When buying a house... Is a modern kitchen/bathroom a priority to you?

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Or would you be happy enough to buy a house with a dated kitchen or bathroom with the intention of changing it?

Also, how much does a modern kitchen/bathroom impact value of house?

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Renting’s different though @PurpleFrames as you can’t rip it out

We just bought our first place that needs new kitchen and new bathroom. Totally daunting but we got 25k knocked off the asking price. It also needs new floors and windows so you know 🤷🏻‍♀️ We have three young children so the thought of al that work is daunting but we grabbed our chance at it because of the price reduction.

Kitchen is totally functional though - just dated. So the kitchen in the last of our priorities. I would love to have bought somewhere that was “done up” but realistically we wouldn’t have been able to afford a flat in that area so it was better for us.

Bathroom I can do but an ancient kitchen is a massive no no. I've bought a 300 year old house and what decided me was the perfect kitchen.
The bathroom needs all new tiling but then I prefer my own choice of tiles in the bathroom anyway.
I'll do new kitchen doors but if the kitchens in a state I won't buy the house.

Seemingly didn't it me off. It will be a very long term re-furb.

I’d prefer to do it myself so an old kitchen and bathroom would be a really plus point to me.

Location first always . Every else can be changed .

We've bought three times and each time we have ripped out and re-done the kitchen and bathrooms. All three houses were in serious need of modernising though.

On the whole I think I'd rather buy somewhere that needed the work doing so I could make it mine rather than somewhere newly done that I'd feel guilty about changing.

I rarely see decor to my taste in my area so when we were buying we actively looked for dated properties ( as long as they were priced accordingly )
I would certainly not pay much extra for a cheaply done kitchen that had been refurbed just to sell the house.

I would be put off if both kitchen and bathroom needed doing, but could handle having one of them to replace.

If it’s priced to reflect the need for a new kitchenI wouldn’t mind. I actually hate going to see lovely houses that have top end kitchens that are just not my taste. I would rather pay less and be able to change it.
Having said that, EA advised me to make everything nice (cheaply) to get people in/ make house saleable.

If I was to be buying now then I would prefer a dated but working kitchen and bathroom to brand new. That way I can change it to get exactly what I want.

No, not at all. Providing we buy with a bit of money set aside we prefer to update ourselves.

I'd rather buy a house with a dated kitchen and bathroom and change them than pay more for a house that is all done but not to my taste. It feels wasteful to rip out a new kitchen just because I don't like the style.

Dated but functional okay, otherwise, better get some serious money off because the price of the plumbing, electrics and wiring will be extreme.

We bought one where the kitchen had been tacked on to the end of the house and when we went to re-do it, man, the plumbing was fucked!

In all the property programmes and in all the houses I look at on-line, I rarely see a "new kitchen" that I like, so I'd prefer to have the money in the bank to put in one I do like.
For a start, I really don't like islands.

I mean, ideally, I'd prefer a house ready done, but I wouldn't pay a premium for something I didn't like so don't change is my preference.
Mostly my money would go towards location, then detached over semi, semi over terrace, terraced over a flat (depending on finances), and to pay a premium for decent parking. I wouldn't pay much 'extra for things I can change about a house.

True about the price of electrical plumbing etc getting costly. If the whole house is dated though, you can do everything at once so individually it doesn't add up to much to eg. Move a sink or add new kitchen sockets. Plus you can plan where everything goes as it suits you.
So another pro of leaving the kitchen dated. If it's all done up but not enough sockets - argh! Ripping out new tiling for new wiring? No thanks

I’d prefer to pay less for a dated kitchen/bathroom which I can live with or replace when it suits me. Much better than paying more for a kitchen/bathroom which I don’t like but would have to live with because I wouldn’t replace simply because I didn’t like it. But I’ve never found myself in the latter situation, as I’ve never even viewed a house with new kitchen/bathroom I don’t like.

Yes it is a priority to me. After house deposit, fees, furniture, carpets etc I just don't have an extra £15k cash to do up new kitchen and bathroom. Very dated kitchens/bathrooms are an instant no for me. Means I am waiting longer for something suitable to come up on market but that's ok with me.

Our whole place was in a shit state when we bought it, we renovated everything apart from the kitchen and bathroom before moving in, we wanted to decide how those spaces would work better by using them for a few months first.

Space is what it boils down to.

I actually would prefer to redo a kitchen to my taste than have a new one that I didn't like.

Having extended to create a large kitchen / family room / diner with a separate lounge too that's what I would want in a future house but without having to undergo the disruption of a full extension .

In short if the space is available and a bit of reconfiguring and a kitchen refit is needed that would be my preference.

Some people will always want a house with nothing that needs doing.

Others will want to update to their own taste, not someone else's.

The thing to avoid, IMO, is shelling out on a cheap kitchen just because it'll look new, when it may very likely be ripped out soon. If you can afford the sort of kitchen you'd really like yourself - pref. something classic, no styles or colours that are soon going to look dated, well and good, but otherwise probably best just to make sure it's sparkling clean and leave it.

Yes OP, yours was my kitchen! I lived with it for two years as it was mostly functional, ditto the bathroom. When I was looking for a new house my pet hate was houses which had been done up by builders with cheap new kitchens/bathrooms which they fondly imagined were tasteful (they weren’t) and which they then expected to charge a premium for. Perhaps I’m more picky than I thought - I can’t imagine chancing upon a house with all the other requirements which you can’t change (size, location, garden) which also had the exact kitchen/bathroom I wanted.
OP I presume you’re selling this house - looking at the likely age of those cupboards and tiles, you’ll definitely want to be taking a look at the plumbing and electrics (electrics are supposed to be checked every 10 years anyway) so you may find yourself with more work than you bargained for if you’re thinking you’ll just whack in a new cheap kitchen.

It’s one of the easiest ways to add significant value. I’d have a dated house with potential any day

We've always bought houses that need gutting , I prefer it as everyone has different tastes and it would be hard to justify ripping out a new kitchen and bathrooms.

In your position OP I’d consider doing up the bathroom rather than the kitchen - there’s much more consensus on what a nice bathroom looks like compared to a kitchen. And as long as you’re not moving pipes etc, bathroom refurb should cost less.