This website uses cookies. Click here for more information.
Close Video
Call 0845 646 0690
Need Help? Call us on 0845 646 0690
Need Help? Call us onCall 0845 646 0690
Even if you’re not thinking of selling your house in the immediate future, it pays to know how to add value to your home. Read our top tips on how to add value to your home and ultimately increase its overall appeal, whether that’s with a new front door design, a fresh lick of paint or an impressive extension.
While you could update a bathroom or a kitchen, don’t forget that the exterior is the first thing anyone will see. How your house is presented goes a long way to determine how much it’s worth, so don’t neglect the jobs that could increase its kerb appeal and add thousands.
Victorian Style Front Door Design
First Impressions
Take a look at your external masonry. Does it look dated? Is the paintwork peeling? While you should never judge a book by its cover, a home that looks cared for on the outside is going to be more positively received by your visitors or potential buyers before they set foot inside. Give your render a fresh lick of paint, or clean dull and dirty stonework with a pressure washer. It’ll be looking as good as new in no time, and your efforts could make your home stand out amongst neighbouring properties.
Increase Kerb Appeal with a New Front Door
The front door is the focal point of your home and the first thing that stands out when approaching a property. If you’re looking for a new front door design one of our specialist designers will be happy to help you to select a style that will complement the original period or design of your property for a stunning end result. High-quality paint is also applied by hand to add visual appeal as well as to offer additional protection. You can choose from a beautiful range of paint colours, each one an opportunity to add kerb appeal and personality.
Adding a porch has many practical benefits such as keeping more heat in your home and being a place to take off outdoor coat and boots. Keeping the outdoors outside will help to keep your hallway looking smarter for longer.
Pink Victorian Door
Updated Security
An important decision when purchasing a new home is whether you feel safe and secure within it. Investing in the security of your home will not only give you peace of mind, it may also increase its appeal to potential buyers in the future. When planning locks for your front door there’s little point in cutting corners. Top of the range locks from manufacturers of the UK’s most cutting-edge systems incorporate many additional security options such as spy holes, door chains and bars.
At London Door Company we will always advise you on the best security option for you. As well as thick, solid doors and a modern locking system we also consider toughened and strengthened glazing in your front door, French window or Patio. When considering domestic glazing ask if it is intruder proof.
Contemporary Front Door Design with Sidelights
Parking Places
Many households, especially those with older children living at home, have to make room for more than one car so if you can offer multiple parking spaces, you’ll have the edge on your neighbours. Unused patches of the front garden can be transformed into parking spaces by removing the garden wall and dropping the kerb. While you may need permission from your local authority to do this, it is worth applying if parking spaces are at a premium in your area. Similarly, neat and tidy driveways free from oily patches and weeds can transform the look of a home’s exterior. Defining a driveway with cobblestones or adding a benefit like a car charging point can give your home the edge.
Light up Your Life
Adding statement lighting to the front of your home can give it a beautifully dramatic look. Consider flood lights shining upward to illuminate an impressive façade. Lamp posts at the gate and fitted lights around the porch serve a practical purpose – think about putting lights on a sensor so that they only come on when you need them to; reactive lights also enhance your security.
Wooden French Doors
Extensions
Kitchen extensions are by far one of the most popular ways to add space and value to your home. However, adding a side extension or conservatory that looks out of place won’t give a welcome first impression you are looking for.
Whatever type of extension you intend to add it’s imperative it suits the style and period of your property. Research the time period of the home, the building style and the type of materials used. This will help ensure you keep a cohesive look for the house when making renovations. When planning an extension, it’s also important to consider how much garden space it is going to take up and whether that impact will be a key player in the value of your home.
Complete Maintenance on a Regular Basis
Routine maintenance, such as cleaning and painting—especially on your building’s exterior—will help minimize rot and the need for costly repairs. Making any necessary repairs to broken fences, gates or walls is also a good idea as first impressions really do count. These are just a few ideas to demonstrate how a little investment now can add real value to your home and pay for itself in the long term.
If you want to make the ultimate first impression, why not explore our full collection of stunning bespoke front doors today. Request your free brochure here.
Increasing awareness in eco-friendly living and a forecast rise in household energy bills means we need to con...
It's relatively easy to decide what style of front door suits your home, but what about when it comes to choos...
Invest some time and energy in sprucing up your front door and entrance this spring. We've shared our top idea...
Your front door forms the face of your home – guests will form an opinion from ...
Whether you like it or not, the exterior of your home says a lot about you; your taste, your attitude, your pe...
When you live life at 100 mph it’s easy to overlook clutter in your home; the shoes kicked off in the hallwa...
When it comes to adding value to our homes you'd be right to think a new kitchen or bathroom will do the trick...
The Georgian period is one of the longest in recent English history, spanning the reign of the four Georges fr...
Renovating your home seems as popular as ever, and as the decade comes to its close, there’s no sign that th...
When it comes to choosing paint colours you need to think about how the space will be used? What quality do yo...
With an increasing awareness and move towards eco-friendly living, most homeowners are making a conscious effo...
Investing in a new front door is a wise commitment. A beautifully finished front door in a style and design th...
If you have a 20th century home, a Victorian property or a Georgian style house, you'll be keen to preserve th...
A new front door gives every visitor to your home their first impression about you. Even if your interior is s...
For a home to be classed as a Victorian home it should have been built between 1837 and 1901. That’s a timel...
Whatever its size, your hallway is the first room your visitors see, so it’s important to make sure it looks...
Your front garden path gives visitors to your property that vital first impression. Because it’s not an area...
At London Door Company, door knockers, letterboxes, doorbells and numbers come in a wide variety of styles and...
January is the perfect month for fresh starts. So if you’re keen to update your home and potentially increas...
How do you feel when you approach your home? Are you filled with pride or is something missing? It’s incredi...
The right outdoor lighting can transform your home at night. Whether you want to make a statement with festoon...
Your front door is the entrance to your personal world – your private domain. So while you want your front d...
What is Feng Shui Feng shui (literally translating to wind and water) is the art of study...
Whether you’re putting your property on the market or you want to maximise your investment. Read our top tip...
Whether you have a Victorian townhouse, a post-war semi or an Edwardian villa, chances are you’d like to pre...
We love the inside of our homes and spend time and money making our favourite spaces as comfortable and as sty...
It’s thought that people develop a first impression about someone within 10 seconds of meeting them, if this...