“When I retire, I know I’ll be moving,” Pauli said. “I love my neighborhood now, but it’s pretty busy and getting more and more expensive. So that means at some point, I’ll be selling this place. That really changed the way I thought about renovating the bathroom.”
Pauli’s bathroom was on the smaller size, with older fixtures. “I can’t say they were original to the building, but maybe pretty close!” he said with a laugh. “While I really couldn’t change the size of the bathroom, I did talk to a NYC plumber about having a new toilet installed. We also replaced the shower unit and put in a new sink and vanity. I thought if someone’s thinking about maybe buying this place, they’ll like to see that it has a newer, nicer bathroom.”
“At the same time, we put a new floor in the bathroom, and I had a guy come in and change out the tile on the walls. Now I never managed a project like this before, so I wasn’t sure how to schedule everything. What I really appreciated was that my NYC plumber worked really well with the other professionals. They all talked to each other and arranged it so they weren’t in each other’s way. It meant the whole job got done faster. And there was really no mess: the plumber took our old toilet and shower unit right out of here, and the new ones were in place that same day!”
“Now that’s one job off my to do list, and it’s a relief. When you know you’ll be selling your home at some point, you don’t want to wait to make all of those necessary repairs and maybe even upgrades at the very last minute – who has money for that? Give yourself a break and space those bigger jobs out. You know it’s kitchens and bathrooms that sell homes, so work with your plumber and fix things up a little at a time.”
