Cost vs. Value · RVA · 2025 Data

Home Renovation ROI Calculator: What will you actually get back?

Pick a project, and see the resale math — with cost and buyer value as two separate numbers, so DIY savings and quality choices actually show up in your return.

Fernando Perez · Associate Broker, REALTOR® RVA · Chesterfield · Henrico · Hanover · New Kent

A buyer pays for the finished result, not your receipts. So here, what you spend and what it's worth at resale are two separate numbers — not one multiplied by the other.

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Recoups —% at resale

Break‑even
Estimated value added at resale
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Money that stays in the walls
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At each project's regional benchmark cost and quality — your numbers above may run higher or lower. Click any row to load it.