How much $ have you put into your house

[Anonymous]

Bought for $190k 20 years ago, it’s worth $350 now (yes, I am local. Little SFH in PG county). We have put in so much money - maybe $150k? New roof twice, once at purchase and another this year. New siding, HVAC, redid floors (and they need it again), added a front porch, stack pipe burst and was replaced, sewer line burst, added French drains, knocked down a load bearing wall and added a big window, new stairs to basement, replaced all major appliances at least once. Countless leaks, small electric jobs, etc.

Man. Now that I list it all out we should have just moved! Ah well. It’s home.

[Anonymous]

Paid 550k in 2000.
Put in 250k. Multiple renovations.
Now worth 1.5 mil.

[Anonymous]

Bought for 280 in 1999. Put in at least 250K. Now worth close to 1 million. Considering the taxes and insurance over the years and the fees that we would pay selling, I definitely don't consider our house to be an investment. But we have had and continue to have a nice place to live.

[Anonymous]

$500k, $950k, $1.8m… we’ve lived here for 7 years

[Anonymous]

^ The 250K does not include maintenance items like new appliances, painting, etc. It only includes actual upgrades to the house (like putting in under floor heat, two zone HVAC, new bathrooms where usable ones already existed, new landscaping, upgraded siding to Hardee, new windows, finishing the basement to livable space, adding a bathroom, etc.)

[Anonymous]

Bought for $1.5M in 2020
Gut Reno’d for $450k
Worth $3M or so

[Anonymous]

1.1 in 2016. Put in maybe 25K since mostly in new systems.

[Anonymous]

Paid $850k in 2021, put in $125k, still worth $850k (if that). Being the first owners after a house is flipped is rough. Had to redo many things the flippers messed up.

[Anonymous]

We bought for 1.1 million in 2008 in NW DC. We did 2 major renovations (added a functional 3rd floor, updates to all bathrooms/kitchen/rooms, and added a small amount of 1st floor square footage in a mudroom and laundry room) for a total of about 900,000. We used ultra high end finishes and expect to stay in the house another 15 years at least and suspect the house is worth around $2.5-3 million now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Paid $850k in 2021, put in $125k, still worth $850k (if that). Being the first owners after a house is flipped is rough. Had to redo many things the flippers messed up.

What did they mess up? Cosmetic stuff, structural/plumbing/electrical stuff, or otherwise?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Paid $850k in 2021, put in $125k, still worth $850k (if that). Being the first owners after a house is flipped is rough. Had to redo many things the flippers messed up.

What did they mess up? Cosmetic stuff, structural/plumbing/electrical stuff, or otherwise?

Bathrooms were the biggest thing - they pulled permits but there was no waterproofing and the floors were not properly stabilized so all of the tiles were cracking within a year. Leaky basement required a French drain and regrading. Beyond that, death by a thousand cuts - a lot of cosmetic stuff that was just low quality and deteriorated quickly. We've gotten everything taken care of but it's really colored how we feel about the house.

[Anonymous]

Paid $580k in 2015. $120k renovations, roof, kitchen, etc. now worth a million.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bought for $190k 20 years ago, it’s worth $350 now (yes, I am local. Little SFH in PG county). We have put in so much money - maybe $150k? New roof twice, once at purchase and another this year. New siding, HVAC, redid floors (and they need it again), added a front porch, stack pipe burst and was replaced, sewer line burst, added French drains, knocked down a load bearing wall and added a big window, new stairs to basement, replaced all major appliances at least once. Countless leaks, small electric jobs, etc.

Man. Now that I list it all out we should have just moved! Ah well. It’s home.

Why are you putting new roof twice in 20 years?
One brand new roof done well should last more than 20 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bought for $190k 20 years ago, it’s worth $350 now (yes, I am local. Little SFH in PG county). We have put in so much money - maybe $150k? New roof twice, once at purchase and another this year. New siding, HVAC, redid floors (and they need it again), added a front porch, stack pipe burst and was replaced, sewer line burst, added French drains, knocked down a load bearing wall and added a big window, new stairs to basement, replaced all major appliances at least once. Countless leaks, small electric jobs, etc.

Man. Now that I list it all out we should have just moved! Ah well. It’s home.

Why are you putting new roof twice in 20 years?
One brand new roof done well should last more than 20 years.

Yes, well, “well done” is the operative word, isn’t it? We thought it was well done but a couple years ago it began to leak. It’s not like I can go back in time and choose another contractor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Paid $450. Put $15k. $12k for 2 bathrooms and we got ripped off about $3k on one of them with a bad contractor. Still need $120k worth of work. Old house that needs overhaul.

How on earth did you do 2 bathrooms for $12K?