Bathrooms are extremely important to buyers.  My buyers, that are looking for homes for sale in Rhinebeck want the bathrooms to be bright, clean, updated and neutral.   It is my experience that buyers think bathroom renovations must cost a lot of money so they respond less enthusiastically to to homes that need the bathrooms updated.

On the flip side, when I suggest to sellers they update a bathroom before listing their home for sale in Rhinebeck they almost always reply, "oh, that is just too expensive!"  I recently recommended to a seller that they update the guest bathroom in their condo before they listed it for sale.  I told them we could do it for less than $1,000.  They agreed to do it if the renovation cost could really be kept to under $1,000.  

I helped them shop for a new vanity, a ready made granite top with under mount sink, new faucet, mirror, and light bar.  The home owners stripped the wall paper and painted the bathroom themselves. We then hired a handy man to remove the old fixtures and install the new ones.  We also had the outdated medicine cabinet removed and the wall repaired.  

The new vanity with granite counter top an under mount mount sink, the the mirror, light bar and new towel bars cost $700.  The labor charge was $250 and the paint was $40.  The total expense was $990.  

The condo complex, The Woods, is mostly occupied by people over 65 years of age.  You will the notice the vanity is a bit traditional but it was a great value and appeals to buyers in this age group.  If the target buyer was younger I would have spent a bit more and recommended a more contemporary vanity.

Take a look at the before and after pictures and see what you can do for less than $1,000....I think the results speak for themselves.