Want to put house on market but it needs work

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Background: I've changed jobs and my office is in a city 30 miles away, although I can commute I don't want to long term so am looking to sell and move this year.

On one hand I could get the house up to date and looking great for buyers, on the other is there much point if people would prefer to put their own stamp on?

Property doesn't come up very often in my village, in fact my house was the last sold 6 years ago, so I imagine will generate a fair amount of interest as the village itself is well thought of.

Since here the bathroom has been replaced, as has the double glazing, and a double sided wood burner has been installed (which has been great in power cuts).

Last summer my mortgage company valued the house at £275,000 when I remortgaged to get a better interest rate. Using Nationwide HPI I think the value is close to £295,000 now, I have £10,000 that I could spend on making it look pretty but I can't help feel it would be a waste as the next owner wouldn't want to pay for my taste.

Is it worth my time and energy replacing the kitchen and some of the flooring or best to leave as is and let new owners do the work?

Extra info: it's a 3 bed end of terrace with a decent garden, which faces East but gets some sun for almost the whole day, on street parking always available. It has positives but are they enough to attract buyers so I can sell quickly?

Thanks everyone for great advice. I'm going to declutter, clean, and 'present well' rather than replace the kitchen.

@Mosaic123 mine was the last to sell in my road, in neighbouring road of smaller 1980's house a few have sold, the latest being £290,000 for a smaller 3 bed of 750ish sqft earlier this year. Those houses always sell for significantly less than this road.
There have been a few houses sell in the village over the past 5 years, but this road in particular people seem to come and stay a long time. I bought from the original owner who moved in when it was built in early 1950's. People love the community spirit here and house prices carry a premium because of it; it's a well regarded village with a pretty Main Street, and fairly good amenities. I think the £295,000 is a fair price, but would accept lower as long as it covered what I had spent and any selling expenses.

We moved last year and our house was very tired looking and needed a lot of work. We'd been there 9 years and hadn't decorated at all (I'm not proud to admit this). In some areas paint was peeling off the walls. It generally looked scruffy and run down. However we had 15 viewings and several offers and sold easily
We lived in a nice neighbourhood and I feel there are many people happy to do work on a house if it's in the right area. I did apologise to our buyers that the house was in desperate need of decorating but they said "It's fine. We would only want to decorate as soon as we moved in anyway so it doesn't matter to us what state the decor is in".

I wouldn't replace it but I had mine painted for £300. Looks much better.

I wouldn't spend a lot but would try a make it look like the type of property you could easily live in as is for a few years.

Essentially you want it to photograph well to attract maximum interest and get you the best price

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That's cheering news.

I'm casting my eye around the dining room thinking it doesn't look too bad, then my eye reaches the kitchen. 😂 I guess at least it's honest about what it is.

If I was staying I would have knocked a door through to the back garden and opened up more into dining room. I'm sure buyers will see that potential like I did. 🤞

Sell it as it is. There's no point replacing the elderly kitchen - it'll be priced with that in mind but a brand new kitchen will only appeal to a certain % of buyers. We didn't bother viewing houses that had had kitchens installed that weren't to our taste or lifestyle as we wouldn't have wanted to rip them out to start again.

I would just leave it as is, the house we’re buying is structurally sound but generally dated and a bit grubby- artex ceilings, old carpets, basically every room needs painting etc. Our offer was one of 8 and it was on the market for less than a week

Keep us updated if you can Op on what feedback you may receive about the kitchen and if it hindered your sale in any way.

If you're in a seller's market you shouldn't have any trouble regardless of condition, just have a big clean up and declutter. When my previous neighbours sold they put in a new kitchen to sell it. Then new NDNs moved in and immediately had it all ripped out and redone. Massive waste of resources and more noise for the neighbours.

Declutter, tidy and take to market.

Don't replace the kitchen.

You'll probably be surprised by how many offers you get, good luck!