20 Ways to Add Value to Your Home: #10-#1

HGTV experts have compiled their brightest ideas for adding value to your home.

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#1: Spruce Up the Siding
It may not be glamorous, but replacing siding is our No. 1 pick for home improvements that add value to your home. Here is your chance to make a great first impression in the real estate world. If your siding is in bad shape, your home is going to earn the title of fixer-upper. You can usually judge a book by its cover, so old siding sets the tone for expectations of what potential buyers will find inside the house. Try adding curb appeal and lower maintenance with composite siding. Cement board siding is efficient, it lasts, and it's no maintenance.

Butler Brothers
Website: www.bbcbuilders.com



Resources
appraisal services — Appraisal Institute
Website: www.appraisalinstitute.org

real estate service — J & R Realty
Website: www.jandrrealty.com

National Association of Realtors
National Association of Realtors (NAR)
Website: www.realtor.org

real estate service — Tutt, Taylor, Rankin, Sotheby's International Realty
Website: www.ttrsir.com

home builders group — National Association of Home Builders Remodeling Council
Website: www.nahb.com

remodeling consultants — National Association of the Remodeling Industry
Website: www.nari.org
Guests
Linda Braley
Appraiser, Linda Braley Real Estate Appraisal Service, Inc.
Website: www.braley.biz

Vince Butler
Home Builder/Remodeler, Butler Brothers Corporation
Website: www.bbcbuilders.com

James Donnelly
Appraiser, J Lee Donnelly & Son
E-mail: jleedon@aol.com

Terry Haas
Realtor, Designed to Sell
Website: www.terryhaas.com

Todd Martz
Designer, American Eye Design
Website: www.americaneyewdc.net

Shirley Mattam-Male
Real Estate Expert, Designed to Sell
Website: www.smattam.com

Ricardo Matus
Remodeler, Case Design / Remodeling, Inc.
Website: www.casedesign.com

Kevin Moody
E-mail: moodykc@erols.com

Taniya Nayak
Interior Designer, Design Digs / Designed to Sell
Website: www.designdigs.net

Jill Hudson Neal
Design Editor, The Washington Post Magazine
We apologize no contact information is available.

Yvette Piaggio
Designer / TV Personality
Website: www.piaggiosloft.com

Mark Richardson
Remodeler, Case Design / Remodeling, Inc.
Website: www.casedesign.com

Ivan Thomas
Appraiser, Quest Alliance
We apologize no contact information is available.

Alex Venditti
Realtor, Sotheby's International Realty
E-mail: dcvenditti@aol.com
Website: www.ttrsir.com
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