When your roof needs to be replaced often you have to have the entire roof removed before you begin to replace it.
Pld home mentioning roof replaced.
Some realtors might argue that if a roof needs to be replaced the smart thing to do is to replace it before putting the home on the market.
The pros for replacing a roof before putting the home on the market.
If not replace bad wood with new plywood sheathing or 1 x 6 sheathing boards whichever is applicable to your type of roof.
Over ten years alice took a total of 3 115 in depreciation deductions for the roof leaving her with a 4 415 adjusted basis she may deduct in full.
After all it keeps water out of the building.
But if you have an old home with a decaying roof especially a low pitched roof removing the old roof and replacing it may not be practical.
And while nobody likes having to pay to replace a roof the critical and aesthetic function it serves should help ease the pain of spending 8 000 to 20 000 on the work.
In this case you can build a new roof over the old with a caveat.
This includes how motivated you are as a seller the cost of replacing the roof current market conditions and comparable home sales.
The average according to 2014 cost data collected by home improvement site angie s list is around 11 000.
The cpi has risen by 24 7 over the last 10 years so the old roof s placed in service year cost is valued at 7 530.
1 your roof s 25th birthday is approaching.