Home improvement snakes and ladders: how to add value – and how to lose it: this is the Money podcast
Poor old greenhouses. Once they were all over the moon and now we’re told they can deduct £15,000 from a home’s value.
But how would that happen? It’s better to have something than nothing, right?
Meanwhile, a home office in the garden would add a lot of value, but who has ever longed for it as much as they dream of a swimming pool on a hot day? Still, the pool is one of the main things that will apparently put off potential buyers.
In this podcast, Georgie Frost and Simon Lambert discuss snakes and ladders for home improvement – looking at the things that are said to increase the value of your property and the ones that are meant to detract from it.
(And whether something supposedly good or bad can ever trump traditional location, location, location.)
Moreover, if a mini-banking crisis continues to roll around, how concerned should we be – and is it a good time to pick up some cheap UK banking stocks?
Simon discusses what happened to the other Woodford fund: Patient Capital Trust – and whether it’s an investment. Holders should show even more patience and hold on to their wallets or throw them away.
The alternative to the risks of investing on the stock market are now savings deals that pay out 5 percent. So should you grab one instead?
Snakes and Ladders: Some things will add value to your home, but others are not considered an improvement