One of the best investments you can make is to add value to your home. The property market seems to be only rising in value, and if you can maximize your investment, all the better for you. If you ever come to sell too, if you have been making incremental improvements to your home, rather than leaving it, it will be far easier to do it up to sell and far cheaper too. The fact is, most people want a nice place to live, so upgrading your home is not only a wise investment financially speaking, but it is great for your mental health too. An attractive home that is well-kempt will make you feel far better than living in a home that needs work. 

 

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Resolve Pressing Issues

It is important that you resolve any structural or important issues as a priority. Any kind of problem is bound to get worse over time, not better. If you waste time painting walls and wallpapering, but there is a leak in a pipe in the wall, you may eventually have to rip part of the wall down. So, get these issues resolved asap. To help you, there are plenty of handyman services available. So, don't struggle. Get a quote and get the structural aspects sorted before upgrading anything else.  

 

Upgrade Wallpaper

If your home has a lot of old wallpaper on the walls, then all you need to do is get a steamer and scraper and remove it. Once you have blank walls again, why not upgrade your rooms with some brand new wallpaper. New wallpaper can make a huge difference to any room. It can brighten it up to create any kind of mood that you are after. 

 

Loft Conversion

A loft conversion is a great way to create an extra room without the expense of a full-on extension. You will need space for a stairway, which can be implemented in many ways, and once you create windows in the roof space, you will have more light cascading down to the rooms below too. A loft space can be pretty large, covering the entire footprint of your home. So you could have one huge luxury bedroom with an en-suite bathroom. or split it into a couple of rooms. 

 

Paneling

Adding some paneling to the walls can instantly upgrade to look and feel of the room. Indeed it can go from a pretty mediocre and bland room to something pretty awe-inspiring in a few hours. Paneling is pretty easy to do yourself, too if you are so inclined. Paneling is a way to transform the walls of your home give them a more regal and authentic look. It is also a great way to mark differences in multipurpose rooms. An open plan kitchen diner may have paint in the kitchen side but rustic paneling on the dining room side. Thie create a clear divide. Merged with effective lighting, this can create a very expensive-looking effect. Paneling can work great in separate dining rooms where you expect to host guests.