Expensive Upgrades You May Regret!
Decorating Tips and Tricks
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🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Stop! Will your upgrade increase your home's resale value? Do you care? Let's discuss.
Some upgrades like pools or fancy appliances are probably not going to make you more money when you sell your home. Unique tiles in the bathroom and very high contrast kitchen countertops may also be an expensive upgrade that won't pay you back.
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| 0:00.0 | Stop! Don't make that mistake. |
| 0:10.3 | Hey everybody. I'm Kelly Wilkins here with Anita Joyce, and this is Decorating Tips |
| 0:15.1 | and Tricks. Today we are talking about mistakes people might be making with home upgrades. |
| 0:24.5 | Renovating is hard, but is easy to get swept up in the while you're at it, why don't we |
| 0:32.2 | fill in the blank, right? |
| 0:34.9 | And not every seemingly wonderful upgrade is a good one for you, for your |
| 0:42.5 | budget, for resale. And so we're going to discuss a lot of those things today and talk to you |
| 0:50.5 | about why you may want to reconsider some things that look pretty fabulous. That's right. |
| 0:55.5 | There are a lot of things that you can do and you think, oh, of course this is going to increase the |
| 1:00.3 | value of my house. And sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. And a lot of people find this the |
| 1:06.5 | hard way. And, you know, sometimes the problem is just that people spend money on things because they |
| 1:11.5 | think they're going to stay in their house and then they end up moving. I mean, I've seen that many |
| 1:15.9 | times where somebody puts in a pool. I knew somebody out here that built a beautiful new barn. |
| 1:20.6 | And then a couple months later, they moved. And I'm thinking, ouch, you know, because that's just |
| 1:26.0 | the way that works. A lot of stuff, you're just not going to get your money back. |
| 1:29.4 | So we really want to help you make wise decisions. |
| 1:33.1 | And we're not saying don't do these things, but just make sure, again, that you are making |
| 1:37.3 | an educated decision so that you know if you're going to get your money back or not. |
| 1:41.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:42.4 | And if you're using these items, you're enjoying them, |
| 1:46.4 | it's enhancing your life, no matter how long you're living in the home, it might be worth it. |
| 1:52.6 | You have to consider all of that. Really have a good think on it and think about the way you spend your time, want to be spending |
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