Renovation Cost Calculator

What Does It Actually Cost to Fix Up a Home Before Selling?

Most Northeast Ohio homeowners guess at repair costs, and the guess is usually wrong in both directions. Some overestimate and give up on selling. Others underestimate, start a project, and run out of budget halfway through.

Real numbers help. A Willoughby fixer-upper we sold needed roughly $61,000 in repairs: a $30,000 kitchen, a $15,000 driveway, $8,000 in HVAC work, and $8,000 in flooring. A Mentor property needed about $56,000: kitchen, bathroom, roof, flooring, and HVAC combined. Those are the real costs behind two of our documented case studies — not national averages, actual Northeast Ohio contractor pricing.

Use the calculator below to get your own estimate. Then ask the question that actually matters: does spending that money get you more than selling as-is with multiple competing offers? For most homeowners using the 5-Day System, the answer is no — see how a transparent offer works before you spend a dollar on repairs.