Whether you plan on selling your home any time soon or not, you should consider adding value to your property. When you add value to your home, you receive the long-term benefits of creating more interest in your house and hopefully receiving more money when you sell it.
However, in the short-term, you live in a more spacious, comfortable or attractive home. Even if you have no intention of selling your house, you can make home life more enjoyable.
When many people think of ways that add value to their home, they inevitably think of significant home improvement projects. Refurbishment work can add considerable value to your property, but it is often costly and time-consuming.
You don’t need to spend a lot of time or money to add value to a home. At Holden Copley, we are pleased to say we have assisted many local homeowners in adding value quickly and effectively. Here are some of our top ways to add value to a home:
- Energy-efficiency changes add value without costing the earth
- Improving the insulation at home creates a comfortable setting
- Securing doors and windows offers more than peace of mind
- Installing a new door improves style and functionality
- Lights in your garden add safety and security
- Adding electrical sockets is essential for the way life is heading
You’ll find that focusing on energy-efficiency improvements, security, safety and space will have a positive impact on your home.
You must have an EPC when selling your home
Every vendor must have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) when selling their home. This guide informs prospective buyers of the energy-rating of the house, and of the likely cost of annual energy bills at home. By improving your EPC score, you lower energy bills, and this makes a home more attractive.
Simple and affordable ways to improve your EPC rating include switching old bulbs for new energy-efficient bulbs or adding insulation to your loft, window frames and door frames.
You should also consider the security of your home. Improvements in this area provide you with peace of mind, and they will also do the same for a prospective owner. With windows and doors being the most common points of entry for a burglar, it makes sense to have these areas reviewed. If you can enhance the security at an affordable price, do so.
Make your home more secure before selling
There is also a lot to be said for installing a new door at your home. Improving the appearance and security of the entrance to your property provides a range of benefits, and one that will be rewarded with a higher property value.
You can also improve the security of your home by increasing lighting outside your home. This will allow you and your loved ones to spend more time outside your home, but it also lessens the likelihood opportunistic thieves can enter your home.
Lastly, and this work should only be undertaken by qualified electrical engineers, you should add electrical sockets to your home. Unless your home is relatively new, the number of outlets might not be suitable for contemporary electrical usage.
Adding more makes your home fit for purpose, while also minimising the risk of overloading existing sockets.
We offer property management, property to rent and property for sale in Arnold, Woodthorpe, West Bridgford, Hucknall, Carlton, Wilford, Mapperley and throughout the Nottingham area. If you would like to arrange an appointment to help you negotiate the local buy-to-let market, please contact Holden Copley today.