Browse Forums Increasing Home Value Re: Ceiling fans ... will it increase/decrease home value? 2Sep 14, 2010 10:49 am "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Ceiling fans ... will it increase/decrease home value? 7Sep 15, 2010 7:45 pm xanthrope Dont forget that it costs around $90 per fan to install. Does that labour cost include creating a new power point for the fan? Signed: June 2010 | Settlement: September 2010 | Moved in: October 2010 Re: Ceiling fans ... will it increase/decrease home value? 8Sep 15, 2010 11:05 pm A key factor to consider is the height of your ceilings. I am tall so ceiling fans in a house with 2.4m ceilings would make me not buy on account of my need to live without a fractured skull. But in a 2.7m ceiling house, ceiling fans would be a plus for me. Building tip No. 3: A raft slab will not get you down a river. A waffle pod slab does not go with maple syrup. My building thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=53000 Re: Ceiling fans ... will it increase/decrease home value? 9Sep 16, 2010 8:14 pm Further to Barkers point, think about where they are going in minor bedrooms - can be dangerous with bunk beds. even with 9 ft ceilings. If you are selling to a family market, I guess this could be a factor for some people. Re: Ceiling fans ... will it increase/decrease home value? 10Sep 17, 2010 11:00 am I agree, bunk beds could be an issue. We had installed fans after selling off the bunk beds coming to think of it.... Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. Re: Ceiling fans ... will it increase/decrease home value? 11Sep 20, 2010 9:48 am Unfortunately, we did some measurement and won't be able to install the ceiling fans because the ceiling's too low Shucks ... I really wanted the fans. Hahaha! It doesn't really matter for me since I'm only 5'5, but all my 6' friends have to watch their arms when they come over. O'well, it's back to the stand-fans .. pffft. Thanks for all the responses, guys! Signed: June 2010 | Settlement: September 2010 | Moved in: October 2010 Re: Ceiling fans ... will it increase/decrease home value? 12Jan 02, 2011 6:11 pm Ceiling fans for me is a No No...it's to old fashion- and it makes the room look smaller as it takes up quite a bit of space. The only time i will consider a ceiling fan is for a wooden home with a very high ceiling. Regards, Michael Re: Ceiling fans ... will it increase/decrease home value? 13Jan 02, 2011 6:32 pm I think ceiling fans would increase the value of a house, again, if done properly (not if you have low ceilings, right placement, etc). Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: Ceiling fans ... will it increase/decrease home value? 14Jan 02, 2011 7:01 pm shape The only time i will consider a ceiling fan is for a wooden home with a very high ceiling Just curious shape. Why does the home have to be wooden? "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Ceiling fans ... will it increase/decrease home value? 15Jan 02, 2011 8:59 pm shape Ceiling fans for me is a No No...it's to old fashion- and it makes the room look smaller as it takes up quite a bit of space. The only time i will consider a ceiling fan is for a wooden home with a very high ceiling. Regards, Michael good grief, now ceiling fans are old fashioned? not everyone likes modern decor and ceiling fans provide low cost cooling to bridge the gap between comfortable weather and a/c weather. Our ceilings fans get used before the a/c gets turned on - unless it is going to be a hot day anyway but they let us use the a/c much less. I firmly believe function is always much more important than form and once you start putting form before function you have your priorities all wrong and functional items will always be functional no matter what the trends say. "fashions" are for people who haven't figured out what their own tastes are, people who know what they like and what works for them do what they like in spite of fashions and trends. Re: Ceiling fans ... will it increase/decrease home value? 16Jan 02, 2011 9:04 pm If they squeak and bob around when they are running when trying to sell your house it may cause the punters some concern. If they are switched off and are rusty this may also cause some concern. Replace and daggy noisy ones before sale, makes it easier to sell. Re: Ceiling fans ... will it increase/decrease home value? 17Jan 02, 2011 9:09 pm well i just bought 6 ceiling fans on sale and I don't even have my plans drafted yet! Was a good deal. Yesterday in stinking hot weather had the fan going and for most of the day it was enough. And my current house is NOT passive solar, more like solar hot rock. Building tip No. 3: A raft slab will not get you down a river. A waffle pod slab does not go with maple syrup. My building thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=53000 Re: Ceiling fans ... will it increase/decrease home value? 18Jan 10, 2011 4:06 pm donuts shape The only time i will consider a ceiling fan is for a wooden home with a very high ceiling Just curious shape. Why does the home have to be wooden? +1 Re: Ceiling fans ... will it increase/decrease home value? 19Jan 10, 2011 5:04 pm In Qld I think its a plus, we even struck rental homes off the list because they didn't have ceiling fans, and with the way the price of power now you don't want to be running you air con all the time. Cheers Lou http://take2-customdesigndownslope.blogspot.com 07-10-09 omg they have cut the block 14-05-10 we finally have the keys They make the room much easier to clean for one, reflect more light (if light colour tiles are used), and you dont end up with dust on the top edge of tiles (cause most… 3 9578 Just to makea point about this, an approach that some people have found sucessful in negotiating these rises down, Is to provide some workings to the builder, specifying… 4 81667 Fair Trading can issue orders to rectify and complete but once the matter goes to NCAT these orders are automatically vacated. You will have to terminate contract and sue… 21 29679 |