DH and I bought our house in 2010 - we feel at the bottom of the market. We paid just about $100/sq foot. We have seen many houses in our sub selling in the last 2-3 months for $125-130/sq foot. Recently we had a nice long chat and decided we are going to stay in our house for at least another 3 years and as such we want to spend a little money now upgrading some issues so we can enjoy the house (rather than waiting until just before selling to fix the problems). We have $6500 to spend...below are our options for upgrades. The problems we have in our house are 1) outdated baths (2.5 of them) 2) a dysfunctional oven size in the kitchen 3) a dark and poorly finished basement 4) terrible landscaping and 5) some dated finishings (trim work/etc). Here are the options and the prices we have gotten/estimated:

1) Reno the master bath $2500 - no moving of plumbing, cosmetic upgrading only
2) Basement facelift $2250 - drywall, base moulding, new upgraded interior doors, repaired and spruced up ceiling, additional lighting to improve the "feel" of the place
3) Double oven install/cabinet re-work $2500 (carpenter to customize our cabinets to go from a single 24" oven to a double 27" oven)
4) Install new landscaping in front yard $1500 - gut the current flower beds in the front which have never been maintained and are filled with crap and weeds. Install simple low maintenance shrubs/mulch.
5) Repair/Re-install backyard paver patio $2200 (Our current paver patio was not properly installed and as such is now not level and has villages of weeds peeking through everywhere.
6) Mini Facelift on Guest Bath $750 - work with the existing "okay" tile work and swap out the vanity, counter and fixtures to re-fresh the space
7) Facelift some of the interior finishes $1200 - add wainscoting (sp?) to dining room, replace all the window casement to a style from the 2000's not 1960's.

I'm wonder what you Bee's think the best use of the money is and where you would spend it. DH and I are leaning towards the Basement and the two landscaping projects. Pushing off the Masterbath and the Kitchen fix until 2014. We are a little torn though - sometimes we think we could skip the patio for now (we do have a deck to enjoy - we just know the patio is such an eye sore that it will be a deterrent when it comes selling time so maybe we should just do it now?)

Would love to hear any and all opinions!