Low Cost Home Makeovers - 11 handy tips. Number 6. Lifestyle.

I was recently invited to Grand Designs Live in Birmingham, to talk about home makeovers and how to keep costs down, whether you're selling your home or want to enjoy living in it. To follow is a summary of the suggestions I made, with lots of 'Before' and 'After' photos as illustrations.

LIFESTYLE - does your house reflect your lifestyle. Is it a social space, or just a practical one?
• Carefully consider your lifestyle  - how you socialise, what interests you have, and allow enough space for this to take place comfortably
• As your lifestyle changes, adapt your house to suit.  For example, if you develop an interest in fitness, remove your old solarium and replace it with some gym equipment
If the makeover is for selling purposes...
• Sell a lifestyle

Before - an unused room, an old "furniture graveyard!"

After - a very useable family office space, with seating

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Before - a bedroom full of belongings

After - a beautiful bedroom for sale - sell a lifestyle

 

 

Before - A teenage boy's room!

After - a beautiful bedroom for sale in the same house as above

Before - a tiny unloved spare room

After - the Estate Agent's favourite room!

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Before - a covered swimming pool

After - an inviting swimming pool for sale - sell a lifestyle

 

 

Before - an empty room in a new home. My client wanted a fun bedroom for their (adult) friends to stay in.



After - my client's nickname was "Peppa", so we chose a Peppa Pig theme for fun! This house was very unique to my client, but we didn't do anything to devalue the house if he wanted to sell.

 

Next - INCREASE VALUE - how important is it that you add value to the property when you're planning a makeover?