New Build - Kitchen upgrades

San_Jose

In the process of purchasing a new build property, which we plan to live in for 5/6 years before selling up. We are at the stage of adding various upgraded features to the house such as flooring etc. We are looking at kitchen upgrades and wondered if it was generally worth upgrading the work surfaces and flooring from standard materials to the more durable quartz tops and floor tiling. There is obviously a big difference in price (approx £3k in our case for quartz and 1k for tiling). Is this likely to add any value to the house when we come to sell? Thanks in advance

RelievedSheff

It is unlikely to add any value but it might make it more attractive to a potential buyer.

That is largely irrelevant though. You are specifying what you want in the house, not what the next people want.

blue_max_3

I would always choose a quality worktop over a laminate. What is going down instead of the tiles? I have laminate and it's been fine. I just put a washable floor cover over it. Tiles need a lot of cleaning and the grout will stain.
I would think you could negotiate hard for those things to be thrown in at this time!

San_Jose

Thanks both. It would be vinyl flooring instead of tiles, which don't look bad at all tbf and we could easily live with, just thinking from a selling perspective could we possibly re coup some of the costs when moving on, which we plan to do.

RelievedSheff

You will not recoop flooring costs nor work surface costs.

We have vinyl flooring in our kitchen and bathrooms in our 1 year old new build which the developers put down and it is perfectly adequate. It isn't the most expensive but it certainly isn't the cheapest either.

If you want to upgrade any flooring make it the carpets. We have David Wilson's mid range carpets and although they look fine and are nice underfoot we don't have great confidence in how they will wear over time.

letsbetfair

Whatever you do, it'll be a 5-6 year old kitchen by the time you sell. Unlikely to add anything like the extra you'll be paying now to the value (a buyer who's really keen on a high spec kitchen might well want to redo it to their taste anyway). If the more basic option wears faster this might make it harder to sell - but if a kitchen looks bad after 5 years it's not good quality!
A better question might be if you'll enjoy the extras enough to be worth paying. You might also get a quote elsewhere for the cost of upgrading later - those prices seem on the high side.
By the way, I don't much like quartz worktops, so it wouldn't be a plus if I was house hunting. This doesn't mean you shouldn't do it - but a decent % of buyers will always like different things to you!