Warminster Homeowners - Improving your home on a budget

We don't all have an endless pot of gold to invest on our properties. You may be looking to improve the value of your home, or perhaps simply "refresh" it for selling and presenting purposes - either way, there are plenty of options for improving your home without breaking the bank.

For low cost shortcuts which could refresh the look of your home, a fresh coat of paint is always a good option or using wallpaper to create a feature wall. Replacing items like taps, ceiling/wall lights and fixtures/fittings all have an impact on the overall look of a home. Even de-cluttering and re-arranging your furniture can freshen your home up and make it feel more spacious. For DIY and home improvements purchases in Warminster, the logical choices are Cordens Ironmongers on the High Street (Tel: 01985 212115), and Sydenhams Builders Merchants on Crusader Park (Tel: 01985 213505 www.sydenhams.co.uk)

Simon Hill of Simon Hill Architecture (Tel: 01985 217623, www.simon-hill.co.uk) says "Improving your current home can be more economical (and often less stressful) than moving home. For home improvers on a tighter budget, general decoration and reorganisation of existing spaces can give the home a facelift whilst providing a more suitable layout to your home. If extending your home with either a tight budget or an unlimited spend, take time to think through all the existing spaces in the home and how they will interact with each other.  This will allow the design of your new space suit the property, your family, and your lifestyle."

What if you are looking to sell your property, and just to want to "freshen" it for potential buyers? According to Sally Marden, Sales Manager for Northwooduk.com in Warminster (Tel: 01985 220290 www.northwooduk.com) there are plenty of options for vendors to make an instant difference to the impact of their property.

"The first thing I would advise any vendor to do is look at their colour schemes. Changing dark colours to neutral colours like creams and beiges can really change a potential buyer's first impression of a property - and how much they are willing to pay for it", says Sally.

"By simply presenting the house better a Warminster vendor can drastically improve the market value of their home. Keeping the house warm, decluttered, attractive side lamps for viewings, a tidy garden...none of these things are expensive, and all of them can improve a vendor's chances of getting a sale."