{"id":6,"date":"2026-08-31T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/scottmenges-com\/2026\/08\/31\/canada-renovations-that-best-support-resale\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:00:00","slug":"canada-renovations-that-best-support-resale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottmenges.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/31\/canada-renovations-that-best-support-resale\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Renovations That Best Support Resale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/scott-menges-293825\/home-renovations-resale-e1ac\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Not every renovation lifted resale in Canada; some projects recouped little, and certain upgrades could even work against a home&#039;s market value.<br \/>\nIn Canada, cosmetic kitchen and bathroom refreshes tended to attract buyers most, while full gut renovations often required heavy spending without full financial recovery.<br \/>\nHigher-impact kitchen updates included cabinet fronts, quartz or granite counters, plus modern fixtures and lighting; bathrooms benefited from new vanities, fresh tile, and walk-in showers.<br \/>\nLow-cost exterior work also supported resale, especially professional painting and steel front doors, which the guidance described as especially cost-effective for first impressions.<br \/>\nEnergy-efficiency upgrades became a faster-growing value driver, and checking current federal and provincial incentives before budgeting could improve ROI on qualifying projects.<br \/>\nReturns were weaker for basements, decks, and landscaping; basement work paid better when it fixed moisture risks or created l<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not every renovation lifted resale in Canada; some projects recouped little, and certain upgrades could even work against a home&#039;s market value. In Canada, cosmetic kitchen and bathroom refreshes tended to attract buyers most, while full gut renovations often required heavy spending without full financial recovery. Higher-impact kitchen updates included cabinet fronts, quartz or granite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":34,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottmenges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottmenges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottmenges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottmenges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottmenges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottmenges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottmenges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottmenges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottmenges.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}