You’ll want to choose home improvements that not only pay off in recovery of the money you spend, but also help you get a better price for your home when and if you sell it.

First piece of advice is don’t renovate a part of your home, simply for the purpose of selling. You are incurring a huge risk here. The housing market can be volatile, and you never know which amenities are going to pay-off.

If you renovate for yourself, you at least know you will get value simply by the enjoyment of the change. Your potential buyer may walk into the improved room, declare they don’t like it, and then change it immediately. Minor cosmetic changes are fast, inexpensive and there is little risk. If you know that you will be living in a home for some time, but you also know that in the future you’ll be selling it try and balance home improvements that will pay-off the most and which ones you would most like to enjoy.