We had metal siding put on our home about 25 years ago. Over the years, hail, flying tree branches, stones, and balls had done a lot of damage to the siding. After all those years of abuse, we thought siding replacement was necessary. We were talking about downgrading and moving into a smaller house now that our children are grown and out of the house. We had several upgrades that needed done before we could sell that would make a tremendous difference in the price we could get for the house. The first improvement was removing the old metal siding, putting new insulation in the house, and having vinyl siding replacement installed. I wasn’t sure I wanted to go the expense of the siding replacement, but the realtor insisted. She told us we could ask five times the amount of the cost of the siding replacement and get it. We had to take out a loan for the siding replacement, but if the realtor was correct, we could pay off the loan and still have extra money when the house sold. It took less than a month for the vinyl siding replacement to be completed, and the house looked amazing. While waiting for the old house to sell, we were going to look for a smaller house. When we saw how nice the new vinyl siding looked, we were glad we had done the siding replacement. We found the perfect cottage that was just right for my husband and I and we knew we would be proud to have anyone come to the house.