Payback on wall retexture? 40 year old light stipple to knockdown

[Marian Smith]

Does paying someone to blow new knockdown on ceilings and walls make a big enough difference to justify the cost?  The current texture is not in bad shape, just dated.  

It is a 1970's house on acreage with a pool so it is worth updating.  I have been taking the popcorn ceilings down one by one and am halfway there....leaving them white and flat.  We are putting in taller baseboards and matching casing around doors and windows...and new doors to replace flush ones.  New homes in Texas are textured and I am sure it would look good to have fresh walls.  But it is a 70s house!  And occupied and we don't want to move until it sells.  The new homes in the neighborhood sell for 150-200k or 20-25% more than we are hoping for...and there have been 4 tear downs.    (And one home built next door to the existing with the intent to turn the existing into a workshop.). But I cannot see this house being torn down.