Anonymous wrote:Not all, IMO.

I loathe home theaters. If I bought a house with one, I'd only be thinking about how much it would cost to tear it out and turn it into useable space.

We have a home theater but our house is 6br 6ba and 6000 SF. I don't think I need another room. Point is that most houses that have home theater rooms are already large.

I agree. Might be like a swimming pool. Some buyers will like it and some would appreciate the extra space for something else besides a theater. I wouldn't put one in just to try to increase the value.

You won't get back the full investment. The amount of value it adds also depends - Are you finishing space that is currently unfinished? Are you adding new square footage? Those things in and of themselves will add value. Converting an existing room into a media room would return maybe 15% of the cost.

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Anonymous wrote:Not all, IMO.

I loathe home theaters. If I bought a house with one, I'd only be thinking about how much it would cost to tear it out and turn it into useable space.

+1

+2.

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Anonymous wrote:Eh, might be like a swimming pool.

little kids could drown in a home theater?

Figuratively, I think they could. All that screen time...

Anonymous wrote:So I saw one of these in a house recently. It was around 7 years old and SO dated now. Like the speakers and the screen, everything had changed so much. Even the couches looked older. I felt like it had dated the house way too much.

+1. I'd think it might increase value by, say, $5-10k (guesstimate), just because it means you'd have good wires in place to support a reno later on. But otherwise, people want what they want. I'm not going to want your stadium seating, or else I'm going to want a different configuration.

Anonymous wrote:Eh, might be like a swimming pool.

little kids could drown in a home theater?

Anonymous wrote:Not all, IMO.

I loathe home theaters. If I bought a house with one, I'd only be thinking about how much it would cost to tear it out and turn it into useable space.

+1

Not all, IMO.

I loathe home theaters. If I bought a house with one, I'd only be thinking about how much it would cost to tear it out and turn it into useable space.

So I saw one of these in a house recently. It was around 7 years old and SO dated now. Like the speakers and the screen, everything had changed so much. Even the couches looked older. I felt like it had dated the house way too much.

It won't boost the value dollar by dollar , what does marginally boost the value is the fact you have a home theater. It's usually a must have in most new construction now a days with a finished basement.

Anonymous wrote:For 1.3M house, if we spend 50-75K to create a nice, but not so upscale home theater, how much would it increase the house value later?

Can't imagine it boosting the value much at all, frankly.

Anonymous wrote:Eh, might be like a swimming pool.

Funny......but how?

Eh, might be like a swimming pool.

For 1.3M house, if we spend 50-75K to create a nice, but not so upscale home theater, how much would it increase the house value later?