Real Estate

Are you looking to sell your house or flat and want to get the highest selling price possible? Why not install a Stretch Ceiling into one or more rooms: Lounge, kitchen, bathroom or bedroom?

By adding a backlit ceiling in your hall or lounge, your home will look bigger and brighter. The low energy consumption LEDs will reduce monthly bills making it a great selling point for potential buyers

You can install a reflective ceiling, making the space look larger or use a matt/satin Stretch Ceiling to make it look cosier.

With quick install times, stretch ceilings are a great low cost solution for covering up weathered ceilings without the need to re-plaster and paint.

Stretch Ceilings are Fire Rated class ‘0’, lightweight, non toxic, CE certified, easy to clean, have acoustic properties and carry a 15 year warranty.

With over 350 finishes and colors to choose from, there’s no reason why you should not invest in your home to assist in getting it sold quicker and easier.

But can removing a popcorn ceiling add resale value?

That said, the value gained by removing a popcorn ceiling does increase considering buyers’ expectations for homes of a certain location and in a certain price range.

“With a $200,000 house with a popcorn ceiling, there’s a lot of demand and not a lot of supply. Those houses sell faster, so there’s less need to do it,” Schutte said.

By contrast, a 1,000 (older community) - to 4,000 (older or new community)-square-foot house in a higher price range, such as $500,000, can sit on the market longer and make buyers hesitate if it needs upgrades. Why purchase something older that needs fixing when they can buy something in a new subdivision with new amenities for the same price?

“The larger the house, and the more expensive the home, the more prone I am to say that it needs to get done—and it’ll add value by getting it done,” Schutte said. “One of the updates that somebody would want to see in that pricier home is getting rid of popcorn ceilings.”

Schutte estimates that removing a popcorn ceiling would add $25,000 to $35,000 in value for older community or a large estate executive home. For a home of about 1,000 square feet costing about $200,000, he estimates an added value of about $2,500—essentially, close to what a homeowner might put into the project.