You don’t pick a stove based on resale value. It’s based on the kitchen design and how you cook. It should be in scale to the kitchen.

A 36” range will require a 42” wide hood. Are you OK with foregoing upper cabinet space for the larger hood? Do you have the exhaust ductwork for the larger hood?

”The homes in this neighborhood is normally on high demand and only takes a weekend for 5-6 offers to come in.”

Be careful not to think that the history-making sellers’ market that has happened since Covid will still be the case in 5 years when you want to sell. I would plan the kitchen for your use and your needs over the next 5 years, not for some mythical buyer.

No buyer will ever say ”Oh no, a 30” range - I’m outta here!” That is, if the home is in good condition and in a good location. Who knows what people will want in 5 years? Nobody. And, someone willing to spend the ”$1.5-$2mil” you want will likely gut your kitchen for the one they want, regardless of the range you have.

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Your OP mentioned twice a price of $1.5 to 2 million for your neighborhood. A buyer looking for a house in that price range is going to want a separate cooktop and wall ovens. And, I gotta tell you, a GE, whether 30” or 36”, is not going to make the grade. Though it’s a perfectly good brand. But you need to move up to Wolf or Thermador for that $2 milion buyer you are worried about. And your fridge needs to be a Subzero or Miele. The dishwasher a Miele. So, if you aren’t going to install all those things for the $2 million buyer, then stop worrying over whether a 30” or 36” GE range will please that buyer. Neither will. Just buy what you want for YOUR kitchen at the price you can afford. As someone said, the $2 million buyer will rip it out anyway.

This is going to be highly area dependent. i live in a neighborhood of 1.5m houses and it ranges from 30” to 48” depending on house. unless every other house has 36” or houses are all very large, i wouldnt spend much extra money on this as you aren’t likely to get it back. put in what makes sense for you and the kitchen size.

A 2M house is a 1M house 10 years ago. It is also a teardown 600 square foot shack in lots of high COL areas. Price without context is useless. As is a kitchen planned in isolation of the house around it. But a 900K almost teardown house with a 1.1M addition and redo likely ought to end up with something higher end than a 30” GE.

"A 2M house is a 1M house 10 years ago."

@Monique this is a very good point. And, by the same token, one could say that the reverse could be in effect 5 years from now. Or 5 years from now, it could be even much lower than $1M. Like we saw 2008-2012. Are the ever-increasing housing prices of the last 3 years going to keep increasing? That could absolutely happen. Or is it a bubble that will burst? That too could happen. No one knows. Which is why the OP should get the appliances that she wants that are good for her and her kitchen for the next 5 years.

We also do not know the quality and end result of the OP's renovation. That will have more an effect on resale than whether the range is 30" or 36".

The house does not have a 2-car garage. From the OP description, it's not going to get one in this renovation. That is why the house sold for $900k, i.e. a lot less than other homes in the area. The lack of garage will always be a deduction on the home's price, regardless of what other renovation they do. Idk about whether lack of a basement is a big deal or not - in some areas it would be, and others not, so that is entirely regional.

Agreed that it is not possible to predict the housing market 5 years from now. What is predictable is that the house without garage in a HCOL area is not going to sell high. If I were the OP, I would not give more than 5 minutes' thought to the size of the range. And to those people who say a GE is not high-end enough, actually GE is appropriate in a house without a garage (and possibly a basement) in a HCOL area.

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Let your decision be your decision.

The next buyer will likely tear out your kitchen so it doesn't really matter. If they don't want to tear out the kitchen, then they will not care if the range is 30 or 36".

Yes, most importantly, context is everything. I live in Manhattan. You can buy a $2M with a 30 year old maytag 24" range.

Yes context. The $1.75 - $2M houses where I live are on 72'X125' lots built in the early 60's-early 70's and may have a garage but are likely to have a single or double carport and house needs updating. Demand dictates pricing.