Home Renovation Calculator
Where could you add the most value to your home?
Enter your house value, then rollover the house and click on the house hotspots to see how much each renovation might increase the value of your home and the profit you could make.
Read more below…
Driveway
Resurface your drive with standard tarmac, gravel or brickwork for a high-end finish.
Garden room
Build an external garden room in your back garden to be used as an office or retreat.
Garage conversion
Convert your garage to another room, such as a gym, office or man cave.
Loft
Convert your loft to additional living space, such as bedrooms, an office or study.
Solar panels
Install a new system to benefit from harnessing free power.
Double glazing
Replace all windows with energy efficient double glazing.
Open plan
Open up your kitchen into a large family friendly kitchen/diner space.
Kitchen renovation
Renovate your kitchen with new cupboards, appliances and decoration.
Bathroom renovation
Renovate your bathroom with a new suite, tiling and floor. Consider a large walk in shower.
Bathroom addition
Adding another bathroom or en-suite to a house makes it much more desirable when selling.
Exterior décor
Repaint and render the exernal walls of the house, consider a new front door.
Central heating
Install a new heating system.
Garden
Landscape the garden adding features such as, lighting, water features and new plants.
Decking
Add a raised seated decked area, either at the back of the house or the end of the garden.
Interior décor
Repaint, wallpaper and refresh the internal walls of the house.
Conservatory
Extend at the back of the house to use as a dining area, living space or study.
Extension
A single storey extension to the side or back of the house.
Floorboards
Restore any original floorboards or lay a new wooden floor of a quality standard.
Roof
Replacing the entire roof before it is damaged is a desirable asset when selling.
Fireplace
Add a wood burning stove or feature fireplace to a living space.
If you’re considering renovating your house with a bit of a paint refresh or, even going for something more ambitious such as a loft conversion, then it’s useful to know which projects could be more profitable than others.
Say, for example, your house is valued at the national average of £231,000 (source, December 2018) and you decide to convert your garage to that home gym you’ve always wanted at a cost of £6,500, your house value could increase by £34,000 and you could make an estimated tidy profit of £27,500. Plus, get fit and healthy.
Our home renovation calculator may help you to decide on what the right project is for your budget and where you could add the most value to your home.
How to use the home renovation calculator
House rollover: Enter your house value, then rollover the house and click on the ‘hotspots’ to reveal the different renovation options and see the estimated home value increase and estimated profit you could achieve displayed on the left. To make it even more useful, we added a budget/standard/luxury option so that if you wanted to splash out a little more then you could factor that in.
The full table of results shows all the renovation projects available within your budget. Enter the value of your home and the budget you have for renovation at the top of the table and click the 'results' button. Displayed underneath are all the renovation projects that you could complete on your house and the estimated profit you could make from each one. You can reorder the estimated values shown in the list depending on the cost of project, value increase of your home and the profit returned on your investment. This is where you could find the perfect project within your budget.
Disclaimer:
Please remember, the home renovation calculator is designed as a guide for your personal use and has no legal basis if your house doesn’t increase to the same value, or a project goes over budget. We recommend that you take financial advice before considering a loan or a mortgage to fund any renovation work.
We built the calculator to work most efficiently at house values between £100,000 and £500,000 (the average house value in the UK is £230,776 source, December 2018).
If you have a house that is valued at more than £500,000, then bear in mind that the profit shown in the calculator may be a little more generous than you can expect in reality. We’ve tried to be as accurate as possible, but every renovation project is different and can hit snags along the way that prove to be costly. And when having your house revalued remember that different regions and market fluctuations are going to have a big difference on what the value is from one month to the next. The costs of renovations we have used in the calculator are average costs across the UK.
Please use our calculator as a guide and before you start a large project on your home, we recommend getting two or three quotes from different suppliers and a trustworthy tradesperson (with references).
Information is correct as of March 2019.
