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Does a sauna add value to your home?
My boyfriend just bought a house that has a small sauna in the basement. He won’t ever use the sauna, so he wants to take it out and make that space into a closet for his work clothes. I told him that the sauna may add value to his home and to dismantle it might be a bad idea. Am I right? Thank you!
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I asked a realtor once about having a pool in the backyard, and that I thought it would add value to the house. She said it would not. That pools increase insurance and maintenance on the home/property and does not add value to the home. That is a close as I can help. I am not sure about the sauna.
A sauna is quite a niche item, so not all of the prospective buyers will class it as adding value. Do you have closets already, would changing it into a closet add value to the house? How large is the sauna? If it is large would another use of the room add more value? Does it join onto another room that could be extended?
You must also consider maintenance and servicing costs over time, as a prosepctive buyer will consider this. Although that said it may add perceived value to your home and be a great ‘hook’ which stands your home out from the others. Again depending on whether all of the houses in your street have saunas too.