Selling house with ungrounded 3 prongs.

[Rich Bultema]

I bought this house built in the mid '50s about 16 or 17 years ago. For most of the house, I've done nothing but cosmetic updates and in doing so changed many/most of the outlets to a new color and in doing so, bought three prongs even though the house is 2 wire romex. (areas that genuinely got remodeled got new wiring and proper grounds and GFCI where applicable.)

I understand this to be a code violation but as the occupant, I was aware there was no equipment ground but am now looking to move.

To sell the house, what are my best options? All of my (few) investment properties were decades newer and never dealt with this yet.

I see options as,

1. Change outlets back to two prong. (does this suffice even in the kitchen?)

2. GFCI breakers ore outlets, or a mixture of the two

3. rewire the rest of the house.

Am I missing options? Do any of these options provide a better sale price than others?

[Matt Devincenzo]

You can sell as is as nothign 'requires' the change to be made. Our current residence was purchased just like you mention (3 prongs no ground) and I simply waived the inspection and purchased. Post closing I spent a couple hours and $50 and simply installed GFCI outlets throughout. That said a retail sale will of course likely have an inspection and they'll want some remedy, personally two prong is out as most people can't use the outlets for many items. Also your buyer is likely not going to be satisfied with that option. 

I'd go with option 2 as it will be the most likely solution that accomplishes what a buyer will ask for without costing more than the added benefit. I assume a rewire will cost quite a bit more than any potential sales price increase...there really is little to no movement on price for 'systems' updates. At least not anything you can point to as being significant enough to net you more on the sale.