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vsmith wrote: I would pull up the track, and rework the garden area into a more traditional planting area. At the least you need to pull up track, wiring, and bridges and other structures.As said above, a garden RR is for most people a turn off, one more thing to redo on the house. Better to get it up, box it and ebay it and use the cash for new SS track when your settled again.
I agree with Vic.
The last two homes I sold both had extensive yardwork done. The first home had no grass in the back yard and had raised English style gardens with crushed red tile walkway. The second home had 250 feet of track and to a hobbyist looked good.
Both homes had to have everything removed and sod put in its' place to return it to a more conventional llook. It is unfortunate, but most people have no imagination. Anything that looks even a little different is construed as hard work and turns people away. Good luck
As someone who has just purchased a home, my thoughts would be, clean up the garden and make it nice, but leave any electrical outlets in place (If you have any), so that the potential buyers may use them....this IS a feature they will like.
Have fun with your trains
two tone wrote: Why are you going forS/S track brass is better S/S will corode brass will not in 5 years you may be forking out a lot of money to replace S/S. S/S has not been out long enough for any one to say its better than brass. As you will make up your own mind as what you want we can only recomend things to people on the forum
I'm sorry, I cannot fathom why you would make such a flat out statement such as that. I am a user and advocate of ss track for those using track power; but I can also recognize the financial advantages of aluminum and brass for those who will be exclusively battery powered.
My ss track has been out in a salty atmosphere in an area where we get acid rain for something in excess of 4 years, and it performs far better that nearby layouts that were done in brass. So much so that several nearby folk have torn up the brass and switched over to stainless.
There are too many factors from type of power, to climate, and usage to enable any concrete statement of the superiority of one product over another.
The seemingly endless brass vs. stainless debate has started to run it's course as it now appears less frequently; so, I would suggest you go back and avail yourself of the volumes of information currently available on the subject.
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From what i have heard in about 5 different countries, this will not add to your houses value. Sometimes it may help you sell the house but this doubtful and many times it will turn people away.
If you do not want to keep the rails pull them up and sell them on ebay.
Rgds ian
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