Buyers want a hot bath
RIPPING out baths and installing a home cinema and wine cellar are improvements most likely to reduce a property’s value.
Even solar panels and loft conversions are turnoffs for buyers searching for a family home.
Ettan Bazil, of property maintenance experts Help Me Fix, which did the study, said: “People don’t account for the initial cost of completing the improvement and measure it against the value added to the home.”
Open-plan layouts, a new boiler or roof and double glazing are more likely to help buyers make a profit.