When it comes to renovating your home for re-sale there are a few major renovations that top the list.
1.
Major Kitchen Remodels.
(ROI 75-85%) The function of the kitchen has evolved over the years and now more than ever the kitchen must meet those needs.

• Buyers want to envision themselves in a gorgeous newly renovated kitchen where they can actually see themselves - preparing meals for their friends and family -where the kids nestle into a cozy banquette doing their homework, or their guests mingling around that gorgeous island.
  Buyers want to see this in their minds eye and know that it's attainable.
  
• A major kitchen remodel may need to include a new floor plan to improve on a poorly designed work triangle.
  
• If the kitchen is completely dated, isolated and compartmentalized with an inefficient floor plan and layout - don't think that replacing the cabinets and appliances will camouflage the problem.
  It won't!
• If at all possible add an island into those plans.
  Everyone loves them!
• Replacing all cabinetry, appliances, lighting, flooring, finishes and fixtures and new French doors and windows will grab the buyers' attention.
  
• Since kitchens and baths are the costliest rooms to renovate, the buyer will be thrilled that the work is already done for them.
  

2.
Family Room Additions.
(75% ROI) The family room is the second most popular space in the home after the kitchen.

• Adding 400 sq.
  ft.
  of bright and cheery living space (if your neighborhood will bare it), will definitely improve the value of the home
• Increase the overall height of your space and introduce a vaulted ceiling.
  Creating a sense of volume instantly makes a room feel more spacious.
  
• Consider the details and add beautiful French doors, floor to ceiling windows or even skylights to flood this new space with light and maximizes a view.
  Take it one step further and add the deck.
  

3.
Deck Addition.
(72-95% ROI) Deck additions are quite possibly the best investments these days.
They naturally transition the interior to the exterior - instantly expanding your living space.
And who doesn't love that?

• It's a vacation-at-home experience, as it expands your living space and extends the summer season - forcing you to live more outdoors before the winter season sets in.
  
• Its design can be as simple or elaborate as the home it's attached to.
  
• Multi-leveled or single, built in seating or casual seating areas, hot tubs, and outdoor kitchens - all of which add to the vacation home atmosphere.
  
• Decks are more popular than pools and relatively easy to build.
  
• Design the deck to compliment the character of your home's exterior architecture.
  Give it some thought in planning - it should be proportionate to the size of your yard.
  
• Incorporate energy efficient solar or led lighting.
  

4.
Main Floor Master Bedroom Addition(73% ROI)

• Adding a 400 sq.
  ft.
  master bedroom suite and spa-like bath provides a private retreat and appeals to many home buyers.
  Access to main floor is gaining in popularity.
  
• Empty nesters and others, who no longer want to tackle stairs, prefer to have the master bedroom and bath retreat on the main floor level of the home.
  
• Immediate access to a gorgeous deck or patio outdoors also adds to the return.
  

5.
Two-Story Addition (77% ROI)

• A two-story addition of 800 square feet could include a new main floor family room and an upper level master suite complete with a full bath
• Or utilizing that extra space and designating it, as the home office, is very appealing to home- buyers.
  
• Homeowners are spending more time working from home and with the homepreneur trend growing, buyers are attracted to the extra space dedicated solely to operating their home based business.