5 cost efficient ways to add value to your home in the UK | #AD

In recent months we have been investing a lot of time, energy and money in to redecorating our living room. In the past three years we have renovated every room in our home as it was in a desperate state when we moved it. Revamping every room can be costly and it can be hard to understand where you can add the value in your home if you are considering on selling your property and moving on.

Here are five ways can you improve your home value…

1 - Update your kitchen

The heart of every home is the kitchen- it can rejuvenate the house if handled properly. 

With a few hundred dollars, you can replace the faucet, cabin doors and even modernise out-dated lighting fixtures with livelier, more energy-efficient ones. Some of the materials that renovate and transform a kitchen are eye-catching refined wood materials for the cabinets and even marble, granite or quartz for the counter-tops. If the kitchen is relatively small, try to get rid of any unnecessary appliances as to show it off as a more spacious environment to cook in; as the more liberty one has in a room, often correlates to more wealth and freedom. 

2 - Log/Coal Burner

The living room should portray and reflect the people living in the home, the best way to raise the quality of one's living room is by adding a coal/log burner; this doesn't necessarily mean that it has to be real however- there are a large range of deals in several stores which offer electronic log or coal burners at a mid-range price, affordable to most people. Furthermore, this fancy utility in the living room can be expected to attract a lot of attention, especially in the United Kingdom as coal/log burners are not very common, particularly in locations such as London.  Wood burning stoves could even save you money on your energy bill.

3 - Refurbish the bathroom

After the kitchen, the bathroom is one of the most important rooms to the house; they contribute a large portion of the house's overall depiction. Whether the overall price of the house is high or low is often decided by this. 

Changing the toilet seat, to a newer, glossier material often exposes the bathroom as a cleaner, fresher space. Lastly, adding new, vinyl tiles after replacing old, discoloured ones, as well as using high-pressure cleaning devices to bring back the shine to the bathtub and shower can drive up the value of the house by much more than people usually think. I highly recommend jumping on pinterest to find some DIY inspiration when it comes to your bathroom.

4 - Built in wardrobes

While they may seem like a waste of time for a quick home revenue, they improve the home quality by a mile. This is because they free up space and make any room in the house seem much more elegant that it used to; they can increase the home storage of tools, souvenirs, glassware, utensils, and much more. The best asset of a built-in wardrobe is that it can be applicable to any room, and is often found in high-class, expensive homes, hence, it is seen as an attribute wealthy homes have- driving up the price of your own house in the process. 

5 - Enhance house lighting

Even with the best materials, furniture and up-to-date technology, it is redundant if you don't have proper lighting evenly spaced throughout the house. Lighting doesn't necessarily mean that you have to begin installing several lamps into every corner of every room; it can be as simple as finding the blueprints of the house and deciding the best places to take out a useless, space-heavy wall. If the house lacks large windows, it is always an option to take advantage of hard-glass materials with the same sturdiness to replace certain parts of the house. While this may seem like a lot to go through, even an old, vintage house can seem less shackled.

Renovations can be expensive and you might not always have the savings to get the work done. Millions of people apply for short term credit solutions each year. Cashlady.com have created a UK credit index to show users the top reasons why people in your city are borrowing money, the number of applications and average loan amount. 

If you are looking to make home improvements it is always worth weighting up your options when it comes to your finances and the urgency of your project. Thanks for reading!