--- title: The Trendy $9,000 Home Renovation That Practically Pays for Itself description: Adding manufactured stone veneer to your home can practically pay for itself, according to a recent report. authors: - name: Shaina Mishkin url: https://money.com/author/shaina-mishkin/ at_money_since: 2017 articles: 131 covers: - Housing - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Economy and Politics - Investing - Lifestyle - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology former_staff: true published: '2019-01-24T17:06:45.000Z' modified: '2020-01-13T15:04:44.000Z' section: Housing tags: - home renovation - home renovations - real estate word_count: 282 canonical: https://money.com/stone-veneer-renovation-cost/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![190123-home-renovation-siding](https://img.money.com/2019/01/190123-home-renovation-siding.jpg) If you've seen stately stone siding popping up on homes in your neighborhood, it's for good reason: The look is one of the most cost-effective renovations this year, according to a new report. Replacing some of your home's vinyl siding with manufactured stone veneer, a siding made from concrete that mimics the look of real stone, will practically pay for itself, according to [*Remodeling* magazine's 2019 Cost vs. Value report](https://www.remodeling.hw.net/cost-vs-value/2019/). On average, the $8,907 project recoups $8,449 at sale, or nearly 95% of the initial outlay. That's an anomaly on the list, which finds that more popular projects, like major kitchen and bathroom renovations, recoup only about two-thirds of their initial cost at sale. That high value is part of why the look is gaining steam among mid-range houses, says Daniel M. Fries, chief appraiser at the Georgia-based Daniel Fries & Associates. The versatile veneer is favored by builders, who find it easier and less costly to work with than real stone, and appreciated by home buyers. "Adding the stone gives it a little bit of a flair," Fries says. "Right now, it's starting to be a little more in style." Not every state has the same appreciation for stone siding. The look goes the furthest in Pacific states like California, Oregon and Washington, where an initial $9,507 renovation can net homeowners $10,449 at resale, the *Remodeling* report says — nearly $1,000 more than the original price. On the other hand, homeowners in the New York Metropolitan Area might not want to bother. 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