New kitchen or not? Advise needed

Crashy_Time

Best to test the market first, most sellers nowadays find that it is usually a new price they need, not a new kitchen.

phoebe1989seb

A classically designed, well-built kitchen that suits the style of the property will definitely make a house easier to sell, but I'm another that thinks it won't add to the value/you won't get back what it has cost.

We would be put off by a kitchen that was too 'on trend' - think glossy, white, handleless (unless of course it was an ultra modern property, which we wouldn't be interested in anyway ) - and would prefer old, crumbling units that we could replace with our own, admittedly a bit niche, choice.

Several (period) houses we have bought as [STRIKE]wrecks[/STRIKE] projects have had either incredibly dated, barely standing or non-existant kitchens and we have replaced these with handpainted (by me, lol!) traditional style kitchens with plenty of deep drawers, timber/granite worktops and free-standing range cookers.

The kitchens we have fitted have been sympathetic with the style/age of house and have helped us sell faster (six weeks maximum over four house sales) when the time came. We didn't get our money back, with one exception, but in all cases our buyers have said the kitchen was one of the primary reasons for choosing our house.

Our current house had a perfectly serviceable, cheapish, early noughties cream kitchen with horrid, multi-colour tiles and delaminating laminate floor but with granite worktops and an Aga, when we bought it in 2014. The cabinets were falling apart, particularly the drawers. The EA described it as 'high-end' and recently-fitted', whereas we considered it in need of replacement, lol! It's definitely in the eye of the beholder

isplumm

Hi all

Thanks for the advice - looks like I should just fix the floor, re-paint & make sure it is clean!!

Declutter - will be interesting with my wife who loves to buy clothes!!

Mark

anto164

I would leave it as is. Guaranteed that the buyer qould want to change something anyway. When we bought our house, the lady was going to put in a new kitchen, but i wanted to move windows andchange the roof, so she didn't, and that was reflected in the price. Still haven't gotten to do the building work yet, and we still have the original 1960s kitchen...