Home improvement or finances ill spent? A recent survey highlights that change is not necessarily for the better.
We Brits are obsessed by DIY . We are so obessed we have made celebrities out of gardeners, builders and interior designers .
A new survey by Direct Line Home Insurance affirms that we spent £154m on supposed home improvements that actually decrease our property value.
49% of survey respondents committed design crimes which have reduced their property value by thousands. The main crimes are:
a third of respondents had committed the crime of cheap floor installation
a third have had uPVC windows installed
a fifth had ripped out fireplaces
and why oh why have a fifth of respondents removing period features.
Such supposed home improvements can knock off £10,000 of the value of your property .
We also like to keep up with the Joneses to the tune of £6,700 a year.
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