Is it better to sell your home or extend your current property to suit your growing family?

With house prices soaring and the housing market booming now could be the perfect time to sell your home and make some money.  The prediction is that we are going to be hit by a recession and that house prices will plummet in the near future. Selling your home and buying something smaller or maybe investing in a residential Park Home could make financial sense for your individual situation. If you are going to sell, then definitely make sure you declutter and tidy up.  Take time and spend some money putting fresh paint on the walls, repair any broken tiles in the kitchen or bathroom and make sure you tidy the garden.  If you are lucky enough to have an Oak Framed Garages in your garden built by a company like https://www.timberpride.co.uk/oak-framed-garages/  then make sure it is tidy and organised inside.

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Doing all this makes potential buyers think positively about your property and maybe even put an acceptable offer in.  Obviously if you do sell you have to take into account the additional costs of solicitors, estate agents, surveyors, and movers. The other option is to stay in your current, much-loved home with neighbours you know and in an area that’s close to your work and children’s schools. If you were only contemplating moving because of lack of space, then maybe an extension is the way to go.  As long as your property sits on land big enough to build onto the back of, or maybe to the side then an extension might be the answer. If you don’t have space for an added extension, then could you convert your attic into an extra room?

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By investing in your home, you will be adding value to your property and providing a source of income for your family’s future. As long as you get proper planning permission for any extension, get plans and designs drawn up by a recommended architect and use a trusted builder then whatever you decide to do your application to build will be passed by the required building inspector and you will have all the paperwork you need if you ever do decide to sell.  Either option needs careful consideration as both outcomes will take financial investment, don’t rush into anything, get lots of advice before deciding either way.