4 Home Improvements to Make This Year

4 Home Improvements to Make This Year

This has been a trying and testing your for many UK homeowners. For those who have seen a decline in their salaries — or who have been made redundant — this has been a year of fear about your mortgage and your investments. For those who were used to getting out for their commute early in the morning, and returning late at night to their home, this has been a year of getting uncomfortably well-acquainted with the same four walls. But, with 2021 nearly upon us, now is the time to make changes to your home — using your saved cash to invest in your property in the following ways.

• Insulation

It’s winter, and that means that the top of any home renovation list should be insulation. Not only will this save you a heap of cash during the coldest months of the calendar, but it’ll ensure that you’re meeting the very highest environmental standards on your home. Rip open your walls to fill them up with insulating materials. Meanwhile, invest in some double glazed windows Birmingham in order to enjoy complete insulation in your home.

• Painting

Those same four walls that you’ve been surrounded by for the past few months — are they in need of a lick of paint? Are there other DIY paint jobs that you could go around your house attempting to fix up in the coming weeks? Look not just at the walls, but also to sideboards and ceilings — plus furniture, doors and windows. A slap of paint is simple to apply, but does the world of good to a home, tidying it up around the edges and making it feel cleaner and better maintained.

• Entertainment

Okay, this one isn’t strictly of the home-improvement flavour — it’s more of a home addition. With all the time already spent inside over the course of the past months, it’s certainly time to consider adding some high-quality home entertainment to your property. A larger, smart TV is one option – though a projector will be far more exciting for those coming winter Christmas films with your family. Some cosier lighting — on a dimmer switch -— is preferable here to binary on/off switches. And, finally, consider getting some smart speakers in your home, so that you and your family are able to listen to upbeat songs across each room simultaneously.

• Floors

Finally, with far more wear and tear than usual, the floors of your home might be in need of a fresh look, too. There are plenty of projects that go hand in hand with ripping up your floors — like laying new wiring and new pipes in your home, or fitting under-floor heating, which means that you’ll no longer need to walk around your home in slippers during the coldest months of winter. Plus, of course, you’ll be able to enjoy a new set of flooring, which dramatically improves the interior of homes when laid.

These four tips are worth considering for any family looking to do a little home improvement with their saved cash this winter — making their house truly a home.

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