How Radiant Floors Can Elevate Your Home and Boost Your Resale Value [And Why You Should Add Them When You Remodel Your Bathroom]
Radiant floors are a great way to add resale value to your home. They are a great feature to highlight on a listing when selling your home and they are the perfect bathroom upgrade, adding a layer of comfort and luxury to your existing home design.
Plus, if you are already planning a custom bathroom remodel, the bathroom floors will most likely need to be replaced. If you’ve already removed your tile or laminate, you might as well add heated floors while you have the chance!
Here are 5 reasons to consider heated flooring when designing your customized home or planning your home remodel.
GREAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT
If you already have plans to replace your flooring, heated floors are worth installing. Radiant flooring is placed beneath existing flooring so if you are replacing your flooring for your home remodel, now is the ideal time to invest in radiant flooring. There is a floor heating system for most flooring options. Electric floor heating is a popular choice because it is easy to install and power.
ADD COMFORT AND LUXURY
Comfort is one of the stand-out reasons for adding heated flooring. No more cold feet after a warm shower. Heated flooring raises the room’s temperature and makes the flooring more comfortable on your feet. They are great in bathrooms, bedrooms, kitchens, or any room that is chilly and difficult to heat.
STANDOUT SELLING POINT ON REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
Heating flooring is a feature that will stand out in a real estate listing. Heated floors are an attractive luxury item. Listing a home as offering heated floors will guarantee interest in your home. You’ll sell faster and have more bids by offering this unique and opulent feature.
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Since heated floors add to the room’s ambient temperature, the cost of installation will quickly be offset by the reduction you’ll see in your heating bill. Heated floors keep the floor and room warmer so you won’t need to crank the heat quite as high in the winter.
Radiant heated floors are almost completely energy efficient since they radiate heat upwards through the flooring instead of using forced air. That means those hard-to-heat kitchen floors will be warm enough for comfort.
A programmable thermostat can add to this benefit by turning off radiant flooring when it’s not in use. You can also program radiant flooring to turn on or off at certain times during the day.
NOT AS COSTLY AS YOU MIGHT THINK
Radiant flooring is not as costly as you might think to install and as we mentioned before the benefits of heated floors quickly pay for the cost. In-floor heating costs around $10-12 per square foot to install and only costs around 12 cents per day to use.
READY TO REMODEL YOUR HOME AND UPGRADE WITH RADIANT FLOORING?
The professionals at Creative Home Designers are ready to help you bring your custom home and remodeling dreams to life. We can customize remodeling plans or home design plans to meet your unique needs.
Call us today for a consultation. We’ll begin by discussing your vision for your master bedroom, then we’ll get to work creating a design just for you. We can even offer a 3D rendering of your remodel to help you envision your future custom home.
Then, due to our extensive Oklahoma network, we can connect you with trusted builders and providers who will see you through to the finish line.