Paint of no return: Why giving your home a cosmetic makeover will do little to 上げる the value when it comes to selling

  • Rising costs of 構成要素 限界s the return on cost of 投資

By Suzannah Hills

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Homeowners hoping to 追加する value to their houses though DIY are 存在 警告するd it may have little 衝撃 on their 所有物／資産／財産 price.

More than half of homeowners, 52 per cent, are planning makeovers over the 来たるべき bank holidays, such as re-decorating rooms, or laying new carpets.

But while this may 改善する the 質 of life for those living there, the subdued 所有物／資産／財産 market 同様に as the 増加するd cost of 構成要素s means that altering a home may not 供給する the same level of 財政上の return seen in previous years, HSBC's 年次の Home 改良 調査する 警告するd.

Home improvements: Redecorating can still add around £3,100 to property prices but this is four per cent down on last year. Posed by models

Home 改良s: Redecorating can still 追加する around £3,100 to 所有物／資産／財産 prices but this is four per cent 負かす／撃墜する on last year. 提起する／ポーズをとるd by models

The only major home 改良 work that has seen an 増加する in the return compared with the cost of 投資 is a new 温室.

The work will typically 増加する 所有物／資産／財産 values by £9,420, a 14 per cent 増加する since 2011, 所有物／資産／財産 専門家s said.

As in 2011, a loft 転換 remains the best way to 改善する a 所有物／資産／財産's value, 追加するing £16,152 on 普通の／平均（する） in 2012 - although this 人物／姿／数字 is a 減少（する） of nearly a ４半期/4分の1 - 23 per cent - on last year's 熟考する／考慮する.

A room 拡張 will 追加する £15,665, a 3 per cent year-on-year 落ちる, while a new kitchen will 上げる the value of a home by £4,577, a 減少（する） of nearly a fifth at 19 per cent on last year.

A loft conversion is still the best way to improve a property's value and still adds £16,152 on average

A loft 転換 is still the best way to 改善する a 所有物／資産／財産's value and still 追加するs £16,152 on 普通の／平均（する）

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1. A Loft 転換 現在／一般に 追加するs £16,152 on 普通の／平均（する） to 所有物／資産／財産 prices - but this is 負かす／撃墜する 23 per cent on last year.

2. A room 拡張 is another good way to 改善する house values and 追加するs around £15,665 - 負かす／撃墜する three per cent on last year.

3. A new kitchen 追加するs on 普通の／平均（する） £4,577 - 19 per cent いっそう少なく than in 2011.

4. New windows 追加するs £4,866 - 負かす／撃墜する eight per cent.

5. A new bathroom 増加するs 所有物／資産／財産 value by £2,955 - 11 per cent いっそう少なく than last year.

6. Redecorating a house can 追加する up to £3,100 - 負かす／撃墜する by just four per cent.

7. Resurfacing driveways 増加するs 所有物／資産／財産 values £2,679 - seven per cent いっそう少なく than last year.

8. While re-carpeting a home 追加するs just £1,738 to 所有物／資産／財産 values - also 19 per cent いっそう少なく than the same home 改良 would have 追加するd last year.

Re-carpeting a home will 追加する £1,738 to a 所有物／資産／財産's value, which is also a 19 per cent 減少（する） on last year.

Valuation 専門家 Paul Cutbill, of Countrywide 調査するing Services, said: 'Whilst sensibly 改善するd and 井戸／弁護士席 現在のd homes will 一般に be attractive to 可能性のある purchasers, rising 労働 and 構成要素 costs mean that the gap between the cost of 改善するing and monies realised at the point of any sale have been 減ずるd.'

Some 1,369 homeowners took part in the 熟考する／考慮する 同様に as 112 広い地所 スパイ／執行官s who 定期的に value 所有物／資産／財産s.

The 熟考する／考慮する also 設立する strong 地域の variations, 見積（る）ing that a new kitchen will 追加する £9,125 to the value of a home in London but いっそう少なく than half the 量 - £4,300 - in North East England and just £2,333 in Scotland.

Peter Dockar, 長，率いる of mortgages at HSBC, said: 'Homeowners should think carefully about the type and extent of any home 改良 作品 they are planning.

'Those which 高める 質 of life while 保持するing 幅の広い 控訴，上告 should be favoured over more 個々に-styled alterations.'

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