One of the biggest trends in the St. Louis Real Estate Market is the desire for a green house.  As I work with more and more millennial buyers, I keep hearing the desire for these green houses near the top of their lists here in St. Louis. While not everyone is focused on the environmental impact a home can have; I don’t know of anyone who doesn’t want to save a little money by going green. Energy efficient windows and appliances within the home are a top priority for home buyers. Making your property environmentally friendly before you put it on the market has the potential to make it more attractive and drive up the price, for the following four reasons…

  1. Savings for the Buyer– In many cases, buying a more environmentally-friendly home will pay you back a significant amount. As a house is an investment for life, prospective buyers may well be able to factor in electricity, water and gas bill savings for as much as twenty years or more. Making sure your house has cost-effective, permanent insulation solutions can drive up the price of your home by as much as 5%green home
  2. Family Friendly– One of the perceived benefits of environmentally-friendly products and technologies is that, being ‘natural’, they have few-to-no harmful chemicals in them. Green technology and building materials have a clean, wholesome image that plays well when selling a house to families, especially families with very young children. Rustic wood flooring from sustainable sources, for instance, presents a warmer, cozier and safer aspect than sheets of linoleum can offer.
  3. Low Maintenance Costs– What makes a green house green, for me, is determined by two main things: sustainability and availability of resources. Not having to replace or repair major chunks of the building for ages is a massive selling point – make sure you highlight this to buyers!
  4. Green is Attractive and Stylish– One of the best things about the greenest technology – such as water purification, renewable energy and energy conservation – is that it also tends to be the latest technology. Green technology tends to work very well purely because it’s newer than less efficient technologies. And it tends to look like it works very well, too – great news when you’re trying to sell your home.

Not sure where to start when going green? We are happy to guide you to an environmentally friendly contractor or a sustainable green company construction and remodeling companies located in St. Louis.

Sam & Katie

Categories: St. Louis Homes

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