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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Dismal Nitch, AZ
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To have a good working kitchen is a pleasure. (Gas ranges rule!) I see putting ~$30k into your kitchen as a good thing...especially if you're staying there.
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'Putting my place up for sale soon. Original kitchen (1948) with metal cabinets and drawers below sink/counter area. Raunchy linoleum, old appliances, etc. 'Looks like hell, but I lived here alone for 20+ years and it's been OK for me. Real estate agent says a plain and neutral upgrade will yield twice what I put into it...~$10k and about two weeks of inconvenience. She said, for the most part, women do the deciding when it comes to home buying. Another agent - not signed w/any agent yet - said some buyers would rather have a price discount and do their own upgrade to suit their desires. Same with bathroom upgrades, she said. What do I know? I like the second idea better, but I want the highest sale price, obviously. Setting up a house/property for sale is a PITA, I'm finding out.
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"Fully integrated people, in their transparency, tend to not be subject to mechanisms of defense, disguise, deceit, and fraudulence."
- - Don R. 1994, an excerpt from My Ass From a Hole in the Ground - A Comparative View
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