Hi, again. I’ve already admitted my addiction to “Property Ladder,” though I’m not selling or remodeling. One big mistake I keep seeing again and again is two or three guys trying to flip (in 2005 or 2006) who ignore the advice of Kirsten, the pro. ANY guy remodeling for the sake of selling their house in the future needs input from females on the kitchen and bathrooms. When we bought our first house in 1986-7 (I don’t remember exactly), the husband and wife were having marital problems, the wife went back to her mom’s for a vacation, and the husband hideously redid the kitchen hoping to win her back. Nope. I don’t know what the countertops were made of, but the guy picked something that looked like the dark paneling he also installed on the walls. You know, the hunting lodge motif.

We bought our current home from a single woman who had extensively remodeled. It was absolutely move-in ready. We haven’t done anything to the interior except to install central air and all of us love the house.