Home renovations

[Whathappensnow11]

Hi All, we moved into our current house 2 years ago.....and even though we wanted to make certain changes having young kids haven't even allowed us to think about it.

Anyway this isn't our forever home and we will be moving I'm around 2 or 3 years in time for our eldest starting secondary school.

So my question is.....
Will doing the following things (besides painting/decorating) make a difference on the valuation on the house. So basically will we get our money back.l when we sell up.

New kitchen - draws falling apart/paint/material peeling off.
New bathroom- including bath/step in shower/loo and sink...the whole works.
Matching x2ensuites- New step in shower/loo/sink etc.
Garden decking.

Thanks in advance all.

I have already looked on websites for how much houses have sold for....unfortunately no one sold theirs ever since the houses were built in 2000.

10 years ago I would’ve said yes providing the property is otherwise well cared for. In todays market I’m not so sure as building costs have rocketed.

I guess it depends on the value of the house, but people like a nice kitchen and bathrooms. Decking, don't know but rather depends how the garden is now, if there is a patio, seating area, etc I don't see a need for decking.

They don't add value but can make it more attractive to buyers and therefore more sellable. (Unless you go for weird and crazy design 'features' and colours!)
Tbh, if the current fittings are relatively modern, which if built in 200 they should be, then I wouldn't completely change them. Redecorating and new flooring would probably be enough.

Get a good local house agent in to advise you, they know the local market and will know what adds value- at least now. In 2-3 years it may be different, as things are very volatile at the moment, and of course, fashions do change, but you'll have done your best to find out.
I'd be upfront and offer to pay for the advice. [We did this when we wanted to sell in a year or so's time, but they just said, no problem, no charge, they might do the same for you even if the timescale is longer- they got their payback as we used them when we did sell.]
They told us they wished more people would ask, as often people spend a lot of money on things which add no value, and don't do cheap things that make a lot of difference. E.g., they told us not to redo the bathroom, which we'd thought we might need to, but to redo the kitchen, which we hadn't thought of doing as it was a rather nice and expensive wood one. Our price point, though, more or less required a white gloss job for the sake of fashion, apparently. So we changed it, and kept the wood one for the next house.....saved us a lot of money on the next house's kitchen, and the new kitchen and other work more than paid for itself when we sold. They were spot-on about what viewers liked.

Thank you all! Yes I'm worried about the costs. Although the house was built in 2000, it needs a hell of an update. As it's still all the old fixtures etc. Carpet in bathrooms etc (which really surprised me)

Will contact the local estate agents for sure! Thanks all so much.

For the kitchen, have you thought about new doors fitted to the existing carcass? Will be a hell of a lot cheaper and still look like a "new" kitchen which will appeal to buyers.

I think 2-3 years is still a long time to live in a property with features that you hate so I would make the changes that aren't too expensive but make life more comfortable eg/taking out the carpet in the bathroom.