We’re going to be putting our rental on the market within the next year. It’s a 2br 1 bath in a decent neighborhood where comparables go for around 400-450k. (High COL area in Pacific Northwest). One level plus an attic with headroom giving about 40’ x 15 headroom. When my husband purchased 30+ years ago there was a jerry rigged staircase for the sellers to use the attic as a bedroom. My husband took out the staircase as he didn’t need the room and it wasn’t code. He closed the ceiling. A few years ago we redid the original electrical, plumbing and furnace systems and toyed with the idea of turning the attic into a legal space. Never have but ran all systems into the attic though they’re all capped off. We had our agent view the house to get a heads up on anything we could address over the next year in preparation to sell. He said that an in-code stairway to attic could be an advantageous selling point even just listed as access, not saying it’s part of living space.…