Do egress windows increase your home value

<<>> Egress windows are basically windows that you can comfortably escape from in case of fire. The windows will be low enough to the ground and wide enough so that you can escape. Usually, when you install windows in the basement, this will lead to a window well that offers additional stairs that leads to ground level.

Once you install egress windows in your basement, the city or county will usually increase the assess value of your home. But, the question that needs an anser is-do egress windows increase your home value when defined by a real estate appraiser.

Egress windows installed in the basement will usually never increase your home value, if this is the only thing you do to the basement. This is because there are two basic methods an appraiser will determine the value of your basement. They will give a percentage adjustment for finished and unfinished area or they will make individual adjustments based on bedrooms, family rooms and bathrooms. In both cases, the egress windows alone will not pull enough weight to increase your home value. Here are some improvements that may help.

If your basement offers the correct blend of improvements, you will have a higher probability to increase your home value. First, each egress window will need to be installed in a bedroom. This way, if someone is sleeping in the bedroom and they need to get out, they will be able to escape from the bedroom. Second, make sure that the bedrooms in the basements offer both the egress windows and a full built in closet.

If you keep these two criteria in mind, the egress windows will give you a better probability of increasing your home value. If nothing else, correctly combining the windows with the bedrooms and the closets will at least give you a better chance of selling your home when you are ready.