Five Great Home Improvement Investments
These are my five top Home Improvement Investments that turn a house into a home.
We have been in our house just over five years and we’ve come to the point where we need to decide to stay or make some bigger investments in our house. Having done the basics like painting and decorating.
We even knocked the wall down between the kitchen and dining room. But these things are relativity cheap on the scale of things. When spending money on your house it’s worth looking at what will give the most return.
Conservatory
It would be great to add extra space to our house and they can add more value to your home than your initial investment. It’s worth checking out what other house have done in your street and their sale prices. I love the cool contemporary look of this one, with the grey frames and the sliding doors.
Garden
A great outdoor space it well worth the investment. Add a seating area and some lawn making it perfect for families. The money you spend on your garden can vary massively depending on how much of the hard graft you are prepared to put in.
I have parents who love to garden, so with a few good cuttings and a bit of help with the digging. I’m sure we could transform our garden at a fraction of the cost. Plus if you stay in your house for long enough, it will develop into a mature garden.
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Exterior
The outside of our house is probably the place we could get the best return on an investment. At the moment we have outdated fake leaded windows and ugly brown frames to the doors and windows. Which are in desperate need of replacement. If like me, you are also looking to replace your front door, you may want to to take a look through the Free Rock Door brochure. They are secure, weather proof, low maintenance and hard wearing.
I’d also love to make the house more a part of the garden so we are thinking of getting a bifold door quote to make that change to the back of our house. I love the whole outside /inside open space cross over. It makes it so much more accessible when entertaining in the summer. Suddenly the house would gain another room!
Kitchen
The heart of the home and if done to a great high standard can be the tipping point on selling your house when you want to move.
Carpets
Everyone loves a bit of luxury and carpets can be a big expense for a new home owner. Invest in great quality wool carpets and keep them cared for.
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I would love to have a walk-in shower
would love to have a bit more space
I want to back the back bedroom into a sewing room
I would like to redecorate my home my daughters have just both moved into their own home and it feels right now to change things
Upgrading my kitchen is next on my list
I’d love more space – so an extension!
The bathroom – I’m sure the space could be utilised more efficiently.
I would love to improve my home by opening up the attic space, I have bought an old surgery, the walls of the perimeter are up the drive gates erected, new kitchen & stairs in, but have come to an impasse with my wife, she wants to open the attic space, and install velox windows, I would love a library up there……who will win?
I’d like to green my power sources and install solar panels.
we moved into our new home October last year so we have totally renovated and redecorated throughout. The next thing that we may consider doing is changing the
colour paint in the hallway, we went for cream but it just looks like a dirty white.
Would love to improve our bathroom. Keep looking at new suites, tiles and accessories but keep changing our mind on the colour and style! Maybe it will get done next year! 🙂
I’d like to improve the hallway.
I would like to improve my home, so i have more cupboard space
Would love to stretch our house to give more living room
I would like to improve my living room, nothing major but my curtains and light fittings look very dated and a paint makeover would be good
I’d love to re-do our bathroom as we only have a shower and I miss being able to have a bath.
These are some great ideas of things to improve around the home, I often think people forget about the exterior of their home.
I’d love to open up the kitchen and lounge to make the downstairs feel larger! Incorporating the hallway and stairs would give a lot more space on top of that! Sadly, it’s council and such changes are not allowed!
I’d like to extend the kitchen dine, knock down the conservatory and make a much larger family room
I would like to re do my kitchen worktops.
My whole house needs redecorating and carpeting.
Security
id like to improve our kitchen, its small and could be made bigger by knocking a wall out but its a lot of hard work!
There’s still plenty to do in our house but the most pressing is a leaky wall in one of the bedrooms 🙁
I would love to change my kitchen, its to small and badly laid out by the previous owners.
If I win this, I will feel much safer in my own home. Thanks for the great comp Ruth!!
Id like a new stairs and hallway
I’d love to revamp the bathroom – it’s badly in need and is depressing as it is now.
I would love to improve my kitchen
Our Bathroom, needs a complete rehaul! But, it’s useable, just 😉
My Bedroom. It has terrible fitted wardrobes & needs rdecorating.
Great tips thanks!
Great prize
I need a new kitchen
I’d love to change every room in my house… we have already done the living room and now half way through hallway….. then kitchen…… my poor hubby does work hard to keep me happy. x
Would like to improve everything, but I’d start with the kitchen
I would like to get some new curtains
The bathroom definitely needs an upgrade!
i love to improve the kitchen and make room for a table
I would like to have a brand new bathroom & kitchen, the kitchen needs lots of love & help!
We have our house just as we like it, after 20 years! Bathroom needs decorating though….
Home security is more necessary than ever.
Wow super prize, would make me feel so safe at home
Declutter
My living room is in need of updating.
It be the stairs as they need new wood flooring for under the carpet.
My bathroom needs updating.
I would love to improve our bathroom as it’s quite dated and bleugh
I would like to redo the home office
I would like to improve the security in the garden, I want new furniture but want it to be safe when I get it
I desperately want to improve and update our kitchen
I would love some solar lights for outside our house.
I’d love to put new carpet in the study – however the thought of having to move six bookshelves full of books means we’ll probably never do it
I would love to improve the look of of my small back room
I want to construct some shelving in the storage cupboard
I’d love to add another toilet but we don’t have the space for one
Long term I would love to install a back door to my garden but in the short term just re paint downstairs toilet !
Our bedroom as only room that hasn’t been decorated in ages
The kitchen
So much. We need to replace our carpets and redecorate
Our new home is actually quite good now, but the thing I’d improve is the garden, it’s took a back seat in the two years we’ve been here as we’ve had to almost gut the entire house & we’ve now run out of money…
I’d love to improve my kitchen. It’s a tiny kitchen And I need clever storage space.
My bathroom
my bedroom
I would love to improve the bedrooms, both the heating system and th decor
The flooring in my living room!
Awesome giveaway. Thanks so much for the chance to win this amazing prize
I’d love to improve my kitchen! Really don’t like it at the moment!
I would like to improve my bathroom wirh a new suite
My carpets definitely need improving xx
I’d like a new front door
I’d love to be able to put an upstairs bathroom in. Ours (and the toilet) is downstairs, which is a pain!
My kitchen needs all new and it’s big so doing it gradually
My kitchen must have been designed by somebody who never cooked so I need a small kitchen extension.
I would love to improve our kitchen which is dated, and tired
brill blog, love home improvement ideas. always looking for inspiration
I would improve the bathroom. I would love to update it and to put my own stamp on it.
I would love to improve my carpets they are old and were already in the house when we moved in
Thank you for the tips
I’d like to tackle the one annoying damp patch that seems to not want to go away.
i’d improve my kitchen its as very little work space
I’d love a new kitchen as ours looks so dated since we’ve updated the lounge
I’d love a new kitchen!
I’d love to improve the security. We have had a few burglaries within our village… Security is super high in my list of jobs to complete.
Love to install a shower in my bathroom as we only have a bath
I’d love to improve the outside of our house would like a new patio and raised flower beds this prize would be brilliant for extra protection a lot of thefts in our area at present
I’d Place love to improve my home, the first thing we need is a new roof