garage floor protection, garage floor treatmentsI spent half my career in market analysis for new home construction, and never thought of offering garage floor protection as an option for buyers. However, after having installed a mat in my own garage, I wish we would have included garage floor treatments for buyers because they really make a difference in how the garage floor holds up over the years and how much more comfortable it is to work in with a garage with a sponge mat on the floor.

Most of the time we geared our option list toward women, because we believed that women had more input in the decision-making process. Now, however, I can see that offering the garage floor protection, either as an option or an incentive, might have created a tipping point for people, especially men, who wanted to use their garage as a workshop. If there are any home builders out there or people who want to sell their homes faster, think about investing in garage floor protection to help sell that home. Believe it or not, guys really like their garages, and it might be the trigger for a potential buyer.