Dark coloured doors add value to houses more than light coloured ?

[LovelyYellowLabrador]

So light green and pink reduce the value of a home

and dark colours so navy/black etc actually add value

do you believe this is true ?

yanbu yes it’s true
yanbu no it’s not

ps I saw this to four in worse house on the street tv show

I wouldn’t think the colours of doors would do much to the value of a house.

I'm choosing a door now, so am interested in the answers to this

Navy is my current choice because I am over anthracite. Which we had in our last house

The price of a house wouldn't be dependent on a door but if it was , I'd pay a lot more for a solid wooden door than a grey composite door or a white uPVC one.

It can’t alter the value, it may have some bearing on ‘perceived value’ but in terms of actual house price, the colour of anything shouldn’t have any bearing on it!

Ha! Strongly doubt it has much of an impact. I hate dark colours and would not like a house with dark green or navy walls or doors, but I cannot see a vendor knocking any money off the asking price because of my personal colour preferences!

I can’t work out your voting!

It probably adds kerb appeal which makes it more likely to be noticed on rightmove or gives a good feeling when you pull up outside for a viewing but might not actively influence the price per se

I agree with someone above, about a wooden door. We have a horrible white upvc door, I will happily burn it if I ever find someone who will make me a door (no response from various companies Ive contacted)

But in answer as a former estate agent - balls, it makes no difference

Do you know you’ve put yanbu for both of your answer options?
I’m not that keen on dark coloured doors personally and they’d be more difficult to paint over. I’ve seen a few with a light sage green and think it looks fab. It does also depend on the style and age of your property and the colour of the windows etc

I had a new blue door fitted last week and I frikkin love it. It's exactly what I've been dreaming of for years whilst I saved for my first house. I was never a fan of making everything grey. But yes. Go for the blue door!!!!

Oh I fucked that voting part up didn’t I !!!

That’s definitely what they said on that programme

have you seen it before ? It’s called worse house on the street ?

It might affect 'curb appeal' but not the value of the house.

Everyone round here has navy doors which is boring. And I don’t like fake wood colour. But I don’t like white either. I don’t think the colour affects the value though.

The type might - I’d pay less for a house with a poor EPC in which a wooden or PVC door might be a factor. Can’t believe the difference in our hallways since replacing our old wooden door with a composite one!

I had no idea about the value of the property but I noticed that the new builds near me look better with black doors than white. I honestly had no idea this was an actual thing.

The idea that a coat of paint can add value is farcical. Make it more visually appealing, certainly. You can bet the increase in monetary value is negligible.

Hwre’ ideal home say it too
that black door can add 4K!!

So if I paint all the doors in our house it should increase it's value by 36K.

That's great! I know what I'll be doing this weekend.

External or internal doors?

I've had mine (rockdoor) for 7 yrs and it still looks fab.

Well painting all your internal doors back is t going to add any value is it isittimef0rbetyet 😁

I was half way through the thread before I realised you meant front doors not internal! I chose black for mine but I do like a terrace with lots of brightly coloured doors.

I think I read somewhere that green doors add the most value? When we were choosing I just went for my favourite colour though and it makes me happy whenever I get home to see it. I don't like black or white doors really as it's a bit boring. I think the main thing is to go for a colour that suits the rest of your house.

We're actually buying internal doors at the minute and dark internal doors are way more expensive than white doors so thats why I wasnt sure. If they cost more, the house would be worth more I thought.

I think the only difference is how new and solid the door is. A cheap and nasty white door will want replacing so cause the price to be less I guess.

I don’t think I’d pay £4K more for a house because it had a blue door.