Falling house prices means that home improvements such as a new kitchen or a loft conversion are a waste of money thanks.

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so what, it's not all about the cash.
i do improvements because i want to live in a nice house, not cos i wanna make money on it.

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I agree Butch. If you want to live in a shit house with horrible walls and everyone will think you are scruffy, then you do it. If you want nice walls, give me a call.

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lol... i did a bit of plastering in my lounge... it's hard!

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It is at first. You get the hang of keeping it on your hawk and trowel and not on the floor after a while.

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it was getting the wall flat the i struggled with. it's not fallen off yet though which is a bonus!

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Not really, because if you live in a three-bedroom house with one bath/toilet and then decide to have a toilet downstairs, it increases the value of a house.

If the three-bedroom with one toilet is valued at £200k but has dropped to £175k, a similar house in the same area with two toilets may drop in value by £25k, but its value would be more, say £210k so dropped to £185.


The big problem with house improvements is that people do it for money rather then need.


All those programmes about home improvements did not tell the truth either. Yes, the house value may have increased by £50k or whatever; however, most of that is because of the value of property-market rather then the additional work.

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put a bit of water in the mixture

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Are you skimming or patching?

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I need to make some gobbo at the weekend!

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