Investors & landlords

For rental property, I made home improvement expense in for selling for counter top and fence about 8K. Sold property in later half.

How can I show these expense so as to add to cost basis and not as repair expense.

I tried to enter as recommended in below link, but that did not increase my cost basis.
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What I am doing wrong or what else I have to chose to make this work.