Garage Door Replacement Remains a Top Home Improvement Project Nationwide
Annual Cost vs. Value Survey Confirms a New Garage Door Continues to Deliver High Return on Investment
LEWISVILLE, Texas, Jan. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Replacing an outdated garage door is not just affordable, but one of the most prudent projects homeowners can undertake in 2015. According to Remodeling magazine's 2015 Cost vs. Value survey, which compares the value of popular home renovation projects, improving the value of a home is as simple as giving the garage a makeover.
The survey evaluated the average $2,944 cost to replace a mid-range door with an upscale door and found a $2,429 value of the project at home sale, which equates to an 82.5 percent return, making it the second-best remodeling project in terms of return on investment (ROI) in the upscale home improvement category. In the mid-range home improvement category, the results were also positive, as the survey revealed a garage door replacement delivers an average 88.4 percent ROI for homeowners. This makes mid-range garage door replacement the third most affordable home improvement project in the category and one of the best values for homeowners.
"The garage door is a home's largest exterior feature and the most common entry point, often taking up 30 percent of a home's outward-facing front elevation," said Joe Dachowicz, vice president of marketing for Overhead Door. "Upgrading this space and complementing a home's overall look can help homeowners dramatically enhance curb appeal and elevate the overall look of the home all while staying within budget."
Replacing a mid-range garage door proves to be an excellent investment, costing around $1,595, far less than other popular home improvement projects, like a major kitchen remodel ($56,758) or a family room addition ($84,201).
Now in its 28th year, the Cost vs. Value survey determined the ROI for garage door replacement by evaluating the $1,595 cost on average to replace a basic garage door with a mid-range door model. The survey found the value of that replacement at home sale to be $1,410 or 88.4 percent ROI; an increase over last year's 83.1 percent ROI.
Homeowners seeking to find their home's perfect garage door match can take advantage of two online resources, the Overhead Door website and the Overhead Door DoorView™ Design Center, a helpful visualization tool that allows homeowners to mix and match garage doors on a photo of their own home that they upload into the tool. The DoorView Design Center is optimized for use with tablets, is easy to use and offers hundreds of door, style and color choices to find the perfect door.
The Cost vs. Value report is conducted in partnership with the National Association of Realtors. Hanley Wood, publisher of Remodeling magazine, asks NAR members nationwide to evaluate a variety of home remodeling jobs and then project the ROI homeowners could expect to receive when they sell their homes. The study, available at www.costvsvalue.com, details both the national average value returned for common renovation projects, as well as the expected ROI in nine U.S. regions and 102 U.S. cities. For access to detailed renovation data on the go, an iPhone app is also available through the Apple iTunes store.
For more information on Overhead Door garage doors and openers, or to find an Overhead Door distributor, visit www.OverheadDoor.com, like Overhead Door on Facebook, follow Overhead Door on Twitter or find us on Google Plus.
About Overhead Door Corporation
Overhead Door Corporation, based in Dallas, Texas, is a leading manufacturer of doors and openers for residential, commercial, industrial and transportation applications. The company has five divisions: Access Systems Division (ASD), which features the Overhead Door and Wayne Dalton brands; The Genie Company, manufacturer of remote-controlled garage door opening systems; Horton Automatics, a manufacturer of automatic entrance systems; TODCO, the largest producer of truck doors for the transportation industry; and Creative Door Services, Western Canada's leader in providing door products and services to the residential, commercial and industrial markets. Overhead Door Corporation created the original overhead garage door in 1921 and the first electric garage door opener in 1926. Overhead Door now employs more than 3,500 people, has 22 manufacturing facilities, 78 regional sales and service and installation centers and more than 5,000 distributors and dealers that service national builders, national accounts, architects, general contractors and homeowners, as well as major retailers in the U.S. and Canada. Overhead Door Corporation is a subsidiary of Sanwa Holdings Corporation of Tokyo, Japan. For additional information, visit www.overheaddoor.com, our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter or find us on Google Plus.
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