CORIAN WORKTOPS ADD VALUE TO YOUR HOUSE

The following is an interesting snippet from a book Just Kitchens came across today - the author appears to think that installing Corian within your property raises the resale value.

We'd have to agree!

The following are ten phrases commonly used in real-estate advertisements. 5 of them have a powerful favourable correlation to the ultimate sales price, and five have a strong negative correlation. Guess which are which.

Ten Widespread Real-Estate Ad Phrases:

Fantastic

Granite

Spacious

State-of-the-Art

Corian

Charming

Maple

Great Neighborhood

Gourmet

A "fantastic" property is unquestionably fantastic enough to assure a high price, isn't?
What about a "charming" and "spacious" property in a "great neighborhood!"?
No, no, no, and no.

Here's the breakdown:

Five Terms Linked to a Increased Sales Price tag:

Granite

State-of-the-Art

Corian

Maple

Gourmet

Five Terms Correlated to a Reduced Sales Price tag:

Fantastic

Spacious

Charming

Great Neighborhood

Three of the five terms correlated with a higher sales value are physical descriptions of the property itself: granite, Corian, and maple.

As information goes, such terms are specific and straightforward-and therefore rather useful.

If you like granite, you might like the house; but even if you don't, "granite" certainly doesn't indicate a fixer-upper. Nor does "gourmet" or "state-of-the-art," each of which seem to tell a buyer that a home is, on some level, truly fantastic.