FRIDAY FACTS
May 13, 2016
The following were the most common remodeling jobs in 2015, according to NAHB’s Remodeling Market Index Survey:
- Bathroom remodeling: 81% of remodelers reported job as common
- Kitchen remodeling: 79%
- Whole house remodeling: 49%
- Room additions: 47%
- Windows/door replacement: 36%
- Finished basement: 30%
- Bathroom additions: 28%
- Repairing property damage: 27%
- Decks: 26%
- Roofing: 25%
- Handyman services: 20%
- Siding: 20%
- Second story additions: 17%
- Enclosed/added garage: 16%
- Enclosed/added porch: 16%
- Historic preservation: 10%
- Finished attic: 4%
Source: “Kitchen and Bath Remodeling More Common Than Ever in 2015,” National Association of Home Builders’ Eye on Housing (May 3, 2016)