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Redo the Kitchen or Replace Your San Diego Home Windows and Doors?

by MySanDiego    2 min read     February 17, 2016

Redo the Kitchen or Replace Your San Diego Home Windows and Doors?


For most San Diego homeowners, home improvement projects are not planned with unlimited financial resources. Saving-up of extra income for that one, or maybe two home improvement projects, means figuring out what you really, really want and balancing those projects with your budget constraints and what adds the most value to your home.

Did you know, according to Remodeling Magazine’s 2015 Cost vs. Value Report for San Diego, CA that both vinyl window replacement and entry door replacement projects in a midrange price bracket had a higher cost-recouped percentage than both major and minor kitchen remodel projects? Based on a percentage of the project costs, window and door replacement projects added more value to the resale value of San Diego homes than both major and minor kitchen remodel projects.

Let’s take a look at the numbers from Remodeling Magazine’s 2015 Cost vs. Value Report for San Diego, CA:

Midrange Project

Project Job Cost Resale Value Cost Recouped
Major Kitchen Remodel $63,316 $44,262 69.9%
Window Replacement (vinyl) $11,646 $9,147 78.5%
Entry Door Replacement (steel) $1,394 $1,344 96.4%

Upscale Project

Project Job Cost Resale Value Cost Recouped
Major Kitchen Remodel $124,345 $78,409 63.1%
Window Replacement (vinyl) $15,333 $12,218 79.7%

If you are planning a home improvement project in the near future, and you want to get the most “bang for your resale buck” be sure to research which projects add the most to the resale value of your San Diego home. Window and door replacement rank high on the cost recouped scale and will add great value to your San Diego home.

Topics: San Diego Consumer Insights, home improvement san diego, home value san diego, replacement doors san diego, replacement windows san diego, window replacement return on investment
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