Released: December 01, 2007

Renovations rarely recoup their cost

Source: Elizabeth Festa, Washington Post

Linda and Jose Rahona created a master bathroom with floor-to-ceiling tile, custom glass shower doors and sleek fixtures. It took three months of dust, tilers, electricians, plumbers and glaziers - and $25,000 - to finish.

Now it’s “drop-dead gorgeous,” Linda boasts. “It’s a spa.” And that’s just the bathroom. The couple also put new appliances and lighting in their kitchen. Jose Rahona and his wife, Linda, made their master bathroom spa-like with floor-to ceiling tile, custom glass shower doors and sleek fixtures, at a cost of $25,000, to help them sell their D.C. condominium. (By Elizabeth Festa For The Washington Post)

They love what they’ve done to their two-bedroom condominium in Cathedral Heights in Northwest Washington. But they don’t want to keep living there.

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