What is involved in a house valuation?

Noneforit999

If the kitchen is just dated rather than doors hanging off, I wouldn't bother as others have said.

Here in the South East, houses are selling top end regardless of how old the kitchens/bathrooms are.

Depending on where you live, its a sellers market at the moment and having to live with a dated kitchen for a few years doesn't seem to be affecting prices. 

Mahsroh

p00hsticks said:

Mahsroh said:

When I was a FTB I knew I wasn’t going to have spare cash after completing to overhaul kitchens and bathrooms so was generally looking for something that had fairly new / modern facilities that I could live with for several years. Anything that had a 20 year old kitchen that needed ripping out was dismissed, because I knew I couldn’t afford to do it.

Apart from the possibility of not having plumbing for a new-fangled dishwasher appliance and one of those boiling water taps, I'd suggest that a twenty year old kitchen generally has exactly the same facilities as a brand new one does, but slightly more tired looking - nothing a FTB couldn't live with for several years unti lthey coudl afford to do it up.

Yes, fair point. The 20 year thing was a bit of throw away remark but I agree - our last rental place had an 18 year old kitchen and that was fine - and will be for a few more years yet. 

The point I was trying to make was if the kitchen NEEDED doing. I agree there are many 20 year old kitchens that are absolutely fine. 

badger09

Mahsroh said:

p00hsticks said:

Mahsroh said:

When I was a FTB I knew I wasn’t going to have spare cash after completing to overhaul kitchens and bathrooms so was generally looking for something that had fairly new / modern facilities that I could live with for several years. Anything that had a 20 year old kitchen that needed ripping out was dismissed, because I knew I couldn’t afford to do it.

Apart from the possibility of not having plumbing for a new-fangled dishwasher appliance and one of those boiling water taps, I'd suggest that a twenty year old kitchen generally has exactly the same facilities as a brand new one does, but slightly more tired looking - nothing a FTB couldn't live with for several years unti lthey coudl afford to do it up.

Yes, fair point. The 20 year thing was a bit of throw away remark but I agree - our last rental place had an 18 year old kitchen and that was fine - and will be for a few more years yet. 

The point I was trying to make was if the kitchen NEEDED doing. I agree there are many 20 year old kitchens that are absolutely fine. 

In August 2020 we sold our home of 21 years for over £500k (so not to FTBs!). We installed the kitchen & utility in 2001. It was horrendously expensive, fully tiled, with top of the range, shaker style wooden units, corian worktops and high end appliances. Over the years we'd replaced the dishwasher, taps, and retiled the floor. The only sign of age was the smaller wall tiles.

It was immaculate and one of our viewers commented that he loved the new kitchen!

I'm sure our buyers will replace it, but we wouldn't have made the house more appealing if we'd replaced it, and would have wasted time money & effort. I'd suggest you do the same.