How Do I Improve The Value Of My Home?

Choosing to upgrade your property ready for a valuation or sale can be costly, stressful, and time-consuming. RW Design & Sales wanted to share some of our top tips to help improve the value of your home to help you make the most bang for your buck.

Before you start the process of putting your house on the market, it’s worth looking into making any improvements or upgrades to give you a better chance of reaching your asking price.

Ways To Improve A Property’s Value

Thinking about selling your home? Looking at getting your property valued by a surveyor or estate agent? Here are some of our recommendations to help improve the value to get you closer to your asking price:

Replace Your Front Door 

First impressions count,  and the front door of your home can say a lot about the condition of the house to potential buyers. Try to make your front door and the outside of your home look smarter than your neighbours’ to help your property stand out and showcase that additional care you’ve put into making it just right.

Ever thought about designing your own front door? Check out our door designer here.

Look Into Being Smart And Energy Efficient 

Home technologies and smart tech options are becoming increasingly important to potential buyers. Whether this is the installation of a media wall, the adaptation of the home to have surround sound speakers, or advertising the presence of fiber-optic cables, all of these are enough to entice buyers. 

Energy efficiency is a huge conversation too, especially with the rising cost of living. Double and triple-glazed windows can help retain heat and keep external noise out. This can help improve your Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), pushing you up a band, adding thousands to the sale price.

Develop Your Garden With A Garden Room

Bigger projects such as improving your back garden can help increase your property’s value and make it more attractive to potential buyers. 

Did you know that 22% of homes sold in 2019 had some form of extension? 

A garden room helps add that showroom appeal to your garden, as well as give you (and potential buyers) extra living space, without sacrificing existing space to accommodate an extension! 

If a garden room or extension isn’t on the cards, it might be worth obtaining planning permission for this or any additional extensions so that these can be done at a later date.

Look Into Adding Or Converting A Garage 

Have you got a driveway that could fit both cars and an extra room or two to your home? Admiral Money research showed that homeowners could improve their property value by over £48,000 across the UK, and up to £150,000 in some London postcodes. 

Whilst the initial cost might be off-putting, the long-term rewards of making use of your garage or unused space could help you reach your dream home. The cost of the conversation might even be cheaper if you have an existing structure that you’re simply just not making use of.

RW Design & Sales Property Improvements 

RW Design & Sales Ltd is Teesside born, delivering nationwide. We offer a 5-star rated service and have over 20 years of experience to give you the best results and help you upgrade your living space for years to come. We’re experts in extensions, home renovations and more, and we also offer a one company, one price service, so we’ll take care of every aspect of the build, leaving you without the worry and all the excitement of seeing the final result.