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These 10 Garage Updates Will Boost Your Home’s Value

December 7, 2022 · 7 min read
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2. Install a functional door

Nobody likes heavy doors that require a lot of strength to open. So if you’re planning to sell your house, consider changing or installing a functional garage door. You can easily choose an automatic one that needs only a remote to open. Most of the modern ones are made of aluminum, and they are also pretty easy to handle.

Seller experts also recommend getting a door that matches the color of your house. Besides looking good, it will also complete the overall look. They also say that a lot of potential buyers are paying attention to all the details of it because, believe it or not, having a good-looking garage might improve the value of your house in a blink of an eye!

3. Install adequate lighting

With all of this inflation, you’ll need something to help you keep your bills as low as possible. And what would that be? Motion-sensitive lights, of course! Know exactly what the size of your space is and how many spots you need. Make certain that it will be sufficiently bright, as a dark garage will be neither appealing nor safe.

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4 responses to “These 10 Garage Updates Will Boost Your Home’s Value”

  1. Diana Griffin says:
    March 4, 2023 at 12:26 pm

    I’m not trying to make any body green with envy. I want to fit my car into the garage and right now if I was able to drive my car into the garage, I would not be able to get out of the car. There is maybe one hundred inches to park the car in the garage and my car would require at least 90 inches. I would need another 40 to 50 inches to open the driver’s side door and get out of the car, walk to the back of the car, open the trunk or maybe the side passenger door and get the groceries bags out or whatever I came home with.

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    • Virginia McKeirnan says:
      March 25, 2023 at 11:14 pm

      I am about to move into a home with a super small garage so , like my daughter did we are going up in the garage, I am excited to get the lift for items and the shelving put in with a complete floor above the cars this will help at least for Christmas things and such, we are older so we don’t have kids living at home but we seem to have things we need to be able to get to.

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  2. Jerry Ray says:
    March 3, 2024 at 12:01 pm

    I Love a lot of the ideas here as I could use a lot more room in my garage for my car as well

    Reply
  3. James Melvin Heisler says:
    March 3, 2024 at 4:46 pm

    40 x 30 garage no room for car

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