{"id":1796,"date":"2023-08-10T21:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T21:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/2023\/08\/are-empty-nesters-really-downsizing-or-is-it-time-to-renovate\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T15:13:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:13:40","slug":"are-empty-nesters-really-downsizing-or-is-it-time-to-renovate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/2023\/08\/are-empty-nesters-really-downsizing-or-is-it-time-to-renovate\/","title":{"rendered":"Are empty-nesters really downsizing? Or, is it time to Renovate&#8230;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/homebuyer.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"468\" data-original-width=\"832\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/homebuyer.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial\">Call it \u201cright-sizing\u201d or whatever you want, baby boomers are facing a housing market that can present opportunities f<b>or a fun second chapter \u2014 or a cold dose of financial reality.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial\">The final tuition payment has been sent. The kids are finally out on their own and \u2014 after opening the well-deserved bottle of champagne you\u2019ve been holding onto for decades for this exact moment \u2014 it\u2019s time to figure out your next step.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial\">For many empty-nesters, that means downsizing from the large family home in the suburbs and moving into a chic condo in the city that can rival a small mansion in terms of cost. For some, it\u2019s their first time dealing with the high-cost market in decades. It\u2019s a splash of cold water instead of champagne. So, what&#8217;s the alternative&#8230; maybe now is a terrific time to renovate your home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><b>The 12 Most Common Renovations for Empty Nesters<\/b> &#8211; When there are children at home, the house goes through a lot of wear and tear, making it hard to justify certain fixes or upgrades. From chipped paint to scuffed floors, dents to stains, parents tolerate a lot of imperfections when their children live under their roof. Once those kids go off to college or move out, renovating an empty nest becomes a practical option for those ready for an upgrade, but not ready to downsize. Approximately 3 out of 4 empty nesters renovate their homes after their children move out, over the next few days, we&#8217;ll share with you twelve projects they\u2019re most likely to tackle. Stop back often to review all of them.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Call it \u201cright-sizing\u201d or whatever you want, baby boomers are facing a housing market that can present opportunities for a fun second chapter \u2014 or a cold dose of financial reality. The final tuition payment has been sent. The kids are finally out on their own and \u2014 after opening the well-deserved bottle of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1797,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796\/revisions\/1797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}