{"id":946,"date":"2018-04-26T11:21:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T11:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classic-min.realhomes.io\/?post_type=faq&amp;p=946"},"modified":"2018-04-26T11:21:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T11:21:05","slug":"when-buying-a-new-home-what-upgrades-should-we-go-for-what-holds-the-most-value-do-we-upgrade-the-lot-pick-more-square-footage-in-the-house-add-an-extra-bedroom-etc","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/ayala-amaialand.com\/index.php\/faq\/when-buying-a-new-home-what-upgrades-should-we-go-for-what-holds-the-most-value-do-we-upgrade-the-lot-pick-more-square-footage-in-the-house-add-an-extra-bedroom-etc\/","title":{"rendered":"When buying a new home, what upgrades should we go for? What holds the most value? Do we upgrade the lot? Pick more square footage in the house? Add an extra bedroom?, etc."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lot depends on why you are buying the house. Are you buying it mostly as a home or mostly as an investment? There is a difference.<\/p>\n<p>For the most part, upgrades are high-profit items for builders. They aren\u2019t designed to enhance the value of the house, but make you happier with the house you do buy.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking at your home as an investment, then you buy from the smaller to medium size in the tract and spend only a minimal amount on upgrades. If you are looking at your purchase as a home, then you select upgrades that will enhance your quality of living.<\/p>\n<p>One rule of thumb is to always upgrade the carpet and padding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","faq_groups":[15],"class_list":["post-946","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-group-choosing-a-property"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayala-amaialand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs\/946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayala-amaialand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayala-amaialand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayala-amaialand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayala-amaialand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_groups?post=946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}