If you get a beautiful new kitchen island, your friends will definitely notice it and compliment it.
With that being said, if you’re selling your house, potential buyers will be more interested in things like shower pressure. Fancy finishes won’t hide bad plumbing, so smart sellers are focusing more on what truly affects the value of the property.
It’s absolutely true that square footage and premium finishes have a lot to do with the price you can get for your house. But it’s also true that today’s market rewards homes that function well, not just ones that look pretty in photos.
You won’t see any of these in the listing photos, but they’re extremely important for the price.
A lot of home upgrades look excellent in photos, which is a big plus, but it won’t do much for your ROI. A hot tub is great, but the buyer knows it will make the electric bill go crazy. A fancy pizza oven is another nice addition, but come on.
How often are you actually making pizza?
Here’s what you’ll want to focus on instead:
Parking isn’t fancy, but when you have nowhere to park the second car, you’ll definitely appreciate any extra space. Garages in cities and crowded neighborhoods tend to be on the smaller side, but a hydraulic car lift can turn things around.
You park one car on the platform, and then the lift raises it up so you can fit another car underneath.
Neat, isn’t it? And it’s a known fact that homes with more parking sell for more money because parking is usually hard to find.
Not to mention how cool it is to see a parking space literally lifted in the air.
But what’s important is to work with a reputable hydraulic parts business, such as Mission Hydraulics, which will be able to provide you with all the necessary parts to make this happen.
Stairs are perfectly fine, and a beautiful staircase can be an excellent focal point in the listing pictures. But when you have to carry a vacuum cleaner to the 2nd floor for the 10th time, you’ll want an elevator to make your life easier. These days, you can fit an elevator in the space of a coat closet, plus it ups the value of the property.
Most buyers are looking for a home they’ll live in for a long time, meaning from the time they haul the stroller up and down the stairs to when their knees are old and weak.
That’s why an elevator is a huge plus.
If you own a waterfront property, then you probably also own a boat and/or a jet ski.
Someone might say that you can simply leave the boat in the water, but you know better. You know that that's a great way to slowly destroy your boat.
The sun, the salt, the marine organisms that attach themselves to it, and the constant moisture all eat away at the hull and corrode the metal. A hydraulic pull can lift the boat completely out of the water when you’re not using it, which will save you thousands of dollars in repairs over a few years.
And buyers know it. When you decide to sell, a dock with a working lift means the property is ready to go; a buyer can park their boat and move on with their life.
Nobody wants a project, and a working boat lift means there isn’t one.
This option is a really neat trick. Imagine your garage floor having the ability to move/rotate, even absorb shock/vibrations, etc.
Wouldn’t that be cool? And wouldn’t that be a huge selling point?
Yes, and definitely yes!
With a hydraulic platform, you can literally raise and lower entire sections of flooring. You get one space that does 2 jobs; during the day, there’s a flat patio. Then you push a button to lower the platform, and there’s a whole hidden garage under it.
(That’s some Batman-esque stuff right there)
Aside from being simply cool, this gives you more usable space without having to build an addition, and buyers love that flexibility.
Okay, so trash compactors aren’t exactly exciting, and nobody will get happy over service lifts. But this is exactly why these types of investments are smart; yes, they might be boring, but they make the entire property run smoother. And nobody even has to think about them.
A hydraulic waste compactor means you’re making fewer trips to the dumpster, which also means less smell. And a small service lift moves groceries and firewood without anyone having to break their back.
You can bet that any buyer will appreciate this.
If you’re looking to raise the overall value of your property, then there are several ways of doing it. One way – hydraulics.
This is, turns out, a pretty niche (but also genius) way of creating something really unique. If you’re looking to have your own Batcave, introducing hydraulics into the home design is one way of doing it.
And the most versatile thing about hydraulics is how it can solve problems that are usually considered ‘unsolvable’. And it’s also a great way to position your house on the market for buyers who are looking for something new and exciting.
It can definitely help make for a property that’s not easy to walk away from, and will tend to sell fast.
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