in this area, basically my wife and I own a ~700 sq. ft condo unit in downtown and as a whole we love it, but there's definitely a few tweaks we'd love to have in it if we had our way. We've been in the condo for just past 1 year, and we honestly forsee ourselves being in it for a total of 5-6 years, thereafter buying a new home and either selling this condo off or keeping it as an investment property (depending on what the market is like and our financial situation at that point). I'm just wondering if it makes sense to put in the following upgrades with the above information in mind, does it make sense financially to put something like that into a condo or should we just wait for our next home? And/or will it increase the property value enough potentially to justify these expenditures? Ideally we'd love to change our laminate counter tops in the kitchen to some sort of stone (e.g. granite, quartz), do the same to our one bathroom and in addition to that upgrade the sink in the bathroom to a larger/modernized one. I'm not sure what something like the above would cost me, but if anyone if any advice, pricing estimates, really any help would be helpful at this stage. Thanks in advance CP!