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“The kitchen is a big make-or-break room for buyers,” says Lilli Schipper, broker associate with LoKation Real Estate in Hollywood, Florida. And as Ryann Brier, a realtor and investor in Grand Rapids, Michigan, says, “The kitchen is where the deal is often made.”
“It is where people gather, entertain, cook, talk, and picture holidays, family, friends, and daily routines,” she describes. “A beautiful kitchen can make a buyer fall in love quickly, while a dated or poorly laid-out kitchen can make them start mentally subtracting money from the offer.”
Kimberly Schmidt, realtor and team lead of Kimberly Schmidt & Associates at Compass in San Diego, says that oftentimes, buyers are even willing to accept a bit less space in the house overall or smaller bedrooms and bathrooms if they fall in love with the kitchen.