home improvements and valued added

partan

Running_Horse wrote: »

Just do what is of value to you in your home. Too many spend years doing nothing for themselves, before decorating for the people they sell to, who most likely have different tastes anyway. If you want a spare toilet or shower room in that big cupboard, do it for you, without whipping out the calculator. There is more to life than being an amateur Sarah Beeny.

am just away to spend 60k on an extension that an estate agent thinks may add 30k value to the house. But we're never going to move, so it doesn't really matter.
Bit sceptical about EA's figures, but no matter, house will be perfect for us :T

Jackinbox99

I can speak from my recent experience in trying to sell my house after completely renovating it. In my experience only spend money on your house if you are planning to live there for long term. There is very little which will add value to the property. Things like new kitchens and bathrooms will help the house look more appealing to buyers but will not add any value to it.

I think the best value for money improvements are simply cleaning the whole house up, dejunking it, and repainting all the rooms in a nice light, bright, magnolia / cream sort of colour. It tends to make the rooms look cleaner, bigger and warmer. Replace loud carpets with nice neautral wood flooring or light brown / beige colour carpets and stage the rooms with the occasional mirror or picture. That will work in pretty much all the rooms except kitchen & bathroom. It will also not cost you much.

As a guide, in my street, the house ive just spent 30-40k on renovating has just sold for 10k more than one needing total renovation. So, really you need to watch every penny and make sure you dont spend more than the hose is worth.