{"id":3037,"date":"2017-07-13T13:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T12:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=3037"},"modified":"2023-09-29T22:07:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T21:07:44","slug":"kitchens-bathrooms-popular-home-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/07\/13\/kitchens-bathrooms-popular-home-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitchens and bathrooms are most popular home improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>About 43% of Britain\u2019s homeowners have carried out extensive work in their homes since 2012 with improvements made to kitchens and new heating systems topping the list.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New research from GoCompare Home Insurance showed that at 39% <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/04\/04\/homeowners-landlords-more-likely-renovate-than-relocate\/\">most home renovators<\/a> installed a new bathroom, followed closely by 38% getting a new kitchen and 34% exchanging their boiler or central heating system.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rGTcQj0TGx\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/03\/30\/property-investment-qa-7-new-home-renovation\/\">Property Investment Q&#038;A #7: New Home or Renovation?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Property Investment Q&#038;A #7: New Home or Renovation?&#8221; &#8212; BuyAssociation Group\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/03\/30\/property-investment-qa-7-new-home-renovation\/embed\/#?secret=eVHp8d1zgi#?secret=rGTcQj0TGx\" data-secret=\"rGTcQj0TGx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Other big winners for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/05\/02\/top-home-improvements-that-really-add-value-to-your-property\/\">home improvement<\/a> over the last couple of years were garden makeovers and installing double glazing each at 26%, 17% added extensions, 12% had solar panels put on their homes, 10% converted their attic and 9% added a spare bedroom.<\/p>\n<p>Out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/05\/01\/uk-homeowners-thinking-remortgaging\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">all participants<\/a>, 41% also stated that they decided to go through with their renovations without notifying their insurer, possibly making their insurance invalid.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Sanders from GoCompare said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhile you don\u2019t need to inform your insurer about routine decorating or maintenance, you should inform your provider if you\u2019re planning on carrying out any major building or renovation work, otherwise you could risk invalidating your policy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"KDKtqm2ni1\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/07\/11\/political-events-influencing-decisions-buy-sell-property\/\">How political events are influencing decisions to buy and sell property<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;How political events are influencing decisions to buy and sell property&#8221; &#8212; BuyAssociation Group\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/07\/11\/political-events-influencing-decisions-buy-sell-property\/embed\/#?secret=JpSJyvCL7D#?secret=KDKtqm2ni1\" data-secret=\"KDKtqm2ni1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen planning a major renovation project, one of the first things you should do is to review your buildings and contents insurance to make sure that you have adequate cover both during and after the work has been completed,\u201d he then added.<\/p>\n<p>Once all the renovation work is done it might be a smart move for any homeowner to check whether they need to increase the amount they have insured as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/05\/25\/add-extra-bathroom-property-gain-12000-value\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">value may have increased alongside any work being done<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 43% of Britain\u2019s homeowners have carried out extensive work in their homes since 2012 with improvements made to kitchens and new heating systems topping the list. 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