hi,
THis is quite a general and subjective question so i'll try to be very clear and just gather some opinions.
I have recently moved into an old ex-corpo house and have spent alot of money and effort in installing gas central heating, re-wiring the house, and putting in a new kitchen as well as aesthetic things such as flooring and wall coverings. we paid €381k and have spent approx 20k on the renovation.
Now the question,
1. the windows are only single glazed and let in a bit of a draft at timesas one or two dont seem to close correctly. Can you employ someone to look at the windows and try fix this (dont know who the installer was).
2. the bathroom, whilst newly tiled, had alot of alterations for an older person so when we removed them we were left with lots of holes from screws etc. I would like to retile it and fit it a new bathroom suite -we ahve no bath and i want to fit one as i think it is an attractive feature in selling a house.
3. the kitchen has a flat roof which is approx 20 years old (dont know when it was last felted). We were thinking about putting a new roof (slated) on this and fitting a velux to allow more light in.
Is it worth doing the above work in terms of resale value. I know no-one can forecast the property market but we hope to sell in 4-5 years and would like to get our money back. Can anyone contribute anything here?
thanks,
Dazed and confused!
THis is quite a general and subjective question so i'll try to be very clear and just gather some opinions.
I have recently moved into an old ex-corpo house and have spent alot of money and effort in installing gas central heating, re-wiring the house, and putting in a new kitchen as well as aesthetic things such as flooring and wall coverings. we paid €381k and have spent approx 20k on the renovation.
Now the question,
1. the windows are only single glazed and let in a bit of a draft at timesas one or two dont seem to close correctly. Can you employ someone to look at the windows and try fix this (dont know who the installer was).
2. the bathroom, whilst newly tiled, had alot of alterations for an older person so when we removed them we were left with lots of holes from screws etc. I would like to retile it and fit it a new bathroom suite -we ahve no bath and i want to fit one as i think it is an attractive feature in selling a house.
3. the kitchen has a flat roof which is approx 20 years old (dont know when it was last felted). We were thinking about putting a new roof (slated) on this and fitting a velux to allow more light in.
Is it worth doing the above work in terms of resale value. I know no-one can forecast the property market but we hope to sell in 4-5 years and would like to get our money back. Can anyone contribute anything here?
thanks,
Dazed and confused!