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[quote=Anonymous]We are looking to sell our house in the next few months, and are doing minor repairs to get it ready. Our basement is unfinished. We had a water problem down there (water leaked in during large storms), which we took care of, and it's been dry for about 2-3 years now. But it's a 1960's house, and the concrete floor is cracked in a few places and the whole place just looks dingy.

I want to install a vinyl floor and paint the concrete block walls white, just to clean it up and look like someone could finish it easily. It is large enough and has high enough ceilings to finish it nicely with a rec room and/or guest room/bathroom, and I don't want buyers to be turned off because it's a dingy, unfinished basement.

My question is: do buyers care if it's totally unfinished vs. new flooring/new paint but still unfinished ? Properties in our neighborhood are going for way over asking price, and I don't want to do the work down there if nobody is going to care. Thanks![/quote]

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