On 4/21/2012 8:19 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:23:09 -0600, Pennyaline
> > wrote:
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>>> I heard today that two things that people look for when you want to flip
>>> your house is hardwood floors (check) and granite countertops (check).
>>> Floors done last year and countertops this year.
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>> Consider the source. Where did you hear it from? My experience is that
>> this kind of information comes primarily from people who sell hardwood
>> floors and granite countertops.
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> I've heard it from some homebuilders we deal with. People come into a
> house and don't care if the heating system is 96% or 75% efficient and
> the walls are well insulated or left hollow. They just look at the
> countertops and want granite. Buyers are always asking for
> cosmetics, rarely ask for better plumbing or electrical setups.

Mu uncle had a medium size contracting business. One of the stories he
told was a client who asked how much less it would be to omit the
insulation because they would prefer to have something that imparted
bragging rights instead.