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What Plumbing Fixtures Increase Home Value?

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Are you listing your home for sale? Updating a rental? Whether you’re looking to sell your home sooner or later, there are always ways to increase your property’s value. While most homeowners might focus solely on upgrades like increasing the square footage by adding a bedroom or installing new appliances, plumbing fixtures are an often-overlooked element that can dramatically increase your home’s resale value.

New plumbing fixtures are more attractive and are stain and scratch-resistant. In fact, many new plumbing fixtures also come with improved functionality and water-saving qualities.

For example, improving plumbing to meet the city code, insurance requirements for your home, or preventing floods are all functional improvements.

If you are curious about what plumbing fixtures increase home value, please continue to read below. 

New Plumbing Fixtures for Rooms in Your Home

Try an Updated Kitchen

The kitchen is a focal point for the most valuable part of home improvements. Buyers typically look here first when deciding if a home is worth the asking price. Most people want an updated kitchen without paying a lot of money after purchasing a house. You can make a wide range of beneficial home improvements in the kitchen to fit your budget and goals. 

You can install energy-efficient, stainless-steel appliances to a new faucet.

Believe it or not, you don’t have to spend a ton of money in the kitchen to get a significant return. A minor kitchen remodels will recoup about 81 percent of its cost in average resale value.

In contrast, major upscale kitchen remodeling jobs will recoup about 54 percent of their cost. The most valuable home improvements in a small kitchen remodel might include updating the cabinets and upgrading to brand-new appliances, like the sink and faucet.

Installing new plumbing fixtures like toilets and faucets can significantly increase your home’s value. It’s estimated that kitchen and bathroom remodels can recoup 85% of the initial cost.

A New Bathroom

A mid-range bathroom remodel, including updated tile, fixtures, toilet, counters, and lighting, will get you a return of 70 percent nationally. And just like the kitchen, doing more work doesn’t necessarily equal getting more money back. An upscale bathroom remodel will only get you a 56.2 percent return, and a new bathroom addition just 54.6 percent.

If you’re interested in making the best and most valuable home improvements, look at a cost and value report and focus on your region and city. Doing the research first is always essential instead of assuming that something will give you a return on your investment. Specific upgrades may have more value depending on your location when looking at national data. 

Another way to add value is by replacing faucets and shower heads with water-saving alternatives. These options are known as “low-flow” fixtures. Improving this part of the plumbing can lower water bills, increase water pressure, and add more comfort for everyone in your household. 

For example, older toilets can use up to five gallons of water per flush, compared to the 1.6 gallons of water-efficient toilets used per flush. These upgrades are great selling points when your home is on the market.

Toilet usage takes up a third of the total water consumption in your home. With many updated eco-friendly toilet options on the market, homeowners can easily upgrade toilets without making a huge sacrifice. 

High-efficiency toilets remove waste by velocity rather than volume, so the bathroom uses less water in each flush. It may not sound like a significant impact, but some efficient toilets decrease water usage by nearly 500%. But, if you’ve grown to love your home toilet, no worries; retrofitting is an option by adding a toilet bank. 

Plumbing Fixtures for an Extra Bathroom

Before listing your house for sale, consider adding an extra bathroom. Installing a new bathroom can increase your home’s profitability by a large margin, and so can renovating your current bathroom with more luxurious features. For example, a steam shower, a jetted tub, or brass fixtures can give your bathroom an opulent touch.

Modernized Pipes

Many homes have outdated piping systems made from clay, lead, or cast iron. Clay is notorious for breaking, lead is dangerous for your health, and iron corrodes over time. The most beneficial upgrade you can do is the one hidden in the walls and beneath the floorboards.

Updating your pipes with non-corrosive and non-toxic materials—such as copper and PVC—can give potential homebuyers peace of mind that their new home won’t suffer a plumbing catastrophe down the road.

Water Heaters

Think about replacing your outdated water heater with a more efficient version. You can choose between a conventional water heater that holds the water or a tankless heater. There are also solar-powered, electric, or gas-powered water heaters; their efficiency varies. Consult a professional plumber before upgrading to a different version to see what works best for your home. 

All tankless water heaters are different. Knowing if it will require gas line hookups or if an electric heater is a better fit for your property is essential. Contact a professional plumber to see what best fits your home and needs when deciding on plumbing upgrades. 

Water heaters are essential components in any home. Even in hot Florida climates, people need hot water. Upgrading your system to a new tankless water heater will have long-term benefits for your home’s value. Even though the price of tankless water heaters can set homeowners back on money, replacing the old or outdated unit will help with water efficiency and lower maintenance expenses. 

This will also decrease overall water heating costs. While pipes underneath sinks and behind walls might get overlooked by prospective home buyers, a water heater in poor condition will not. 

Even if you aren’t planning on selling your home, purchasing a new water heater or, at the very least, making sure your current one functions appropriately and doesn’t look worn out can help increase your home’s potential value.

Going Green with Plumbing Fixtures

More homebuyers want their homes to be energy-efficient to reduce their carbon footprints while saving on utility bills. Upgrading your plumbing fixtures to eco-friendly options can help to entice buyers; look for the energy star logo on any installs, such as washing machines, showerheads, and dual flush toilets. 

Designed to significantly decrease water consumption and energy (which will save you money on utility bills in the short term), high-efficiency plumbing will improve your home value and make it look more appealing to potential buyers. Efforts can be anything from simple faucet aerators to high-efficiency shower heads and high-efficiency toilets that use much less water per flush than your standard toilet.

Contact Flow Pros Plumbing for New Plumbing Fixtures

It’s always a good idea to keep your home updated and modern, whether you’re planning on selling your house or not. Your fixtures might be operating fine, but if your toilets, tubs, faucets, and sinks are decades old, they could scare off potential homebuyers who would rather buy a home that’s already updated with new fixtures. That is especially true given the trend of younger buyers wanting to buy their home “as is.” 

Contact Flow Pros today; we will ensure that things are done the first time correctly and that you won’t have a significant problem on your hands. We can help ensure you get the best appliances to add value to your house. 

 

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