20 Ways to add value to your home<\/p>\n
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Everyone has an opinion and they differ widely in both opinion and practicality take for instance this old article we recently came across by Phil Spencer \u2013 he is undoubtedly an expert in his own field and a very good TV presenter but how practical are his 20 tips<\/a> for those who live in a modern estate house. While we accept that this article was written some four years ago has anything changed \u2013 our comments \/observations are in italics.<\/i><\/p>\n Tip 1 \u2013 Go for a loft conversion \u2013 modern homes with lightweight roof trusses do not really lend themselves to this option.<\/i><\/p>\n Tip 2 \u2013 Build a Conservatory \u2013 if you have the garden space and many modern homes do not<\/i><\/p>\n Tip 3 \u2013 Install a basement conversion \u2013 the neighbours may not be too pleased about this one<\/i><\/p>\n Tip 4 \u2013 Get rid of the Garage \u2013 and watch your motor insurance premiums go up.<\/i><\/p>\n Tip 5 \u2013 Take aim at your target (your prospective buyer) \u2013in most modern homes space is a premium and gym\u2019s and offices are a luxury rather than a necessity<\/i><\/p>\n Tip 6 \u2013 pave over your front garden \u2013 frowned upon in many areas as a source of flooding and not practical on many estates without pavements <\/i><\/p>\n Tip 7 \u2013 Paint the house \u2013 as many modern homes come complete with UPVC windows and fascias and soffits there is very little left to paint <\/i><\/p>\n Tip 8 \u2013 Change the windows \u2013 possibly but as most new UPVC modern windows have a lifespan of 30 plus years not really practical<\/i><\/p>\n Tip 9 \u2013 Refurbish the front door \u2013 WHY STOP A BIT OF NEW HARDWARE \u2013 REPLACE THE DOOR WITH A NEW COMPOSITE DOOR FROM ONE OF THE GFD GROUP OF COMPANIES AND YOU ARE GUARANTEED AN INCREASE IN YOUR PROPERTY VALUE.<\/i><\/p>\n Tip 10 \u2013 Hang mirrors on the walls \u2013 and do you move the mirrors when you move ????<\/i><\/p>\n Tip 11 \u2013Concentrate on the kitchen \u2013 nice if you can do it but the key is in getting the right kitchen for the value of the property and with many modern homes having small kitchens options are limited.<\/i><\/p>\n Tip 12 \u2013 Knock down the walls \u2013 not really practical in a modern home and in many instances the builder had the same idea in designing the home and maximised the use of minimum space<\/i><\/p>\n Tip 13 \u2013 Do the bathroom next \u2013if you already have a modern suite and tiling how soon do you think about renovations <\/i><\/p>\n Tip 14 \u2013 Put in central heating \u2013 the majority of new homes already have it.<\/i><\/p>\n Tip 15 \u2013 Don\u2019t bother with the bedrooms \u2013 other than soft furnishings? Where is the increased value here? <\/i><\/p>\n Tip 16 \u2013 Look above your head (storage in ceiling voids) \u2013is there any other than lofts in modern houses?<\/i><\/p>\n Tip 17 \u2013 Bring the garden into the house (new glass doors etc) \u2013 we agree FRENCH DOORS \/ PATIO DOORS WILL CERTAINLY INCREASE THE PROPERTY VALUE AND IN MANY CIRCUMSTANCES THE INSTALLATION IS NOT AS COMPLICATED AS YOU MAY FEAR.<\/p>\n Tip 18 \u2013 Apply for planning permission \u2013 but only if you have money to burn<\/i><\/p>\n Tip 19 \u2013 Phone a friend (to find a good builder) \u2013 we agree AND WHEN IT COMES TO INSTALLATUION OF OUR DOORS WE REFER ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS TO <\/i>TRUST PILOT<\/i><\/a> independent references for all of our installations <\/i><\/p>\n Tip 20 – Take a view on timescales ( the correct builder for the correct job) \u2013 same answer as Tip 19 we let our customers do the talking <\/i><\/p>\n Of Phil Spencer\u2019s twenty suggestions we can see only four with instant reward and they all apply to the installation of a new composite or French Doors \u2013 so if this is the way you want to increase the value of your home the GFD Group of companies is one of your best ways forward take a look at our web sites – https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/<\/a>\u00a0 or https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/<\/a> and leave the rest to us.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 20 Ways to add value to your home Everyone has an opinion and they differ widely in both opinion and practicality take for instance this old article we recently came across by Phil Spencer \u2013 he is undoubtedly an expert in his own field and a very good TV presenter but how practical are …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"loftocean_post_primary_category":0,"loftocean_post_format_gallery":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_ids":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_urls":"","loftocean_post_format_video_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_video_url":"","loftocean_post_format_video_type":"","loftocean_post_format_video":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_type":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_url":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_audio":"","loftocean-featured-post":"","loftocean-like-count":0,"loftocean-view-count":902,"tinysalt_single_post_intro_label":"","tinysalt_single_post_intro_description":"","tinysalt_hide_post_featured_image":"","tinysalt_post_featured_media_position":"","tinysalt_single_site_header_source":"","tinysalt_single_custom_site_header":"0","tinysalt_single_custom_sticky_site_header":"0","tinysalt_single_custom_sticky_site_header_style":"sticky-scroll-up","tinysalt_single_site_footer_source":"","tinysalt_single_custom_site_footer":"0","footnotes":""},"categories":[851],"tags":[1045,1046,855],"class_list":["post-2916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-product-news","tag-how-to-increase-property-value","tag-increasing-home-value","tag-timber-composite-doors"],"aioseo_notices":[],"modified_by":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6945,"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2916\/revisions\/6945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}