When I bought the house I'm in now, the sellers were told we wanted the code for the garage door pad when we did the final walk-through (they had previously told us that they'd lost the remote control for the garage door). When I did the walk-through, not only had they removed the mirror from the powder room but they took the garage door pad, which involved unscrewing it from the exterior. I was furious but decided it wasn't worth delaying the closing or anything like that. Then the sellers' agent contacted us and said the sellers wanted the dining room light fixture. It was truly butt-ugly and I knew it would be the first thing I replaced but I said I was not interested in letting them have it. (note: they had not lived in this house for four years. A relative had been renting it from them until a few months before they put it on the market. So they had plenty of time to remove it prior to listing.) It gave me great pleasure to donate that fixture to Habitat for Humanity a month later.

Agree with what has been written. You'll get some of your remodeling money back, but more importantly the house will likely sell faster. It's a matter of getting rid of people's objections, getting rid of the "eeewwwwww" factor. "Carpet in the bathroom? 'Ewwwwwwwww'." Now the prospective buyers are on the hunt for other "ewwwww" items. If things are sound, you can leave them as is. Just make sure they are CLEAN. You can buy a decent vanity with countertop and an already installed sink bowl for $400, add a $50 faucet and there you go. Bright, shiny, new and (hopefully) tasteful. Pull up the carpet and replace with a decent looking floor for another couple hundred. Don't make any stylistic statements with your remodel. Just keep things clean. Clean lines, easy colors, chrome fixtures. Bringing a realtor in for a pre-remodel walk-through s a great idea. Let the realtor know that you're not going to do a whole house remodel, you're simply looking to eliminate objections. Depends on your market too. Are there any houses in your neighborhood that are on the market? If they have an open house, do a walk-through and check out the competition. Good luck!

Chrome finish was probably the last to appear in the bathrooms. Historically speaking. So I can't see why it's more timeless than the others. Actually I can't see how one finish can be more timeless than the other..it should work in your space and make sense, and you can mix finishes too(well not two different faucets...)) I myself am not a fan neither of chrome nor of brushed nickel (I'm not a fan of quite a few finishes to tell the truth lol)..together with that-that's really, really not going to influence me one bit if I like the house as a whole. So I had (and have) plenty of chrome myself-ok not my favorite, and don't understand what's timeless about it (it looks right at every price point though, that's important...because orb for example starts being expensive in order to look and feel refined..and chrome is one of the few finishes readily available, so that's important too), but I'm not taking it out. Neither would I switch fixtures in any finish unless they have no connection to the general space or are just too gaudy and look bad. It's a question of quality of a finish too. For example I found it's hard to find things that are gilded and don't look like I myself spay-painted them with my left hands, unless you go up in price. Speaking of new mirrors, lights, etc. Some finishes are just harder to get nicely done nowadays. Chrome is easy to get to look right. But it's not because it's more timeless than other metals. They were there long time before chrome.

Sparkly clean and organized sells. Yes to replacing bulbs too. Add some colorful inexpensive art on the wall. You could repaint the walls if desired a more neutral color. But I wouldn't change out any fixtures or remodel. You don't get your money back. Refreshing is not the same as remodeling. Do make it appealing by having plant or flowers/spa basket of towels when you stage it to sell. Keep it simple.