32. Built-In Hot Tubs
Year of Popularity: 1960s-1990s
Est. Cost: $8,000-$25,000* According to HomeLight, a non-functioning, built-in hot tub “negatively impact[s] a home’s value.” It’s part of the property, and it costs anywhere from $250-$500 to remove a built-in hot tub. The price might even increase, depending on how complicated the hot tub’s configuration is.
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It’s part of the property that will have to be removed, so that’s already a negative for home buyers. Also, people don’t really want to use someone’s abandoned hot tub, so there’s no chance that this tub will be anything but a hindrance. Even in-ground and free-standing hot tubs “don’t add…value to a
property” (HomeLight).