When you?re shopping for a new home, it?s natural to favor the more aesthetically-pleasing properties. However, cosmetic features are often decorative and trendy extras. Instead, you should base your decision on the underlying features and value of the home. This includes elements like the plumbing, wiring and roof of any potential home. ?As a home […]The post Don’t Focus on These Cosmetic Features When Buying a Home appeared first on Freshome.com.

When you?re shopping for a new home, it?s natural to favor the more aesthetically-pleasing properties. However, cosmetic features are often decorative and trendy extras. Instead, you should base your decision on the underlying features and value of the home. This includes elements like the plumbing, wiring and roof of any potential home.Tricked-out closets are trendy, but not necessary. Image: G. Terbrock Luxury Homes?As a home buyer, it is important that you focus on value over the bells and whistles that can distract from a home’s drawback,? advises Evan Roberts, a real estate agent with Dependable Homebuyers in Baltimore, MD. ?Many of these bells and whistles are inexpensive to replicate,? he says. So you shouldn?t pay more for them and you shouldn?t base your homebuying decision on them.?You shouldn?t increase your offer based on bells and whistles. While you may like them, that doesn?t mean the next homebuyer will. ?Paying for low value features will make re-selling difficult,? according to Lucas Machado, ...