All Forum Posts by: Noah Kellar

@Henry T. 

Thanks, Henry. Do you recommend sticking with aluminum trim if I were to refinish wood?

@Bruce Woodruff 

This is good advice, Bruce. This is my first property so I am hesitatant to see the condition of the wood with all of the aluminum pulled off. Don't want to get down to the wood & then regret it. I will give this some more thought before making a decision. It is too cold right now to paint here in WNC anyways.

@Marcus Auerbach

Hey Marcus, my RE estate agent says it's worth around 600k based on the comps. I purchased at 300k with 5% down & put roughly 90k into the property over a 2 year period.

I want to mention that the $16k quote includes all new trim around windows & doors, a $3,500 addition to proposal.

@Jeremy H.

Thanks, Jeremy.

@Bruce Woodruff

Thanks, Bruce. The original wood seems to be in decent shape but would require a lot of labor to remove the aluminum & strip/clean up old lead paint. Not to mention the caulking & redoing of trim. I have located the same type of aluminum siding but they want $1,000/box shipped. I’ll have to double check how much sq ft that covers.

@Ko Kashiwagi

Thanks, Ko.

@Ed Daniels

Thank you!

@Ed Daniels

Thanks for the advice, Ed. Do you recommend repairing the current siding & painting as the alternative? The condition would be considered fair in my opinion. It certainly needs some work.

Is it worth spending 16k on new LP smartside siding prior to an appraisal for a refi or heloc? Old home built in 1920 with original painted wood siding covered by aluminum (which seems to be costly these days). Roughly 1,600 sq ft. 2 stories.

The alternative is to repair, pressure wash & paint the property costing roughly 4k-6k due to the amount of labor. Aluminum has dent & holes in areas that will need to be addressed before painting.

I do not plan on selling for at least 5 years. The goal is to rent & refi. I would like to make sure the siding is presentable before paying for an appraisal. Thanks for any insight.