Re: Have you sold a home with HA features?

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"BruceR" <brNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Might not be worthwhile yanking it out when the time comes (newer stuff
> might be nicer by then) but bottom line is to install what YOU want for
> YOUR use rather than being concerned with recouping any of the
> investment on resale.

I'd say you have to go even further than that.  If you're going to install
HA, make it as unobtrusive as possible and as removable as possible.  You
don't want to have your HA become an actual impediment to sales.  I saw an
interesting show today on house selling where they distributed hidden
cameras throughout an open house to get buyers candid opinions of the house.
I learned a lot from a single episode.  Less is more.

I'd imagine that a control room (even as immaculately designed and executed
as the one you've shared photographs of) is going to be a hindrance to 99
out of 100 buyers.  Not many buyers or real estate agents appreciate the
value of a punch-down block.  They just want to plug a phone in and have it
work.  They see whatever space you've chosen for your HA and AV gear as one
less place to store their Barbie doll collection.  The only thing that I've
ever seen boost the value of a home is a name-brand security system that's
been well-maintained.   Of course, those are only of value to someone who
WANTS one.  That's more and more buyers but still not enough, IMHO, to make
it a "must install" item.

BTW, my spell checker wants to call you Bruiser, Bruce R.!

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Bobby G.