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Old 06-01-2021, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by richs631 View Post
I would wait until after you have lived in the home for at least 1 year before making substantial improvements. Determine how you actually use all the rooms before spending big bucks only to have a change of heart later
This is excellent advice. We didn't follow it, and now we have too many upgrades to recover the expense if we sell. We considered moving from a CYV to a Veranda and by the time we paid seller fees, putting in upgrades on the new house that we currently have, and what we can sell our CYV for, we would see a net loss of around $30K.

Considering that many people move 3 or four times here, I say the advice to wait a year is some of the best advice I have seen on this site.