How Faucets Can Improve Your Home’s Resale Value

First Impressions Matter 

Updated kitchens and bathrooms are among the first things potential buyers look for when buying new homes, regardless if that home is a one-floor condo, townhouse, or single-family home. Because of this, updates to kitchens and bathrooms are among your best opportunities to impress buyers. Unfortunately, these areas are also the most expensive to upgrade with new countertops, cabinets, appliances, flooring, etc. However, there are ways to update kitchens and bathrooms without the expense and time of a tear-out construction project. By equipping your home with new faucets, adding a coat of paint and/or hardware to cabinets, replacing light fixtures and other such smaller projects, you can quickly give a home a refresh that will make a difference. Specifically, new faucets instantly refresh a space and show buyers that your home has been well cared for and kept up-to-date.

Where To Focus

Focus on highly used areas of the home meant for work and congregating. For example, a faucet in the laundry room is a wonderful touch, but if you must choose, it won’t make the same impact that a beautiful new showerhead and trim set in the primary bath will make. It’s also important to focus on both style and functionality. A chrome or matte black faucet finish might make your home appear more contemporary while a brass or brushed gold finish could give your faucet a more cottage core appeal. Ask yourself who your potential buyers are likely to be and will the new faucets and showerheads fit the aesthetic of the rest of the home? When that question is answered, choose something you love and others are more likely to love it too.

Form & Function

You’ll also want all new faucets and other fixtures to be as functional as they are stylish. Most people appreciate the increased functionality of a handheld showerhead for those less mobile and to aid in quick shower cleaning. One of the most important parts of a faucet function in the modern world of climate change and growing utility bills is water efficiency. Look for faucets that carry the EPA’s WaterSense certification. This will give you and potential buyers peace of mind knowing that your faucets are guaranteed to be efficient, good for the environment, and easy on utility bills.

Why Choosing Quality Brands Matters

When choosing a brand for your faucet, you want something that meets all of your standards for style, efficiency, and durability to ensure that you add long-term value, while decreasing the need for maintenance. You also want a faucet with a great warranty, like Pioneer Industries’ limited lifetime warranty, or Olympia and Central Brass’ 10-year commercial warranty, to ensure that the faucet will last.

Wrapping it All Up

Upgrading faucets is a small change with a large impact when it comes to your home’s resale value. Stylish, water-efficient fixtures not only enhance the look of kitchens and bathrooms, they also signal quality, care, and eco-consciousness to potential buyers. As a trusted supplier of faucets and fixtures for over 100 years, Pioneer, Central Brass, and Olympia are here for you. With industry-leading warranties, easy installation, and a wide range of finishes and features, these brands make it simple to add lasting value to your home—and leave a lasting impression on potential buyers.

There are many ways to the same destination. This saying applies to multifamily housing builds just as much as to anything else in life. The ultimate goal is save as much money as possible while delivering a great finished project – that’s simply showing smart business sense. But, finding a one-off deal or sacrificing quality isn’t the only way to get a healthy ROI. We have a better way.

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