Quality of the neighborhood

[Fernando]

So in your reports, in support of your adjustments, do you say "Chip said" or "Joanna said"?

Some appraisers don't understand high end materials. I admit my wife sees a functional useable good looking kitchen positioned in the right placement in the house than I can (and I don't cook).
I see kitchens remodeled years ago with tile and even granite counters and older fixtures.
It's fine and works but today's market, buyers want more modern remodeling and will pay premium.
Sometimes, it's better to get a really old kitchen because buyer can get a good sales price since that outdated kitchen was going to be demolished anyway.

 

[Fernando]

And it only matters to women or gay cooks... and most modern women cook very little. Was listening to an older woman talking to another at a cafe and she was telling her friend that she ate out once a day, ate cereal for breakfast and sometimes for supper. Otherwise, a can of soup. That's pretty basic. As my buddy told me when house hunting, the wife finds the house and knows my one requirement- 3 vehicle garage either detached or attached. (They have 3 cars and a motorcycle)

The galley kitchen of the 80s was perfect for the unwrap and heat up crowd. It was cooking shows that created the fancy kitchen 'necessity' of the market. And the difference in quartz, "granite" (which mostly isn't granite), composite, and a host of other countertops, is fickle fashion and nothing to do with function. And we wonder why houses cost so much. Formica will last decades.

Granite used to be expensive. Quartz was even more expensive. Same as wood cabinets.
Thanks to foreign suppliers, prices became very affordable. Terrel, you can thank China.

 

[TerryRohrer]

Some appraisers don't understand high end materials. I admit my wife sees a functional useable good looking kitchen positioned in the right placement in the house than I can (and I don't cook).
I see kitchens remodeled years ago with tile and even granite counters and older fixtures.
It's fine and works but today's market, buyers want more modern remodeling and will pay premium.
Sometimes, it's better to get a really old kitchen because buyer can get a good sales price since that outdated kitchen was going to be demolished anyway.

That is a lot of words to say you don't know what you put in your reports.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

Thanks to foreign suppliers, prices became very affordable.

Not really. Other than some black and pegmatite rocks all these products are available in N. America. And India probably produces as much as China. The reduction in cost is due to developing mines that have the right textures and features. The cost savings was in the cutting, polishing and production facilities used to process rock. Most granite was used for tombstones and thin facings for government buildings. And that included travertine (which is too soft for countertops.) So, the very machinery had to be re-engineered to cut slabs accurately. Laser cutting is too hot. Water jet is used to cut such stones. Then polishing etc. had to be engineered for countertops and not the smaller flat faces of a tombstone.

True enough however, was that many of these machines are built in China, but Vermont and Georgia also build the machinery used.

 

[Fernando]

That is a lot of words to say you don't know what you put in your reports.

To fill my comments, I would describe the quality materials in the kitchen to justify the good C3 or C2 condition.
I doubt reader really cares but I like to fill up the spaces.

 

[Fernando]

Not really. Other than some black and pegmatite rocks all these products are available in N. America. And India probably produces as much as China. The reduction in cost is due to developing mines that have the right textures and features. The cost savings was in the cutting, polishing and production facilities used to process rock. Most granite was used for tombstones and thin facings for government buildings. And that included travertine (which is too soft for countertops.) So, the very machinery had to be re-engineered to cut slabs accurately. Laser cutting is too hot. Water jet is used to cut such stones. Then polishing etc. had to be engineered for countertops and not the smaller flat faces of a tombstone.

True enough however, was that many of these machines are built in China, but Vermont and Georgia also build the machinery used.

Labor charges cheaper in China and India. You can thank them for the lower prices. Now even the middle class can do a high end remodeling look.

 

[Dublin ohio]

Granite used to be expensive. Quartz was even more expensive. Same as wood cabinets.
Thanks to foreign suppliers, prices became very affordable. Terrel, you can thank China.

Quartz counters are man made, They are not actually "quartz" per se. But a combination of resins and particles of quartz and other stone

 

[Dublin ohio]

Labor charges cheaper in China and India. You can thank them for the lower prices. Now even the middle class can do a high end remodeling look.

What are you talking about. High end cabinets are typically domestically made. Same with granite and quartz counters. Builder grade and just slightly above builder grade cabinets are another thing.

 

[Fernando]

Quartz counters are man made, They are not actually "quartz" per se. But a combination of resins and particles of quartz and other stone

I chose my quartz to look like it's natural stone. Most can't tell the difference.

 

[NC Appraising]

In terms of stone counters, granite is out. It's been out for years if you had been watching HGTV shows.
Quartz is in. I put quartz slab in my kitchen and rental bathroom.

It was in 2019. Granite was still 50/50 and on its way out.

I'll admit....I was being cheap skate.