The paint on my detached two-car garage is peeling badly. I’ve been planning on getting a few friends together next spring to repaint it; however, somebody suggested that I might want to have vinyl siding installed instead. This would naturally be more expensive; however, we figure that it might help increase its eventual resale value – or if not, it might make the house a little bit easier to sell.
I’m reluctant to do so though, since siding don’t come cheap. So, what do you think? If you were shopping around for a house, how important would vinyl siding on the garage be? If it makes any difference, this is a detached garage at the rear of the property.
What does the house look like? If it is finished nicely, the garage should go along. As far as siding not being cheap, consider the cost of properly scraping, sanding, priming, and painting the garage with a quality latex or alkyd enamel. Paint or vinyl-quality is what you’re paying for. If the garage looks like heck, it could be a deal breaker.
Believe me, I’m conscious of the painting costs. Hiring someone to repaint the garage would cost $1000-$1500. However, if I get a few friends to help me do it, it would cost much less.
Regarding quality, I’d like to choose between having vinyl siding installed and having a quality paint job done.
I think the garage should match the house. If your house has vinyl siding, the garage should too.
Our garage wasn’t sided when we bought the house, but it didn’t affect our decision to buy the house. We figured we’d take care of it later, and it’s finally happening this week. The contractor estimated $2,100, which includes taking everything off down to the studs, new wood underlayment, and vinyl over that, on a double garage, and hauling away the mess. The contractor has done the roof on the house and garage and his estimates are to the penny.
It’d cost even less if my husband was the least bit handy, but he’s not. Our neighbors sided their garage themselves last summer, said it was easy.
We’ll never have to worry about it again – that’s the ticket. Unless you do a really good job with the scraping, priming, painting, etc., you’ll be doing it again (or touching up) every few years.